To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...

Engineers reinvent the 5,000-year-old gear using fluids instead of solid teeth.

New research from the WISE group (Wearable, Intelligent, Soft Electronics) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU-WISE) has ...

A team of researchers at the University of Trento provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building the mechatronic devices of the future As mechatronic ...

Supersister – no, not another Girls Aloud wannabe group – were among the most innovative and original bands of the early prog era. And their debut album, Present From Nancy, has become iconic since ...

Underwater octopuses change their body color and texture in the blink of an eye to blend perfectly into their surroundings when evading predators or capturing prey. They transform their bodies to ...

On stage, Florence Welch projects a kind of mystical power. Her voice is otherworldly, and her imagery evokes a bygone time when magic was real. Her sixth studio album as Florence + the Machine, ...

WotC drops new reveals for Magic: The Gathering's 100th expansion set, Outlaws of Thunder Junction, including the return of Jace. Mar 26, 2024 MTG Outlaws of Thunder Junction Brings Wild West-themed ...

Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology built a soft robotic eye that focuses using light alone. It can resolve details near 0.00016 inches (0.04 millimeters), with no wires or battery. The ...

Canterbury prog legends Soft Machine have announced they will release their latest studio album, Thirteen, through Dyad Records on March 13. The band have also shared a video trailer for the new album ...