Posts Tagged ‘movement’
Watch squishy creatures evolve to run
CORNELL (US) — A computer algorithm shows virtual “softbots” evolving muscle-like features and teaching themselves to walk. Continue…
Friday, May 3, 2013 9:34 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Apr 25, 2013 13:23 - 0 Comments
Like baby turtles, ‘FlipperBot’ has bendy wrists
GEORGIA TECH (US) — To move over surfaces like sand, a robot called “FlipperBot” uses flexible wrists inspired by how hatchling sea turtles get to the ocean. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 3, 2013 8:40 - 0 Comments
‘Tug-of-war’ tells cell bits which way to go
UC DAVIS (US) — Like tiny, crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields—but in opposite directions, scientists report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 19, 2012 15:04 - 0 Comments
Paralyzed woman’s thoughts guide robot arm
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A woman with longstanding quadriplegia maneuvered a mind-controlled, human-like robot arm in seven dimensions, using it to feed herself dark chocolate and high-five someone. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 13, 2012 11:46 - 0 Comments
Bonding can make us move in unison
CALTECH (US) — Ever noticed how friends end up walking in synch or how an audience will eventually clap together? Scientists have measured this mysterious “brain-brain synchrony.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 5, 2012 13:34 - 0 Comments
Candidates’ moves can outweigh their words
NYU / UC BERKELEY (US) — A new website matches the words and gestures of President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney to reveal their differing word-by-word emphasis. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 8, 2012 12:27 - 0 Comments
Like vs. dislike shifts how brain ‘sees’
USC (US) — Liking, or disliking, the person you’re watching can actually have an effect on how the brain processes movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 14, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments
Skeleton-free cartoons move like a jellyfish
GEORGIA TECH (US) — New animation techniques could make it easier to create computer-generated characters that lack a skeletal structure—anything from starfish and earthworms to the human tongue. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 11, 2012 11:37 - 3 Comments
Neurons send ‘rhythmic signals’ down spine
STANFORD (US) — In a surprising finding, researchers have proposed a new model that says motor neurons send basic rhythmic patterns down the spine to drive movement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 28, 2012 11:50 - 0 Comments
How brain choreographs eye-arm moves
NYU (US) — A mechanism in the brain appears to coordinate the timing of eye and arm movements, a finding that could be key for rehab and prosthetics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 24, 2012 15:44 - 1 Comment
Despite birth and death, flocks keep going
U. OREGON (US) — A new equation explains how flocks—from large animals to molecules—keep going despite individual births and deaths. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2011 21:41 - 3 Comments
Irregular arm swing points to Parkinson’s
PENN STATE (US) — An asymmetrical arm swing—where one arm swings less than the other—is an early sign of Parkinson’s and can be seen in time to begin drugs and other interventions in time to slow the disease’s progression. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2011 11:57 - 0 Comments
Worms stop and go with human-like circuits
U. MICHIGAN (US) — The strategies used by the tiny C. elegans roundworm to control its motions are remarkably similar to those used by the human brain to command movement of eyes, arms, and legs. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Snails don’t need slime to get ahead
STANFORD (US) — To move from here to there, a snail crawls using one muscular foot on a layer of self-secreted mucus-like slime. Now it appears the sticky stuff isn’t so essential after all. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 22, 2011 10:59 - 1 Comment
Touched by a robot. Creepy or cool?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — If a robot touched your arm, would you like it or would you feel a little uncomfortable? New research suggests your reaction depends on how you perceive the robot’s intentions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 13:34 - 0 Comments
Brain maps give reach direction
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Different kinds of reaching are activated by the same part of the brain, but separate road maps point the way to the specific action. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 16, 2010 10:39 - 3 Comments
Why animal evolution mirrors wheel design
DUKE (US)—While the evolution from the Neolithic solid stone wheel with a single hole for an axle to the sleek wheels of today’s racing bikes can be seen as the result of human ingenuity, engineer Adrian Bejan says it also represents how animals, including humans, have come to move more efficiently and quicker over millions of years on Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2010 14:02 - 3 Comments
‘Cool’ sleeves fight fatigue
TULANE—Researchers are outfitting athletes, surgeons, and others with “cooling sleeves” to control body temperature during physical exertion in an effort to delay fatigue. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 8, 2009 17:44 - 0 Comments
Dinosaurs reacted fast to avoid slip-ups
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Early dinosaurs made on-the-fly adjustments to their movements to cope with slippery and sloping terrain, according to a new investigation of a fossilized tracksite in southern Africa. (more…)
