More from Kristin Houser (Page 25)

MIT researchers have created Fiberbots, autonomous robots that can weave fiberglass into tall tubes that we could one day use for construction projects.

These Robots Weave Super Durable Fiberglass Structures So Humans Don’t Have To

By Kristin Houser

This week, Philippine inventor Kyxz Mendiola took his Koncepto Milenya, a flying sports car prototype, out for its first public test flight.

This “Flying Sports Car” Is Like a Giant Drone You Can Ride In

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created an AI that can identify a person with 92 percent accuracy after recording just seven consecutive footsteps.

Artificial Intelligence

Tread Lightly: This AI Can Identify You by Monitoring Your Footsteps

By Kristin Houser

Japanese space exploration company ispace is teaming up with SpaceX on two lunar missions, one in mid-2020 and the other in mid-2021.

SpaceX Will Send Another Company’s Robots to the Moon in 2021

By Kristin Houser

Culturally Sensitive Robots Are Here to Care for the Elderly

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Wiped Out a Mosquito Population by Hacking Their DNA With CRISPR

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Stops People From Lighting up Cigarettes at the Gas Pump

By Kristin Houser

Artificial Intelligence

This Musician Created an AI to Write Songs For Him, And They’re Pretty Strange

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Just Took A “Spectacular Step” Towards Lab-Grown Human Egg Cells

Health & Medicine

Scientists Just Took A “Spectacular Step” Towards Lab-Grown Human Egg Cells

By Kristin Houser

Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid

Here Are the First Photos Japan’s Robot Landers Sent Back From an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again

Health & Medicine

Electrical Stimulation Helped A Man With Paralyzed Legs Walk Again

By Kristin Houser

Americans Are Living Longer. That Will Mean More People With Alzheimer’s.

Health & Medicine

Americans Are Living Longer. That Will Mean More People With Alzheimer’s.

By Kristin Houser

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.

Ten Crypto Exchanges Told Us How They Work. Looks Like They’re at Least as Sketchy as We Thought.

By Kristin Houser

CDC officials have traced an outbreak of the antibiotic-resistant bacteria Campylobacter jejuni to pet-store puppies unnecessarily prescribed antibiotics.

Pet Store Puppies Are Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By Kristin Houser

Japan's space agency just deployed two asteroid-exploring robots from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, and they could teach us about the solar system's past.

A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”

Facebook Makes Dating Service “Facebook Official”

By Kristin Houser

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows

Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created a synthetic skin that could give people with prosthetics the ability to sense touch with super-human sensitivity.

Prosthetics and Devices

“Synthetic Skin” Could Give Prosthesis Users a Superhuman Sense of Touch

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have created the first lab-grown esophagus using pluripotent stem cells, and it could help identify new treatments for digestive disorders.

Health & Medicine

Why Scientists Grew a Tiny Human Esophagus in a Lab

By Kristin Houser

UK researchers are now testing RemoveDEBRIS, a satellite designed to trap space debris in a net so it can be removed before it damages spacecraft.

UK Researchers Just Deployed a Massive Net to Catch Space Debris

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have created the strongest-ever controllable magnetic field, and it could help make nuclear fusion a reality.

This Super Powerful Magnetic Field Puts Us One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion

By Kristin Houser

Yale researchers have created a robotic skin that they can wrap around inanimate objects to give them the ability to move.

This “Robotic Skin” Can Turn Pretty Much Anything Into a Robot

By Kristin Houser

NASA just shared the first image produces by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a satellite designed to help in the hunt for exoplanets.

Science & Energy

See the First Image Produced by NASA’s Newest Planet Hunter

By Kristin Houser

Alphabet AI Is Helping Release Sterile Mosquitoes in Singapore

Artificial Intelligence

Alphabet AI Is Helping Release Sterile Mosquitoes in Singapore

By Kristin Houser

This AI Dreams Up Brain Tumor Scans to Train Other AIs

Artificial Intelligence

This AI Dreams Up Brain Tumor Scans to Train Other AIs

By Kristin Houser

Live Update: SpaceX Unveils Future Moon Passenger

Live Update: SpaceX Unveils Future Moon Passenger

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Tweeted Some Very Cool New Renders of the Big Falcon Rocket

Elon Musk Tweeted Some Very Cool New Renders of the Big Falcon Rocket

By Kristin Houser

Germany Just Rolled Out the World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Trains

Science & Energy

Germany Just Rolled Out the World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Trains

By Kristin Houser

Researchers produce a new kind of transducer that could dramatically decrease the cost of ultrasound machines and bring the tech to remote locations.

Health & Medicine

This DIY Tech Could Lead to $100 Ultrasound Machines

By Kristin Houser

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

Virtual Reality

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

By Kristin Houser

You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499

Science & Energy

You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel in a Residential Garage and Nobody Knows Exactly Why

Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel in a Residential Garage and Nobody Knows Exactly Why

By Kristin Houser

This Tiny Robot Uses Flapping Wings to Imitate Animals’ Flight

This Tiny Robot Uses Flapping Wings to Imitate Animals’ Flight

By Kristin Houser

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space

By Kristin Houser

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

Prosthetics and Devices

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis

By Kristin Houser

BMW's self-driving motorcycle can start, stop, and navigate all by itself, but the company says creating a fully autonomous vehicle wasn't its intention.

Self-Driving Vehicles

BMW’s Self-Driving Motorcycle Could Help Keep Bikers Safe

By Kristin Houser

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

AI Just Detected 72 Radio Bursts That Could Come From Aliens

By Kristin Houser

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

Science & Energy

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

By Kristin Houser

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

The Military’s “Molar Mic” Is Straight out of Mission Impossible

By Kristin Houser

NASA is considering finding corporate sponsors to name rockets or spacecraft to help the company raise funds and maintain cultural relevance.

Corporate Sponsors Could Help NASA Keep Pace with Private Space Companies

By Kristin Houser

The Ocean Cleanup is finally ready to put its plastic-wrangling boom to the test cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A Huge Trap Is Ready to Start Gobbling Up Ocean Plastic “Like A Giant Pac-Man”

By Kristin Houser

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

A New Map of Antarctica Is Detailed Enough to See a Car Parked on An Ice Shelf

By Kristin Houser

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience and Brain

A Researcher Is Offering a Prize to Anyone Who Can Prove a Germ Causes Alzheimer’s

By Kristin Houser

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

Advanced Transport

The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town

By Kristin Houser

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

Science & Energy

We’re Drinking so Much Water That We’re Actually Making the Ocean Saltier

By Kristin Houser

Amazon's cage system, which it patented back in 2016, would presumably allow workers to travel safely in active robot zones.

An Amazon Patent Would Use Cages to Keep Employees “Safe”

By Kristin Houser

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

Health & Medicine

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.

By Kristin Houser

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

Artificial Intelligence

MIT’s New Robot Can Visually Understand Objects It’s Never Seen Before

By Kristin Houser

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

Artificial Intelligence

Drone Racing: The Next Battleground For AI to Try to Dominate Humans

By Kristin Houser

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

Science & Energy

Google’s New Search Engine Could Solve a Major Problem in the Scientific Community

By Kristin Houser

Two companies are ready to try manufacturing optical fibers aboard the International Space Station to improve their quality.

Two Companies Are Going to Manufacture Optical Fibers in Space

By Kristin Houser

A group of hospitals has come together to form Civica Rx, a not-for-profit company that will manufacture in-demand generic medications.

Health & Medicine

Unhappy With a Future Ruled by Pharma, Hospitals Are Making Drugs Themselves

By Kristin Houser

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

The US Has Tons of Spaceports But Not Enough Launches

By Kristin Houser

Goldman Sachs is delaying plans for cryptocurrency trading operation due to regulatory uncertainty, according to a Business Insider report.

Maybe Goldman Sachs Isn’t So Keen On Crypto, After All

By Kristin Houser

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

Health & Medicine

Sugar Pills Can Help Tiny Robots Navigate Your Body

By Kristin Houser

It’s Now Way Easier to Manipulate Individual Atoms in 3D

It’s Now Way Easier to Manipulate Individual Atoms in 3D

By Kristin Houser

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

Japan Will Soon Conduct The First Test of Elevator Movement in Space

By Kristin Houser

An African nation has agreed to let researchers release genetically engineered mosquitoes into the wild as part of a plan to eradicate malaria.

Health & Medicine

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are About to Fly Free in Africa

By Kristin Houser

The U.S. Army is eyeing a system that traps military drones while they're on the move, which could help the devices avoid detection by enemies.

A Venus Flytrap-Like System Could Help Military Drones Avoid Detection

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Yale University have found a way to make 3D printing metal far easier, potentially opening up the material to consumer use.

We Can Now Easily 3D Print With Metal

By Kristin Houser

A year after cleaving from the Antarctic ice shelf, iceberg A68 is now on the move, exposing a long-undisturbed underwater ecosystem.

Science & Energy

A Huge Iceberg Is Moving. Now Scientists Finally Might Understand What Lives Underneath It.

By Kristin Houser

A New AI “Journalist” Is Rewriting the News to Remove Bias

Artificial Intelligence

A New AI “Journalist” Is Rewriting the News to Remove Bias

By Kristin Houser

In Europe, Scientists Need to Share Their Research for Free if They Want Government Funding

Science & Energy

In Europe, Scientists Need to Share Their Research for Free if They Want Government Funding

By Kristin Houser

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Wants to Mine Data From the (Literal) Stars

By Kristin Houser

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