Researchers Make Robots From Self-Folding Kirigami Materials
The researchers created a variety of robotic devices as a proof of concept for the approach. “This is the first case that we know of in which 2D kirigami ...
Virtual reality, robots, interactive apps, other new tech help people with dementia and their caretakers
Doris Moss has always loved dancing. Now in her 80s and suffering from a form of dementia, it has become more important than ever, as hearing a ...
The Arms Industry Is Racing To Create Killer Robots: Does Anybody Care?
On 14 September 2019, a small number of 'kamikaze' drones hit the Khurais oil field and Abqaiq refinery in Saudi Arabia. Besides temporarily stalling ...
Here’s How The Earth Got The Oxygen That We All Breathe
The existence of other planets which can be habitable has been our goal for a very long time. In the 19th Century, astronomers thought that aliens might be using canal-based transport connections to traverse Mars. Right now, we're living in an age when ...
Alien cover-up claims: NASA speaks out after ‘UFOs caught on camera from ISS’
ALIENS: UFO claims have rocked NASA as 'spaceships' were spotted in the ISS feed. Alien hunters have long claimed the space agency is hiding evidence of spacecraft and beings from another word. UFO enthusiasts regularly post videos of “alien ...
Robot makers to help train students
Japan's leading makers of industrial robots are teaming up with specialized vocational schools to train engineers. The program is aimed at dealing ...
AI-enabled assistant robot returning to the Space Station with improved emotional intelligence
The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion (or CIMON for short) recorded a number of firsts on its initial mission to the International Space Station, which ...
How does language emerge?
How the languages of the world emerged is largely a mystery. Considering that it might have taken millennia, it is intriguing to see how deaf people can create novel sign languages spontaneously. Observations have shown that when deaf strangers are ...
Astronomers find surprisingly complex magnetic fields in a galaxy’s halo
In galaxies, magnetic fields can extend at least 1,000 light-years. And, thanks to some of today's most powerful radio telescopes, astronomers are trying to understand how these vast fields were created and how they affect the galaxies they're in. Now, a team ...
How life survived Snowball Earth, the planet’s most severe ice age
(CNN) Around 700 million years ago, the world is thought to have experienced its most severe ice age -- a period evocatively described by scientists as Snowball Earth. It threatened the survival of much of the planet's primitive living things, like ...