Credit: University of Eastern Finland Service robots have started to appear in various daily tasks such as parcel delivery, as guide dogs for the visually impaired, as public servants at…
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Musk’s X rebuffs disinfo claims on Israel violence
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s social media platform X has defended itself against claims from the European Union that it was failing to tackle disinformation around the violence between…
Hidden Emotions: The Subtle Impact of Facial Color
Summary: Researchers explored how facial color affects our subconscious perception of emotions. Using photos with “hybrid emotions,” they discovered that reddish facial hues enhanced the friendliness of happy expressions without…
Could robots control whips? Researchers test the extremes of human motor control to advance robotics
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Action Lab are analyzing the movements of whip experts like Jack Lepiarz, known as Jack the Whipper, to understand more about how humans manipulate complex objects.…
Protein Deficiency Reveals Evidence Fragile X Develops Before Birth
Summary: Researchers shifted the paradigm around Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the leading form of inherited intellectual disability, by uncovering its developmental origins pre-birth through the role of FMRP, a protein.…
Flexible sensors made of nanomaterials—and the metaverse—will redefine how people live in the future
The future metaverse system includes a neuro-triggered interface sensor (i). Reproduced with permission from WILEY. ©2019 by the Wiley Online Library. A magnetic sensor that can provide feedback based on…
Bluetooth inventors get OK to use Viking king’s name
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain To the backdrop of the vast Jelling stones, Denmark on Tuesday granted the inventors of Bluetooth technology permission to use the name and symbol of Harald…
A human-inspired robotic hand based on a modular structure
The components of the team’s robotic hand. (a) The design of the bones for the index finger is based on the human index finger bones. There are four bones connected…
