Gizmo Watch

The 'whiskered' robotic rat is the recent successful multinational project of nine participating countries that will be an inspiration to robotics fanatics and other researchers and most especially to human situations in which it will be deemed...

Tin Whiskers have ruined missiles, silenced communications satellites and forced nuclear power plants to shut down. Pacemakers, consumer gadgets and even a critical part of a space shuttle have fallen victim. Tiny splinters - whiskers, they're...