Wonders of Science 2024, November

Soft robots may be the future of robotics, but right now they have a number of flaws in their overall design. For example, the capabilities of such machines are limited by the need for wired control. In other words, they need to be connected to external devices, pipes and hoses through which compressed air is supplied and controlled

While Boston Dynamics in America is improving its SpotMini robot, gradually turning it into a "real" killer dog, their fellow robotics from the University of Cambridge in England continue to work on a conspiratorial robot capable of imitating

All three geminoids (humanoid robots) existing today, one hundred percent copying living people, took part in a very curious event

Automaton (automaton, from the Greek α ὐ τ ό μ α τ omicron; ν - acting of its own accord), automatic doll - an independently operating mechanism (or a set of mechanisms) that performs a certain set of actions using an internal device

Most robots are very monotonous: they either walk on two legs, or look like four-legged dogs

Liquid terminator T-1000 from the cult sci-fi movie "Terminator 2" - not so fantastic, say physicists from Australia who developed semiconductor circuits from liquid metals

Doctors raised new ears for five children with underdeveloped auricles based on their own cells. Auricles were formed from a biodegradable material and then colonized with cartilage cells

In 1770, the first chess mechanism was built by the Hungarian engineer Wolfgang von Kempelen. The device in the form of a seated Turk has become the most famous chess machine in the history of mankind.What was the "chess Turk" like? It consisted of a 1 meter high wooden box with a large chessboard on top

Leafing through old magazines, sometimes you come across amazing things. For example, an article in Popular Science in May 1933 told about a robotic cow presented by Hidden Motors at the World's Fair.A cow that "chews gum", breathes, moves its head, blinks its eyes, hums and gives real milk … wow! T

Robots and artificial intelligence systems have long ceased to be the entourage of science fiction films.Now they work in factories, answer our calls to banks, turn on and off street lights, drive cars, operate on patients, write news and play people in all the known intellectual games

The headline is very similar to those from the yellow press, such as "Super-computer takes over the world" or "Computer viruses began to infect people." Very similar, but the point is that this is true, the title fully reflects the actual state of affairs

The Affetto robot is a head model for a child aged 1 to 2 years. It is designed to work as a nurse with living people, thanks to which it will be possible to study the process of interaction between people and mechanical creatures

This strange story began in May 2003, when at the Atlanta Institute of Technology (Georgia, USA) a unique device was put on display, controlled not by a set of microcircuits and software, but by thousands of neurons

In the XX century, the USSR was actually one of the world leaders in robotics

“If the machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how it is distributed

About Jacques de Vaucanson, who lived three centuries ago, and especially about the devices he invented, there are a lot of legends and rumors, secrets and mysticism.- Salik.bizVaucanson was born in 1709 in France, in the southeast, in the town of Grenoble, and from an early age showed an ability to mechanics and create various devices

Ever since Karel Čapek coined the term "robot" in his 1920 play, robots have become a staple of science fiction. Nowadays, they have become a scientific and technical fact that cannot be abandoned

Although modern hearing aids allow people with hearing impairments to hear others, they still have their drawbacks. In particular, they do not sound intelligible in noisy rooms with several people

We are all used to vaccines. In early childhood, we are given vaccines against diphtheria, measles, whooping cough. Then they are vaccinated against hepatitis and other dangerous diseases. Getting a flu vaccine every year will help you avoid getting sick with the onset of cold weather

Have you ever thought it was possible to fight tooth decay just by taking pills?

The robot dentist, created by Chinese developers, got to work and even performed the first operation on his own. The result is a new jaw - the robot put new teeth in the patient

A group of researchers from Korea showed how a neuroimplant can be used to control the behavior of a mouse: make an animal ignore sexual and food stimuli, lose interest in an object, or, conversely, pursue it

Scientists from the Genomics Research Institute, together with employees of the University of Arizona, were able to study the regeneration process in detail

A team of scientists from Canada has invented a new way to improve dental health in humans

Who among us has not dreamed that his teeth would never hurt, and if some tooth had to be pulled out, then a new one would grow in place of the removed one

Japanese bioengineers first grew a tooth in a kidney and then transplanted it into the jaw. The tooth has taken root - blood vessels and nerve fibers formed

A couple of genes were found, the struggle of which determines the number of teeth in the mouth and the pattern of their growth. Mutant mice lacking the Osr2 gene grow a second row of teeth, like a shark

American scientists have developed a technology for growing cells of the human immune system in the body of pig embryos

New research supports retrocausality, where the effect comes before the cause

They are planned to be used in the study of the human body, as well as for diagnostics of the state of oil pipelines and gas pipelines

The development of modern technologies affects not only the field of electronic devices and other "high-tech", but also quite ordinary things. For example, clothes

Every year, millions of people around the world die from drinking dirty water. Now researchers have developed a process that can purify water, no matter how dirty it may be - - in just one step

Scientists at the University of Central Florida (UCF) have created an experimental supercapacitor battery that works like new even after 30,000 recharges

Quite a lot has already been written about the fact that graphene will save the world, due to its unique properties and prospects for widespread use in various fields

Materials one atom thick have not yet gone beyond scientific laboratories, but their prospects are very bright. Inspired by the triumph of graphene, physicists began to invent other two-dimensional structures that could find very unexpected uses

Molecular biologists from the United States have created a new rice variety that can produce seeds without the participation of a second plant, in fact, copying itself. The prospects for the use of such "clones" were described in the journal Nature

Undoubtedly, one of the main problems of surgeons during emergency operations (or in case of unforeseen complications) is the fight against bleeding. At the same time, the "standard" methods of coagulation and wound closure are not always convenient and quick

Harvard researchers have developed a metasurface material that can generate and maintain entirely new and more complex states of light

Physics engineers from the British company Surrey Nanosystems presented their new development - a unique material called Vantablack, which is considered the darkest in the world

Attempts to reconcile water and the internal combustion engine (ICE) are constantly being made by both motorists and scientists. It should be noted that an internal combustion engine running on water is not a fantasy, but a fact repeatedly established in the history of the world automotive industry