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Soft robotic Exoskeletons

Harvard is working for DARPA’s Warrior Web program on a wearable robot/smart suit that will add power to your movements. The smart suit is intended to be worn under clothing and could boost the endurance and strength of everyone.

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The device, the Soft Exosuit, is intended to be worn comfortably under clothing and could enable soldiers to walk longer distances, keep fatigue at bay, and minimize the risk of injury when carrying heavy loads. Alternative versions of the suit could eventually assist those with limited mobility as well.

DARPA’s Warrior Web program seeks to develop technologies to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal injuries for military personnel, but the same technologies could also have civilian applications. A reduction in such injuries could reduce long-term healthcare costs and enhance quality of life for wearers of the suit.

At last! NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity finally arrives at Mt. Sharp

"They’re here! After wandering in the Martian desert for 25 months, NASA’s Curiosity rover has finally arrived at its promised land: the base of Mt. Sharp, the 3-mile-high mound in in the middle of Gale Crater.

The arrival marks the beginning of the Mars Science Laboratory rover’s original mission: to read the mountain’s clay-rich lower layers like pages in a history book, pages that could reveal an array of life-friendly environments on the Red Planet.

“We have finally arrived at the far frontier that we have sought for so long,” said project scientist and Caltech geologist John Grotzinger.”