Researchers have reported the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting Ross 508 near the inner edge of its habitable zone.
A new method of radiation-resistant computer data storage called watermark storage that’s been developed by a University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) professor leading a student team has direct applications in the nuclear power and space industries.
“Data-driven analytics are growing exponentially for space and nuclear environments,” says Dr. Biswajit Ray, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UAH, a part of the University of Alabama System.
He says the new storage system doesn’t rely on an electronic charge for NAND flash storage, as traditional data drives do. NAND stands for the “not and” type of flash memory, which is in common use. Interestingly, the watermark storage method requires no new components.
Dubbed GRACE, the robot hand can even bend fingers and make realistic human movements.
Scientists have developed a new type of artificial muscle that can lift 1,000 times its own weight * 3D actuators were combined to form a real-life robot hand that could lift 8kg * The high-strength properties could be applied to create higher capabilities in other body parts and a range of devices.
A team of researchers from the Italian Institute of Technology has just developed a new class of high-strength artificial muscles that can stretch and contract like a human muscle in a way that has never been done before. According to a recent research paper, the muscles perform with a level of versatility and grace closely matched to life-like movements, and provide a boost in the development of three-dimensional functional devices such as artificial body parts. class of strong pneumatic artificial muscles has been developed and combined to form a robot hand that can lift up to thousand times its own weight.
August is ‘looking pretty good’ for the historic Artemis I mission, says Draper’s Pete Paceley.
An immense amount of work goes into programming the manual astronaut override for NASA’s upcoming crewed Artemis missions. As Pete Paceley, principal director of Civil and Commercial Space Systems at Draper, points out on a call with IE, “we don’t want them to ever have to use manual control — but it’s necessary from a safety standpoint.”
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Principal director of Civil and Commercial Space Systems at Draper Pete Paceley told us that August is ‘looking pretty good’ for Artemis I mission.
The autonomous, miniaturized robot could mimic movements used in surgery in space remotely.
MIRA, short for miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant\.
An autonomous, miniaturized robot could soon perform simulated tasks that mimic movements used in surgery without the help of doctors or astronauts.
Meet MIRA, short for miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant. Invented by Nebraska Engineering Professor Shane Farritor, the surgical robot is being readied for a 2024 test mission aboard the International Space Station. For this, NASA recently awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln $100,000 through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators have used DNA to overcome a nearly insurmountable obstacle to engineer materials that would revolutionize electronics.
Scientists around the world are scurrying to reverse the hands of time. Here’s a look at one lab’s search for the fountain of youth, where old mice have grown young again.
The Overview Effect — another Reason to Speed up Space Exploration “…you develop an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world and a compulsion to do something about it…”
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