by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Cornell’s microscopic robots have legs! In August in Nature, two Cornell professors and a former Cornell postdoctoral researcher (now a University of Pennsylvania assistant professor) detailed their developments with tiny walking robots in the article,...
![Stretchable “Skin” Display Senses Touch [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/03/Cornell-skin.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | March 14, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
We are constantly moving toward technology that is more like us, whether it’s the ability to “understand” and win a complex game like Go, or to create a humanoid device to interact with us as a caregiver or companion. And we will need to move beyond...
![Plastic Foam for Body Parts [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/11/Cornell-foam-heart.jpg?resize=600%2C272)
by Alfred Poor | November 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers at Cornell University have a new polymer foam with characteristics that can be useful when making prosthetic devices or replacement organs such as a functioning heart. One feature is that the material can be poured into molds to create items of a...
![Open Source Robotic Hands [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/03/OpenBionics.jpg?resize=599%2C266)
by Alfred Poor | March 24, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Losing a hand can have a devastating on a person’s independence and quality of life. A functional prosthesis can be an expensive proposition, however. A group of researchers and technology enthusiasts from Yale University and Cornell University in the U.S. and...
