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Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) successfully demonstrated prototype-connected and autonomous-vehicle technologies as part of the UK Autodrive project.

Otto is working with Anheuser-Busch to test autonomous trucks for improved safety.

The technology could be used to create new ways to test for toxicology, drug screening or in-vitro tissue engineering.

A battery-powered manned helicopter takes flight. Robots help surgeons in a Texas hospital. And construction site injuries may fall as virtual reality rises. Here’s your weekly news brief.

Using the art of origami, researchers have been able to develop a way to combine a flat surface with nano-patterns.

The project was created as part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s competition to produce a tube-based passenger system.

The technology could lead to a number of new breakthroughs for military, healthcare and consumer use.

The monitors provide a better immersive experience for professional gamers, the company says.

Saving on fuel with low-resistance tires, self-charging tag tracks fish, and engineers bring offshore construction techniques to bridge repair. Here's your weekly news brief.

This smartwatch prototype allows the wearer’s wrist to function as a joystick for common touchscreen gestures. The watch includes a two-inch TFT display and plastic strap with 12 infrared proximity sensors and Piezo vibration sensor connected to a microcontroller board.

The researchers’ soft robots are powered by muscle-like actuators and have been designed for use on the human body in order to help people move.

Text messages now clear flights for takeoff. Design standards are developed for tsunami-vulnerable locations. And U.S. construction firms may be technology shy. We’ll tell you why.

While standing, walking, and climbing steps seem like everyday movements, for people with paraplegia, they can be impossible.

TE mounted a real hang glider at its booth to showcase its products, including connectors and sensors, which are geared for harsh environments.

Lasers like the one seen at Epilog’s booth at World Maker Faire in N.Y. can engrave materials like wood, acrylic, plastic, glass, leather, fabric, coated metals, and ceramics – just to name a few.

Four seat plane powered by a fuel cell takes flight, not everyone is excited about self-driving cars, and robots may soon scan buildings for structural defects.