TALOS: “Iron Man” Suit For Special Forces
The Tactical Assault Light Operators Suit (TALOS) looks like it dropped out of a movie screen. It’s sleek, imposing, and futuristic, but most importantly...
Origami Reinvented: A Fold Tough Enough for Field Use
Emergency responders and humanitarian agencies often struggle with the same issue: how to deploy sturdy, lightweight shelters quickly in disaster zones where transport is...
I Can Walk Again! – New Technology Opens Previously Shut Doors
Cerebral palsy, strokes, traumatic brain and spine injuries, all of these are examples of conditions that may affect mobility and the way in which...
New Revolutionary ‘Lab-on-a-Drone’ System for Air Pollution
Researchers made a breakthrough towards better understanding and combating air pollution, unveiling an innovative "lab-on-a-drone" system for real-time air pollution detection. This invention is designed...
Floating Solar Panels Could Provide ‘Limitless’ Energy to the World
Imagine dozens of solar panels floating on the surface of the ocean near the Equator, providing a passive source of effectively unlimited solar energy....
Revolutionary New Aircraft Flies Using Gusts of Air
DARPA has announced it will build an experimental aircraft called X-65 that will use jets of air instead of moving parts to control its...
Smarter eco-cities, AI and AI of Things
Smarter eco-cities are intelligent urban environments that leverage cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) solutions to address and mitigate environmental challenges.
The integration of AIoT...
The Fighter Helmet That Replaces Night-Vision Goggles Entirely
Modern fighter operations place growing cognitive and physical demands on pilots. High-speed engagements, dense sensor inputs, and operations at night or in poor weather...
WATCH: Hitachi’s New Humanoid Robot That Speaks
Hitachi has introduced the third generation of its humanoid robot. Meet EMIEW3. The first EMIEW came into the world back in 2005, with its...
Revolutionary Jumping Robot Can Reach Higher than Big Ben
A team of researchers at the University of Manchester designed a revolutionary robot that performed the world’s highest-ever jumps by utilizing a combination of...
Inspired by Flies, This Robot Eye Sees 180 Degrees
Small drones and mobile robots increasingly operate in tight, cluttered environments where awareness must be both wide and fast. Conventional camera systems can capture...
A Smarter Camera That Tracks Movement, Not Frames
Modern sensing systems face a growing challenge: too much data. Traditional cameras capture and process full image frames continuously, even when little is changing...
Revolutionary Contact Lenses Can Control Human-Machine Interaction
These smart contact lenses for human-machine interaction (HMI) track eye movements and can be used for health care and augmented reality (AR) applications. They...
WATCH: Anti-Drone Net Launcher
As drones have become cheaper and more popular, so have the risks associated with them grown proportionally. Last year, in a second incident of...
Smart Watches and Fitness Trackers may be Hackable
Wearable devices (Fitbits, Apple Watches etc.) tech segment, estimated at $14 billion in sales worldwide, is expected to more than double within four years....
WATCH: Sepios, The Robotic Cuttlefish
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich are hard at work on a new, cool robo-fish. They call it Sepios, and...
Could DARPA Have Invented The Ultimate Cyber Security?
When the internet first started coming into being, security wasn’t really an issue, not even as an afterthought. This is was more than half...
Fall Overboard? This Autonomous Drone Could Reach You Before the Rescue...
When someone falls overboard, time becomes the most critical factor in survival. Ships traveling at speed require time to stop, launch rescue craft, and...
The Future of Smart Medical Diagnosis
A new smart textile was developed by University of California (UCLA) researchers, it is made of nanomagnets and yarn and can diagnose the human...
Watch: World’s First Brain Interface Controlled Drone Race
In a world-first, the University of Florida held a drone race like no other: The competitors all used brain-controlled interfaces (BCI) to manipulate their...
MIT’s New Robot Can Walk Out Of 3D Printer
In a world-first, MIT has 3D printed robots: solids, liquids, hydraulics, and all. This impressive success could hasten the age of affordable robotics, as...
Cheap AI Chips Used to Boost Hypersonic Weapons Range
Researchers from the Beijing Power Machinery Research Institute and the Dalian University of Technology integrated a cheap AI chip module (the NVIDIA Jetson TX2i)...
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A File-Notification Loophole Exposes Activity Across Major Operating Systems
Operating systems constantly monitor files so applications can react when something changes. A program may need to know when a file is created, modified...
