Tokyo Lab Develops E-Skin for Next-Gen Robots

www.impactlab.com | Sep 4, 2008

Exploring the science of artificial touchJapanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable e-skin that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

http://www.impactlab.com/2008/09/03/tokyo-lab-develops-e-skin-for-next-gen-robots/

electric robot 'skin'

robotics.youngester.com | Aug 14, 2008

The material is the first in the world to solve the problems faced by metals - which are conductive but do not stretch - and rubber, which hardly transmits electricity, according to the team at the University of Tokyo.

http://robotics.youngester.com/2008/08/electric-robot-skin.html

Carbon nanotube rubber could provide e-skin for robots

www.nanowerk.com | Aug 12, 2008

(Nanowerk News) Japanese researchers say they have developed a rubber that is able to conduct electricity well, paving the way for robots with stretchable "e-skin" that can feel heat and pressure like humans.

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=6717.php

Finding options to animal testing

www.mercurynews.com | Aug 10, 2008

When animal researchers are attacked, as they were recently in Santa Cruz, it's often by extremists who say living creatures are being needlessly tortured just so people can have safe drugs, cosmetics and other household goods.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10156583?source=rss

History Channel: Clash of the Cavemen

www.dvdtalk.com

Rent It We've all had the epiphany, even if it was brief, that in reality we're

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34173/history-channel-clash-of-the-cavemen/

Alternative Health Care in New Zealand

Alternative health care is alive and well in New Zealand. It is estimated that over 33 per cent of the population there now use alternative practitioners to treat their illnesses.

http://www.yourhealthbase.com/health_NZ.htm

in view of tomorrow - Research and Development at Henkel 2000

www.henkel.com

Industry is remaking itself the world over. Companies are changing their portfolios, focussing on new fields of business, and strengthening their positions in the global markets. Today’s chemical industry is also experiencing a growing demand for innovative technologies and products.

http://www.henkel.com/com/content_data/inviewoftomorrow2000.pdf

Review-a-Day for Fri, Dec 28: Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships

www.powells.com

Here's a prediction that'll make you squirm: In the future, people will fall in love with robots. Robots will not be cold, predictable machines, but actual lovers -- precocious, sexy, and remarkably humanlike in appearance. Humans will even marry robots...

http://www.powells.com/review/2007_12_28.html?utm_source=overview&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_overview&utm_content=Love%20and%20Sex%20with%20Robots%3A%20The%20Evolution%20of%20Human-Robot%20Relationships&PID=18