The artificial foot that can change the lives of amputees and robots
An artificial foot that replicates the movements of the natural foot, capable of flexing and adapting to obstacles and surfaces on which it walks. Herein lies the innovative scope of…
Meteorite impacts identified as driver of moon’s tenuous atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Reuters) – The NASA astronauts who became the first people to land on the moon’s surface in the 1960s and 1970s also discovered a previously unknown…
Will AI one day enable us to talk to animals?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, offering promising insights into the long-held human desire to communicate with animals. While this may sound like a scene from a science fiction movie,…
NASA images unlock complex history of two near-Earth asteroids
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the moments before NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in a landmark planetary defense test in 2022, it took high-resolution images…
Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying…
Gen AI productions are becoming more believable – what can we do?
Gen AI: In June 2024, an artificial intelligence-generated picture of the well-known K-pop star G-Dragon holding a transparent bag of bread while making peace signs with his hands went viral…
Say cheese: Japanese scientists make robot face ‘smile’ with living skin
By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese scientists have devised a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them “smile,” in a breakthrough…
Paris 2024 Olympics, all the online threats to avoid
In the past few days, I have been in Paris to follow Samsung Unpacked 2024, and I took the opportunity to observe how the city is preparing for the upcoming…
Why you should use incognito mode
Websites and companies, including giants like Google, track your activities through your browser; this is not news. But while altogether avoiding browsers isn’t practical, using incognito mode is a powerful…
Rotten eggs chemical detected on Jupiter-like alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The planet known as HD 189733b, discovered in 2005, already had a reputation as a rather extreme place, a scorching hot gas giant a…