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US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (62) | comments 12

In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ...





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Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair

Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command.


Astronauts take mission's 3rd and final spacewalk (AP)

Astronauts take mission's 3rd and final spacewalk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Two spacewalking astronauts took on cable and antenna work at the international space station Saturday in their final trek outside, but encountered last-minute difficulty with a connector and had ...


The brain-machine interface (right) equipped with headgear to measure electrical current and blood flow in the brain

New robot 'steered by human thought': Honda

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Japan's Honda said Tuesday it had developed a robot steered by human thought, thanks to a helmet-like device that measures a person's brain activity and sends signals to the machine.


Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk (AP)

Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.


New research could help protect frontline troops

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is working to develop futuristic communications systems that could help protect frontline troops.


Local area drivers drag race down pit lane at a motor speeedway in Fort Worth

Drag racing goes green as US electric cars shine

Technology / Energy

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Far from the fury of traditional race-tracks, spectators got a glimpse of the future as they watched electric cars rev up, and silently bomb off around the Mason-Dixon Dragway.


North Carolina football players testing pill that can give body temperature readings

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At first, it was hard for University of North Carolina football player Kendric Burney to swallow. They handed him a pill containing a battery, thermometer and radio transmitter and told him it would lodge in his intestine, ...


Future tech on show at 36th SIGGRAPH

Technology / Hi Tech

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- If you pull on my ear, will I follow you anywhere? Yes, say researchers at University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo.


Shuttle nears space station, docking scheduled (AP)

Shuttle docks at space station, unloads parts (Update 2)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday for a weeklong stay, and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of spare parts needed to keep the outpost ...


Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Can thinking of a loved one reduce your pain?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "The very thought of you ... the mere idea of you" -- from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain?



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