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A robot you can trust not to kill you
To demonstrate how a new force-sensing control scheme he designed was able to detect the contact and instantly stop…
Is the Galaxy Note 7 disaster of 2016 over?
A requirement that airlines notify passengers that the recalled Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a prohibited flight risk…
Hand-power blood centrifuge inspired by whirligig toy
To build a whirligig: Thread a loop of twine through two holes in a button. Grab the loop ends, then rhythmically…
Drop in petrol taxes despite climate change fight
Even as the world acknowledged the need to slash greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, researchers reported that the…
Jia Jia: China’s first humanoid robot prefers to stay single
Billed as China's first human-like robot, Jia Jia was first trotted out last year by a team of engineers at the…
New computers from Apple to be built – but you can’t have one
Reported by Business Insider, Apple is planning a new initiative to build new computers in the United States — but…
Rearview mirror replacement makes your car semi-autonomous
iPhone and PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz teased a project that sounded like a dream in late 2015: his new…
Scan EVERYTHING with the SCiO smartphone
Say hello to a material sensing smartphone using SCiO by Consumer Physics. It's a miniaturized near-infrared…
It’s the iPhone’s 10-year anniversary
Introduced by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on January 9th, 2007, the iPhone is set the stage for mobile…
Google to deploy fleet of self-driving minivans January 2017
At the North American International Auto Show, Waymo, the self-driving car startup spun-off from Google late last…