Researchers have created a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect a range of physical interactions, from pats to punches to hugs, without relying on touch at all. Instead, a USB camera ...

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Touching your toes depends on the flexibility of your hamstrings, calves, ankles, glutes, hips, and lower back. Tightness in any one area can limit your reach. You may be able to improve flexibility ...

For five millennia, human civilization has progressed on the back of a simple yet rigid idea: the gear. From the chariot wheels crossing the Gobi Desert in 3,000 BCE to the intricate bronze clockwork ...