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NASA and GM Develop Iron Man Style Robotic K-Gloves for Workers

NASA GM K-Glove

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,…

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NASA and GM Develop Iron Man Style Robotic K-Gloves for Workers

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]

Sole Blade – Nike Running Shoe for Prosthetic Legs at London 2012 Olympics

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]

Dennis Ritchie, Creator of UNIX and C Dies – Another Huge Loss to Tech

As fans of fashionable and fantastically intuitive tech are still getting over the loss of Apple supremo, Steve Jobs, another great loss to geekdom has been reported – Dennis Ritchie, who, it could be argued, created the stage on which Jobs performed.  The first news of Mr Ritchie’s death came via Rob Pike, a former colleague... [more]

Lark will Enhance Your Bedtime Performance

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]

The Future is Bright for Solar Power – Graphene OPV

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]

Sex Type Thing at Science Museum – Wellcome to the Thingdom

It’s time to put your love thing into action Gadgety friends! Woaah!! Not that!! Sheeesh! I’m talking about the Science Museum’s Thingdom Thingdom is a genetics class cloaked in a virtual pet thing and it’s aimed to teach kids mating and how their choices can alter characteristics of their offspring. It’s all designed to tie... [more]

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