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DIYTopicTypeSlideshow

iCandy: Remote Control

Gadgets that reach where we can’t go, help the imperiled, and spot problems both physical and cognitive

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tools and toystype:slideshowShandong Electric Power Research InstituteNASA’s Curiosity roverUAVsSant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa

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A researcher at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa, in Italy, demonstrates an exoskeleton designed to allow a single rescue worker to lift a wall that has fallen and trapped earthquake survivors. The prototype is one of several machines—including a brain-controlled bionic hand and a garbage-recycling robot—that the group has produced.
tools and toystype:slideshowShandong Electric Power Research InstituteNASA’s Curiosity roverUAVsSant’Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa
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The InstituteTopicArticleTypeHistory of Technology

How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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