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]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.swissdnabank.com/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:42:03 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2hy2dG/www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1209605/Robot-bear-help-nurse-sick-patients.html/t:4af6afc447277;src:reviews http://itlibitum.stumbleupon.com/review/35685301/ Robot bear to help nurse sick patients

A nursing robot built in the shape of a friendly bear is being trialled for use in Japanese hospitals.
Named RIBA, short for Robot for Interactive Body Assistance, the bot was designed to aid medical staff by lifting patients in and out of beds.


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The 400lb robot has spongy arms with a number of sensors to help carry the patient smoothly from chair to bed. The designers say it is able to respond to simple spoken commands and recognise co-workers.
It was developed by researchers at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) and Tokai Rubber Industries, and can currently carry people weighing up to 9.5st.
'Transferring patients from wheelchairs is heavy physical work. Many nurses have problems with their lower backs and RIBA should lighten this burden,' a spokesman from Riken said.
They designed the robot to look like a teddy bear as they believe a human-looking robot would only serve to scare the patients due to the 'uncanny valley' phenomenon.
Japan is facing a growing shortage of nurses as the population grows older, and hopes robotic technology will solve the problem. The RIBA designers hope their robot will be introduced to hospitals within the next five years.

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Opens new possibilities for exploring the building blocks of future microprocessors and other nanodevices

IBM scientists have been able to image the "anatomy"--or chemical structure--inside a molecule with unprecedented resolution, using a complex technique known as noncontact atomic force microscopy.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.zurich.ibm.com/news/09/pentacene.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:11:10 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/1YlgyP/eccerobot.org/t:4af6afc447277;src:reviews http://itlibitum.stumbleupon.com/review/35581230/ ECCCEROBOT (Embodied Cognition in a Compliantly Engineered Robot) is a three-year project funded by the 7th framework programme of the EU (ICT-Challenge 2, "Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics") that has the goal to build and control the first anthropomimetic robot and finally, to investigate its human-like cognitive features.

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This view of the volcanic plains of Neptune's moon Triton was produced using topographic maps derived from images acquired by NASA's Voyager spacecraft during its August 1989 flyby, 20 years ago this week. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Universities Space Research Association/Lunar & Planetary Institute

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LOIRP and LRO Confirm That Humans Walked on the Moon

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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