Self-Powered System Inspired by Lightweight Triboelectric Nanogenerators Operate Smart Saddles to Protect Equestrians

Medicine & Technology Jan 28, 2022

Chinese and Mongolian experts developed a smart saddle that could prevent equestrian players from dangers and accidents during games.

Robots Finally Confirm Why Fish Swim in Schools

Oct 29, 2020

While it has long been theorized that fishes swim in schools to conserve energy through neighbor-induced flows, as with flocks of birds, the use of robot fishes provides the first conclusive evidence.

Study of MMA Contests Show That Judges Prefer Vigor Over Skill

Oct 28, 2020

A new study suggests that judges tend to award victory to fighters who fight with more vigor rather than the skill they use to fight.

New Motion Capture Techniques Use Only a Single Mounted Camera

Oct 22, 2020

A team of researchers has devised an ingenious, novel technique for a human motion capture system - using a single camera worn by the user.

Can Dinosaur Skulls Tell Us Just What They Ate and How?

Apr 29, 2015

With recent archaeological findings proving that researchers may not know as much about prehistoric life as they once thought, researchers with the American Museum of Natural History are taking another look at interpreting the diets of long-extinct animals, and what they’re finding points to finding the source of a prehistoric diet. Though teeth shape has been used for decades as a primary indicator as to the dietary habits of a fossilized subject, in a new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers are now saying that skull shape and ancestral lineages, both before and after extinction events, may serve as a proxy for what these animals truly once ate.