One day in the near future you could be lying incapacitated in the middle of an earthquake-ravaged landscape where wheeled vehicles can’t reach you. Or in the very distant future, after engineers have ...

Think you could learn a brand new skill from a five-second video clip? AI was trained on footage from just a few steps of a stick insect, and learned how to walk, navigate bumpy terrain, and adapt to ...

The Aletta from startup Vitestro uses near-infrared light and ultrasound to find veins, then executes the blood collection process from tourniquet application to bandaging.

Robot vacuums aren't very good at deep cleaning carpets. However, Roomba is about to show me how it's fixed this problem. Robot vacuums are a great way to do some general cleaning, but most lack the ...

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Tian Gan is a Senior Concept Artist at Bad Robot Games, with credits on 4LOOP, Echoes of Aincrad, and Atmosfar. Her ...

Do you ever see an ant skittering across your kitchen counter and wonder how this little bug overcame all the obstacles in your home just to get there? Insects use their tiny nervous systems to walk ...

This week’s edition of InnovationRx looks at Vitestro’s newly authorized robot, Italy’s $10 billion pharma family, this ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first robotic blood-draw device, addressing the shortage of phlebotomists throughout the nation. The Aletta is the first standalone ...

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a report at 5:19 p.m. on Monday for strong thunderstorms until 5:45 p.m. for Greater ...