Johns Hopkins University

The backpack-mounted Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System (EMAPS), being tried out aboard a ship

Wearables

Backpack-mounted system maps places unreachable by GPS

The backpack-mounted Enhanced Mapping and Positioning System (EMAPS) can be used to map locations that are inaccessible to GPS.

The FastStitch is a prototype device, designed to facilitate the closure of surgical incisions in the fascial layer

Good Thinking

Student-designed surgical device could be the "future of suture"

The FastStitch is a prototype device, designed to facilitate the closure of surgical incisions in the fascial layer.

Boeing has demonstrated swarm technology using two ScanEagles (pictured) and a Procerus Unicorn

Aircraft

Boeing demonstrates swarm technology

Boeing has demonstrated swarm technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that is similar to the way insects communicate and work together as an intelligent group.