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​Musician Jason Barnes had part of his arm amputated in 2012, but with the help of a team led by prosthetics researcher GIl Weinberg he has found new ways to keep honing his craft, the latest example being a prosthetic arm that enables fine control over the keys of a piano.

The Fingersound ring developed by researchers at Georgia Tech features built-in microphones and gyroscopes that allow the wearer to discreetly give commands or input data to connected devices by tracing lines and characters on their fingers with their thumb.

Engineers from Georgia Tech and Korea University have developed a new supercapacitor that’s designed to store more energy for longer – and it’s made out of ordinary paper, meaning it’s flexible enough to power wearable electronics.

One of the biggest biological mysteries is how life arose out of non-living molecules. To find out, a Georgia Tech team has recreated some of the conditions common to a pre-life Earth, and discovered that drying and rewetting the primordial soup lets key peptides form quickly and relatively easily.

​Like pretty much any other computer-controlled device, 3D printers can be maliciously hacked. That's why scientists have developed a new system for making sure that the machines are doing what they're supposed to.

Climbing stairs is a chore that's inspired some creative alternatives. Now a team from Georgia Tech and Emory University has developed energy-recycling stairs that take some of the pressure off the knees and ankles, by storing energy from people descending then giving it back as they climb up.

A less awful alternative to getting injections is another step closer to reality. In human clinical trials, painless microneedle patches have been found to be just as effective at delivering flu vaccines, and are easier to administer, transport, store and dispose of than regular needles.

For flamingoes, snoozing while supporting their whole body weight on one stick-thin leg seems to be a natural first choice, and scientists don’t really know why. Now researchers at Georgia Tech believe they’ve cracked the case, and it could lead to better-balancing robots or prosthetic limbs.

​As more drones crowd into the airspace, we’re going to need measures to keep them from crashing into each other. Researchers are teaching drones a few simple rules to help them avoid collisions on their own.

Programming most robots to grasp and retrieve an object can be a rather complex process. That's why scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new system that simply requires users to click twice with a computer mouse.​

​When you've got a crop full of plants growing in a field, inspecting each and every one of them can be very monotonous work. With that in mind, scientists from Georgia Tech have created a plant-inspecting robot that swings over the plants like a monkey. It's called Tarzan.

Titan may be home to electric sand that rolls around in the wind and forms clumps that cling together for long periods of time, making Saturn's largest moon the best place in the Solar System to build sand castles.