(Image: Oussama Khatib, Stanford University; Shuyun Chung, Stanford University)
Power from within
Tap into your personal power supply. 快猫短视频s at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea have built a device from thin layers of metal that harvests energy from inside the body. The researchers have tested the device by implanting it in a rat. As the rat breathed, the patch generated 3.73 volts 鈥� about enough to run a pacemaker if it was implanted in a human.
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Gandalf bot
Even robots need support sometimes. Enter the 鈥渟mart staff鈥�, a walking stick designed to help humanoid bots tackle tough terrain. Built by engineers at Stanford University in California, its sensors let robots explore the slope and slipperiness of unfamiliar surfaces. The staff has been tested with a robotic arm and will be presented next month at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Hamburg, Germany.
