Robotic Wrist-Worn Joint Gives You Another Hand

By Alyssa Danigelis, Discovery News, May 20, 2016  Ever wish you had an extra hand sprouting out of your wrist? Researchers from MIT made it happen with wearable robotic joints The new wearable multi-joint interface was created by Sang-won Leigh, a PhD student in MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group, and MIT professor Pattie Maes. Their gripper-like robotic… Continue reading Robotic Wrist-Worn Joint Gives You Another Hand

Quebec teen uses stars to locate possible lost Mayan city in Mexican jungle

By Alison Northcott, Stephen Smith, CBC News, May 10, 2016  William Gadoury, 15, gets Canadian Space Agency involved in determined search for ruins A 15-year-old boy from Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que., has discovered what could be the ruins of a lost 4,600-year-old city in Mexico by comparing ancient star charts and the positions of known Mayan ruins. Read full article… Continue reading Quebec teen uses stars to locate possible lost Mayan city in Mexican jungle