By translating a key human physical skill, whole-body balance, into an equation, engineers used the numerical formula to program their robot Mercury.
Age-related changes in skin structure and lymphatic system promote melanoma metastasis
Changes in the structure of the skin and the lymphatic system that occur with the natural aging process create permissive conditions for melanoma metastasis.
Novel mechanism for generating our skeleton
A research team has identified the MAPK Erk5 as a novel player controlling skeletogenesis. Their research sheds light on the question of how the complex our skeleton generates.
Smart’s Forease concept tries too hard to be cool when being electric is enough
The Facebook Hack Is an Internet-Wide Failure
Major sites using Facebook’s Single Sign-On don’t implement basic security features, potentially making the fallout of last week’s hack much worse.
Now 5 Years Old, the Hyperloop Industry Keeps on Whooshing On
The oldest hyperloop company is now five years old, and we still don’t have hyperloop—but these loop dreamers aren’t giving up.
New Self-Driving Truck Startup Ike Wants to Keep It Simple
The company, just out of stealth, is licensing its software stack from the automated delivery robot company Nuro.
Garmin Vivosmart 4 Review: Gauge Your Energy
Garmin uses its fantastic fitness data collection abilities to tell you how much energy you (don’t) have.
This Japanese robot contractor can install drywall
Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, or AIST, has developed a humanoid robot that can carry out simple construction tasks, like installing drywall. You can watch in the video above how the HRP-5P robot steps up to a piece of drywall, uses hooks to maneuver it into its rotating hands, and nails it into the wall. First spotted by TechCrunch, the robot works about as fast as a teen doing Habitat for Humanity, but still, it gets the job done.
AIST imagines the HRP-5P being used on construction sites in response to Japan’s aging population and labor shortages. The research institute is aiming for autonomous replacement of labor at assembly sites for large structures, such as buildings, houses, aircrafts and ships.
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Steve Wozniak’s Woz U is ‘a $13,000 e-book,’ former students say – CNET
The online program may not be living up to its promises, according to a CBS News investigation.