A lone robotic float has just achieved something no human, ship, or sensor array has ever managed. For two-and-a-half years, ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Human skin is a sensitive detector of both pressure and temperature sets the performance benchmark for the development of artificial tactile systems. Researchers are working on ...

Robots do not look human just yet, but soon they may get the "human touch." Researchers say they have developed a flexible sensor able to detect temperature, pressure and humidity simultaneously, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. Scientists at Cornell’s School of Engineering have done just ...