Skeleton Key

Researchers develop method that shows diverse complex networks have similar skeletons.

Northwestern University researchers are the first to discover that very different complex networks — ranging from global air traffic to neural networks — share very similar backbones. By stripping each network down to its essential nodes and…[Read more]

[bpfb_link url=’http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/03/new-darpa-grand-challenge-humanoid-robots-preliminary-unofficial-details’ title=’New DARPA Grand Challenge for Humanoid Robots — Preliminary (Unofficial) Details | Hizook’ image=”]It seems we’re going to have a new DARPA Grand Challenge!  The BAA with formal details should be out very so…[Read more]

Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfish that runs on renewable energy and could be used in ocean rescue and surveillance missions.

In a study published in Smart Materials and Structures, scientists created a robotic jellyfish, dubbed Robojelly, that feeds…[Read more]