Sep 23 2010

Sensor-Equipped Spider Webs to Coat Aircraft

Tag: Aircraft,Robots,Senses,Sensors,Technology,Touch,Transportation — Eric Bland @ 3:09 pm
Inspired by spider webs, a new sensor network can expand more than 265 times its original size and has embedded sensors.

Sep 13 2010

Artificial Skin Offers Robots, Amputees Sense of Touch

Tag: Biotech,Child,Computers,Electronics,Humans,Materials,Movies,Nature,Robotics,Robots,Scientists,Senses,Sensors,Sight,Skin,Smell,Taste,The Future,Touch,Wine,Women — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 4:08 pm
Biotech wizards have engineered electronic skin that can sense touch, in a major step towards next-generation robotics and prosthetic limbs.

Aug 23 2010

Beyond the Black Box

Tag: Air Travel,Aircraft,Artifacts,Atlantic Ocean,Aviation,Batteries,Birds,Child,Colleges,Communication,Computers,Design,Devices,Disasters and Accidents,Electronics,Engaged,Engineering,Engines,Events,Experts,Eye,Fall,Father,Fear,Glass,Government,Health Insurance,History,Internet,Inventions,Investigation,Lawsuits,Logging,Mining,Movies,Murder,Navy,Oceania and Australia,Office,Officer,Polar Regions,Privacy,Radio,Safety,Satellites,Science,Seas,Sensors,Storage,Streams,Submarine,Suicide,Technology,The Future,Touch,Transportation — Discovery News - Top Stories @ 7:00 am
Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Jun 24 2010

Touch Affects How People Feel

Tag: Emotions,Experiments,Human Behavior,Human Perception,Humans,Senses,Touch — Emily Sohn @ 6:00 pm
It turns out there is a deeper truth behind metaphors like "heavy situation," "rough day" and "hard-hearted."

May 24 2010

Silver, Gold Makes for Cheap, Flexible Touch Screens

Tag: Cell Phones,Computers,Electronics,Glass,Materials,Touch — Eric Bland @ 11:00 am
Touch screens made with silver and gold wires could soon be rolling off the presses and into cell phones, computers and more.
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