Safer Robot Assistants Respond to Unexpected Human Behavior [video]

by Amantha May | July 16, 2021 | Enabling Tech

“Normality; show me normality, Señor Caballero, and I will show you an exception to the abnormal order of the universe; show me a normal event and I shall call it miraculous because it is normal.” Those words, written by celebrated Mexican author Carlos...

Smartphones to Detect Disease from Voice Samples

by Alfred Poor | July 15, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Health

We’ve written many times about how digital voice samples can be used to diagnose or detect disease and conditions ranging from depression to asthma, from COPD to COVID-19. This is a triumph of mobile technology and artificial intelligence. But now comes news...

New Wearable Harvests Fingertip Sweat for Power [video]

by Amantha May | July 14, 2021 | Enabling Tech

University of California San Diego engineers have developed a wearable device that harvests energy from sweat produced by a fingertip. The flexible device wraps around the finger like a band aid. It can harvest energy when the wearer is at rest or in motion. Finger...

Robots Now Can Have Sense of Touch [video]

by Alfred Poor | July 14, 2021 | Enabling Tech

“Human touch”: it’s so central to our lives that it’s a key part of a Michelangelo painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. If robots are going to learn to interact with us in natural ways, touch is going to be an important skill for success....

Sew Fabric with Conductive Threads to Create Smart Clothing [video]

by Amantha May | July 7, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Smart clothing experiments have been focused largely on weaving conductive threads and yarns into fabric that can then be used to connect digital sensors and other devices. Researchers at the University of Bath have taken a different approach. Rather than make the...

New Smart Skin Lets You Sweat

by Alfred Poor | July 2, 2021 | Enabling Tech

Have you every worn a pair of rubber gloves to complete a task on a hot summer day? The gloves may stay dry on the outside, but in a short time the insides will be sopping wet because your hands sweat in the heat. And that liquid has no place to go because it’s...