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3-D printing gives flexible DIY hands to those in need

HCII researchers are teaming up with e-NABLE to 3-D print prosthetic limbs with on a project entitled “Revolutionizing Assistive Devices Via Distributed Innovation, Fabrication and Refinement.”

Autonomous vehicle technology will keep soldiers safer on air, land, sea

Recently, Jeremy Searock, a Technical Project Manager in the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, and Sikorsky Aircraft tested their latest inventions in autonomous warfare technology.

Instant gratification may be less-than-gratifying to society

Student Pugwash is a non-advocacy, educational organization that discusses the implications of science. This article is a summary of last week’s discussion on instant gratification.

Déjà vu confuses its researchers as much as its experiencers

This week's How Things Work explores the many theories and studies of déjà vu.

SciTech Briefs

This week's SciTech Briefs cover gravity waves, potentially toxic herbicides, climate change, five-dimensional black holes, iron meteorites, and Pluto's moon Charon.

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