Human Machine Interaction

Why Cornell’s WatchHand turns ordinary smartwatches into precise hand-trackers

Researchers at Cornell and KAIST used inaudible sonar pulses and on-device AI to turn Android smartwatches into real-time hand-pose trackers — a privacy-friendly, low-cost alterna… Apr 08, 2026

Space

Artemis II Is Go — But NASA’s Final Dress Rehearsal, Crew Tech and a Scheduling Squeeze Tell a Different Story

NASA is preparing to launch Artemis II on April 1, sending four astronauts around the Moon for the first time since Apollo. A wet dress rehearsal, new cockpit software, and a clas… Mar 26, 2026

Technology

SpaceX Joins Pentagon Drone Swarm Challenge

SpaceX and its newly acquired xAI are among a handful of firms tapped to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize to build voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms. The six‑month … Feb 18, 2026

Technology

Brain chips reach a tipping point

Professor John Donoghue, creator first brain chip and founder of BrainGate, says implantable brain–computer interfaces are moving from lab demos into human trials — raising new te… Feb 15, 2026

Science

Self-Talk Boosts AI Learning

Researchers at OIST show that modeling 'inner speech' plus a short-term memory architecture helps AI generalize and multitask with far less data; the result links to mathematical … Jan 27, 2026

Science

Growing Computers from Human Brain Cells

Researchers are wiring lab-grown human neurons to electronics to build low-power, adaptive ‘biocomputers’. Early demonstrations—from Pong-playing neuron cultures to voice‑recognit… Jan 12, 2026

Space

Wheelchair User Reaches Space on Blue Origin Flight

Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to fly to space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, a 10-minute suborbital mission from West Texas that required only minor accessibil… Jan 03, 2026

A.I

GTA Creator's Novel About Mind‑Hijacking AI

Dan Houser, co-creator of Grand Theft Auto, has published A Better Paradise — a near‑future novel about an AI game that slips into people's thoughts. The book arrives as real‑worl… Dec 14, 2025

Technology

Designing AI That Truly Serves Disabled People

A practical blueprint for building AI that listens, reflects and respects the needs of disabled people — from dataset choices to on-device design, co‑creation and policy safeguard… Dec 07, 2025

A.I

Automation Turned Deadly: MCAS and the Max

A late redesign of Boeing’s MCAS automation — made more aggressive and dependent on a single sensor — played a central role in the two 737 MAX disasters, and it offers urgent less… Nov 24, 2025

Articles about Human Machine Interaction

Why Cornell’s WatchHand turns ordinary smartwatches into precise hand-trackers

Artemis II Is Go — But NASA’s Final Dress Rehearsal, Crew Tech and a Scheduling Squeeze Tell a Different Story

SpaceX Joins Pentagon Drone Swarm Challenge

Brain chips reach a tipping point

Self-Talk Boosts AI Learning

Growing Computers from Human Brain Cells

Wheelchair User Reaches Space on Blue Origin Flight

GTA Creator's Novel About Mind‑Hijacking AI

Designing AI That Truly Serves Disabled People

Automation Turned Deadly: MCAS and the Max