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Brain-computer interface robotic hand control reaches new finger-level milestone
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Brain-computer interface robotic hand control reaches new finger-level milestone

Experimental paradigm. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61064-x Robotic systems have the potential to greatly enhance daily living for the over one billion...

Accessory maker Dbrand responds to botched Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con grips, admits its initial reaction to unhappy fans was ‘a spectacularly terrible response to the issue at hand’
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Accessory maker Dbrand responds to botched Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con grips, admits its initial reaction to unhappy fans was ‘a spectacularly terrible response to the issue at hand’

Accessory maker Dbrand has once again responded to the controversy surrounding its Nintendo Switch 2 Killswitch Joy-Con controllers The company intially suggested that...

New system reliably controls prosthetic hand movements without relying on biological signals
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New system reliably controls prosthetic hand movements without relying on biological signals

The autonomous prosthetic hand grasping a bottle using vision and touch sensors. Credit: Kaijie Shi, Xianta Jiang’s Lab, Memorial University. The loss of...

Emojis bring facial expressions and hand gestures back into our conversations
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Emojis bring facial expressions and hand gestures back into our conversations

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first emojis can be traced back to the late 1980s, but it was not until 2011 that they...

Who will have the upper hand: Israel or Iran? | Show Types
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Who will have the upper hand: Israel or Iran? | Show Types

It’s been several days now since Israel launched its surprise attack on Iran. The conflict has since escalated with each side launching dozens...

Happy to hand over the keys to a robot? Augmented reality might help
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Happy to hand over the keys to a robot? Augmented reality might help

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Would you trust a driverless car? A 2024 global survey involving nearly 8,000 participants suggests most people are wary...

Bio-mimetic robotic hand seamlessly integrates tactile feedback to outperform predecessors
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Bio-mimetic robotic hand seamlessly integrates tactile feedback to outperform predecessors

Comparison between F-TAC Hand and human hand. Credit: Zhao et al. Over the past decades, roboticists have developed increasingly advanced systems that can...

Robotic hand with unprecedented tactile sensitivity achieves human-like dexterity in real-world tasks
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Robotic hand with unprecedented tactile sensitivity achieves human-like dexterity in real-world tasks

Overview of F-TAC Hand. Credit: Nature Machine Intelligence (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42256-025-01053-3 Researchers have unveiled a robotic hand, the F-TAC Hand, which integrates high-resolution...

Ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand enables efficient and stable grasping through simple control
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Ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand enables efficient and stable grasping through simple control

The research team led by Dr. Minki Sin, Senior Researcher at KIMM, has developed an ultra-light robotic prosthetic hand that allows amputees to...