Gestural interfaces like the Leap promise a world in which we'll all be driving cars and flying planes by waving our hands in the air, "Minority Report"-style. Pudue University is joining the fun with ...

These shapes were produced with Handy-Potter, a new design tool developed at the C Design Lab in Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering, that enables people to create and modify three-dimensional ...

credit Image courtesy Vintagecomputer Handyman Hand description For centuries, people have used the human body, and the hand in particular, as an inspiration and blueprint for engineering innovations.

Working on a computer to make 3D objects can be a very tricky process with a steep learning curve. Now researchers at Perdue University (Indiana, USA) have developed a new design tool enabling users ...

Have you ever wondered why there aren't more drones out there with bionic hands? Us neither, but here we are, looking at the "Drone for Handy" by Youbionics, which places a pair of fully operational ...