by dankeelan | Aug 29, 2024 | Biotech, Robots
Cornell researchers have pioneered a new method for controlling “biohybrid” robots by harnessing the natural electrical signals of fungal mycelia, the vegetative part of mushrooms. These robots, which integrate living material into their design, can react to...
by dankeelan | May 5, 2022 | Biotech, Featured, Healthcare, Robots
If you want to see the unfettered power of cooperation, you need look no further than colonial insects. In the 1998 DreamWorks Animation film Antz we follow Z, an ant who is tired of working for the benefit of the colony and wants to chart his own path...
by dankeelan | Jul 1, 2021 | Biotech, Featured, Space
The International Space Station (ISS) welcomes scientific guests, that is, experimental modules that have reserved berths in the ISS’s payload racks. In a sense, the ISS is a scientific cruise ship. It is extraordinarily exclusive even though the accommodations are...
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