Researchers from Cornell University and KAIST have developed a system that turns ordinary smartwatches ...

A high-tech wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with such dexterity that it can play the piano. By moving their own hands and fingers, users can direct a robot to play keyboards or ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a control device that, when worn on the wrist, transmits the natural movements of a human hand to a robot hand. The ...

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for almost four weeks – throwing global oil markets into chaos – and there is no clear end in sight. Iran’s threats and attacks on vessels in the Gulf ...

WatchHand is a new AI system that turns regular smartwatches into hand-tracking devices using sonar, potentially letting you ...

The European Union is resisting Britain’s demands for a cap on the number of people able to live and work in the UK under a new youth exchange scheme. But the UK remains committed to a hard annual cap ...

A sapling from the deliberately felled Sycamore Gap tree has been planted in a Scottish national park. Dozens of plants have been produced from seeds and material rescued from the famous tree, which ...

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Steffini Stalos, DO, FCAP, is a pathology and lab medicine physician. She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Hand sanitizer expires after about 2.5 ...