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Mashup Score: 1WeTac Skin VR is a Wireless, Ultra-Thin Haptic Skin That Lets You Feel Things in Virtual Reality - 2 year(s) ago
Imagine Apple’s VR headset with WeTac Skin VR, which is essentially a wireless, ultra-thin haptic skin that lets you feel things in virtual or augmented reality. This electronic skin collects the user’s personalized tactical sensing data and consists of two parts: a small flexible actuator attached to the forearm, functioning as a control panel, and a palm-sized patch of hydrogel electrodes that…
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Mashup Score: 3
Caterpillar Inc. has successfully completed a test of the first all-electric large mining truck in Irving, Texas. This battery-electric 793 large mining truck traversed a seven-kilometer (4.3-mile) course, while Caterpillar engineers monitored over 1,100 data channels, gathering 110,000 data points per second, to validate simulation and modeling capabilities. When fully loaded to its rated…
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Mashup Score: 1MIT Researchers Develop RoboCap, a Robotic Pill That Could be Used to Administer Drugs Like Insulin - 2 year(s) ago
Unlike this snake with robotic legs, MIT’s RoboCap might actually save lives in the future. This robotic pill is capable of tunneling through mucus in the GI tract to administer large protein drugs like insulin, thus replacing traditional injections completely. Put simply, this robotic pill has a cap that spins and tunnels through the mucus barrier when it reaches the small intestine, enabling…
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Mashup Score: 7Engineers at MIT Fabricate a Chip-less, Wireless Electronic Skin That Senses and Transmits Signals - 2 year(s) ago
MIT engineers have fabricated an innovative electronic skin capable of communicating wirelessly without requiring onboard chips or batteries. This skin consists of a flexible, semiconducting film that conforms to the skin, with the heart of it being an ultrathin, high-quality film of gallium nitride, a material that is known for its piezoelectric properties. This film of gallium nitride an both…
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