The Cornell startup specializes in creating soft, stretchable fiber-optic sensors that can be woven into clothing to recognize different types of touch. Sometimes you want your technology to be fast, sleek, eye-catching and responsive. And other times? You want to be able to throw it into the wash ...

For the avid golfer, perfecting your swing can take hours of dedicated focus and practice. In golf, the difference between a slice and a great shot can come down to tiny, and often unseen, flaws in technique, frequently resulting from an errant swing path learned habitually over time. These ...

Taking its cues from the haunting electronic instrument, the MoCapaci project sews a theremin into a blazer to feed a deep-learning system with data for accurate gesture sensing and activity recognition. The ability to sense bodily movement unlocks a wealth of potential for wearable, augmented ...

Thanks to the enhanced light-field technology developed by EPFL spin-off Creal, augmented-reality and virtual-reality images appear increasingly life-like with less strain on users’ eyes. The company will present the latest version of its system at the Augmented World Expo this week in California. ...

KIT researchers make physical-virtual models usable for engineers - new possibilities for non-contact cross-location work Can my product do what it should - and will customers buy it? The answer to this question determines the success or failure of a market launch. The problem: we don't ...

NASA is looking into whether mixed reality technology could help with repairs and upgrades on the cutting-edge Cold Atom Lab aboard the space station. NASA’s Cold Atom Lab is a first-of-its-kind physics laboratory operating in Earth orbit. About the size of a mini-fridge, it hosts ...

Designed to address the problem of accurately detecting objects — like other vehicles and pedestrians — at distance, Google and Waymo's 4D-Net offers a novel and generalizable approach to sensor fusion with some impressive results. The key to safe, reliable autonomous vehicles — above even how ...

Demonstrated by researchers in Hong Kong, this closed-loop human-machine interface (CL-HMI) system lets you take control of a robot via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or the Internet — and to feel what it feels. There was a time when whole-body tele-operation control of a virtual construct was the work of ...

The design could help restore motor function after stroke, enhance virtual gaming experiences. When you pick up a balloon, the pressure to keep hold of it is different from what you would exert to grasp a jar. And now engineers at MIT and elsewhere have a way to precisely measure and map such ...

Robotic wheelchairs may soon be able to move through crowds smoothly and safely. As part of CrowdBot, EPFL researchers are exploring the technical, ethical and safety issues related to this kind of technology. The aim of the project is to eventually help the disabled get around more easily. ...