I’ve just written about Real Steel inspiring a motion controlled boxing robot and now here’s Iron Man’s suit being created by NASA, well, the gloves anyhow. NASA and GM’s have teamed up in order to develop a robotic glove which will make working with heavy tools much easier. The Human Grasp Assist device, or K-glove,... [more]

If you have a prosthetic leg or foot then you’re able to wear shoes. If, however, you’re kitted out with those speedy carbon fibre blades then slipping on a regular trainer isn’t going to work – so Nike has invented one. Imaginatively named ‘Sole’, the tread-like shoe is designed to slip onto Össur’s Flex-Run prosthetic... [more]

You probably already know that we all sleep in waves and that when your alarm goes off in the morning it doesn’t take into consideration that you were in the middle of an awesome dream – it also doesn’t care that it will wake you and anyone else within earshot. This is where the Lark... [more]

University of southern California experts suggest us a more powerful use of graphene photovoltaics Can you imagine people powering their cellphone or music/video device while jogging in the sun? A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that may have great potential for a brand new breed of solar cells.... [more]