If Personal Robots Were Cuter
SCIENCE

If Personal Robots Were Cuter

At the Media Lab, a research scientist named Sharifa Alghowinem is researching personal robot technology that can explain emotions in both English and Arabic. Research science at the Personal Robotics Group (PRG) at the MIT Media Lab [more…]

Producing Tiny Artificial Eyelashes
Biology

Producing Tiny Artificial Eyelashes

With the help of small magnetic rods and a rotating magnetic field, scientists were able to mimic the undulating motion of hair-like structures on cell surfaces. Thanks to the coordinated fluctuation of hair-like structures known as cilia, [more…]