Robotic Hands Get Delicate

Robotic Hands Get Delicate

Robots don't understand subtlety - what is effortless to a human, like pouring juice into a cup, is a challenge for a machine. While one hand holds the glass bottle firmly, the other one must gently…
You Knew This: ADD And ADHD Over-Diagnosed

You Knew This: ADD And ADHD Over-Diagnosed

What the public and even experts suspected is now supported by representative data collected by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and University of Basel: ADHD, attention deficit…
The Little Gauge that Could

The Little Gauge that Could

This blog is a salvage job. I have towed my t-shirts with the GEM Lagrange density and field equations to the retraction dump, crashing global sales numbers.  I have spent time picking through…
World Autism Awareness Day 2012

World Autism Awareness Day 2012

Autism Speaks wants us to go blue. I sit here in my 2011 WAAD tee, all in blue, from hair to shoes. I am blue. Blue to celebrate today. Celebrate seems a weird word, doesn't it--what are we…