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Jan 28, 2024

Scientists Develop Artificial Muscle Device That Produces Force 34 Times Its Weight

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI, wearables

Soft robots, medical devices, and wearable devices are now common in our daily routines. Researchers at KAIST have created a fluid switch that employs ionic polymer artificial muscles. This switch functions with ultra-low power while generating a force 34 times its own weight. Fluid switches are designed to direct the flow of fluid, guiding it in specific directions to initiate different movements.

KAIST (President Kwang-Hyung Lee) announced on the 4th of January that a research team under Professor IlKwon Oh from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed a soft fluidic switch that operates at ultra-low voltage and can be used in narrow spaces.

Jan 25, 2024

Italian team’s iCub3 avatar tech set to enhance human-robot connection

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, wearables

Advanced proposition

The iCub3 robot avatar system has been designed to facilitate the embodiment of humanoid robots by human operators, encompassing aspects such as locomotion, manipulation, voice, and facial expressions with comprehensive sensory feedback, including visual, auditory, haptic, weight, and touch modalities.

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Jan 23, 2024

Scientists advance affordable, sustainable solution for flat-panel displays and wearable tech

Posted by in categories: computing, sustainability, wearables

A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed “supramolecular ink,” a new technology for use in OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays or other electronic devices. Made of inexpensive, Earth-abundant elements instead of costly scarce metals, supramolecular ink could enable more affordable and environmentally sustainable flat-panel screens and electronic devices.

“By replacing precious metals with Earth-abundant materials, our ink technology could be a game changer for the OLED industry,” said principal investigator Peidong Yang, a faculty senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and professor of chemistry and materials science and engineering at UC Berkeley.

“What’s even more exciting is that the technology could also extend its reach to organic printable films for the fabrication of wearable devices as well as luminescent art and sculpture,” he added.

Jan 22, 2024

Liquid RAM Flexes for Wearables, Robots, Implants

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, wearables

A non-volatile version could be on its way, too.

Jan 21, 2024

Stretchable interfaces come in from the cold

Posted by in categories: materials, wearables

By transferring laser-induced graphene to a hydrogel film at cryogenic temperatures, stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces can be created for application in wearable and implantable electronics.

Jan 21, 2024

Eisai harnesses wearables data for AI-led Alzheimer’s prediction

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI, wearables

Its AI model can predict the accumulation of amyloid-beta protein, a major Alzheimer’s biomarker.

Jan 18, 2024

Samsung is making a smart ring

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, wearables

Samsung ended its Unpacked event with a teaser showing a new Galaxy Ring.


Details on the Galaxy Ring are still slim.

Jan 17, 2024

Stroke survivors regain grip on life with game-changing ‘Smart glove’

Posted by in category: wearables

This wearable device can help stroke survivors regain their hand functions.

Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting millions of people every year.

Jan 13, 2024

AI wearable contraption gives you superhuman strength

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI, wearables

A new way to experience adventure and challenge your limits.

Do you love exploring the great outdoors, but feel limited by your physical stamina or the weight of your backpack?


A robot startup, Hypershell from Y-Combinator China, has created an all-terrain exoskeleton that will take your outdoor adventures to the next level.

Jan 13, 2024

Transferring laser-induced graphene at extremely low temperatures for ultrathin bioelectronics

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, robotics/AI, wearables

A recent study published in Nature Electronics discusses stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces for wearable and implantable bioelectronics.

Stretchable and conductive nanocomposites with mechanically soft, thin and biocompatible features play vital roles in developing wearable skin-like devices, smart soft robots and implantable bioelectronics.

Although several design strategies involving have been reported to overcome the mechanical mismatch between the brittle electrodes and stretchable polymers, it is still challenging to realize monolithic integration of various components with diverse functionalities using the current ultrathin stretchable conductive nanocomposites. This is attributed to the lack of suitable conductive nanomaterial systems compatible with facile patterning strategies.

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