by Chris Tachibana | Aug 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
You wouldn’t mistake it for a bluebottle or Drosophila, Sarah McQuate says, but robofly flaps like the real thing. In UW News, Sarah writes about a wireless, housefly-sized, laser-beam-powered robotic insect created by University of Washington engineers. Read the...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 1, 2017 | ScienceWire
Touch and grip, Jennifer Langston writes, is all about shear forces and small vibrations. University of Washington scientists and engineers are designing flexible, electronic skin that detects slipping over a surface or grasping an object, Jennifer writes in UW News....
by Chris Tachibana | Feb 3, 2017 | ScienceWire
What comes after Siri and self-driving cars? Richard Yonck posits that the next step could be technology that recognizes human feelings. His new book, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence explores the rewards and pitfalls of...