Researchers Working On Developing The ‘Swiss Army Knife’ Of Soft Robots

In general, soft robots are created for a specific purpose and don’t have much use outside of their intended applications. As a result, researchers working at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)…

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Nearly Half a Million Pacemakers Need Firmware Update to Avert Hackers

The US Food and Drug Administration has made a startling discovery that approximately 465,000 pacemakers are in danger of being hacked. In fact, the agency issued a massive recall after determining hackers had the potential…

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Jaguar Land Rover Sees Us Talking to Steering Wheels In The Future

Jaguar Land Rover envisions a future where steering wheels are still included in vehicles some 30 years down the road. In fact, the British automaker believes an AI-powered steering wheel might be the only thing…

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Revolutionary New Electrode Design Can Charge Batteries in Seconds

We all have experienced the pain of having our phone’s battery die during the most inopportune times. But soon, you will no longer need to drop everything to search for a place to plug in…

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Thermal Imaging Assists Surgical Procedures

FLIR Systems has published an applications article that describes how a leading U.S. university has been using the FLIR A655sc thermal imaging camera to study the effects of temperature on tissue autofluorescence. Tissue autofluorescence spectroscopy…

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Motorola Patents Touchscreen Display Capable of Repairing Itself With Heat

If you are one of the lucky ones who have never experienced a cracked smartphone screen, congratulations as you are an outlier. There are countless people walking around daily with super damaged touchscreens because while…

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New Camera Lens On The LG V30 Will Let In 25% More Light Than The iPhone 7

On August 31st, at IFA in Berlin, the new LG V30 will be unveiled. However, LG isn’t being too shy when it comes to boasting about what the company believes differentiates the new smartphone from…

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Study Shows Electronic Cigarettes Do Indeed Help People Quit Smoking

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ, in which researchers analyzed survey data from over 160,000 people spanning almost 15 years, one major argument surrounding electronic cigarettes appears to be put to rest. It turns out, after…

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