Tucked away in a lab in the LSU Human Ecology Building, an exoskeleton resembling a minimalist super suit hung from a female mannequin. A lightweight orange harness wrapped around the shoulders, ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...

Resident Alien ended its four-season run, relatively on its own terms, in August 2025. However, before Alan Tudyk's sci-fi dramedy came to a close, the finale snuck in an obvious attempt to manifest a ...

Abstract: Robotic exoskeletons can enhance human locomotion by reducing its metabolic cost. Designing effective wearable assistive devices requires a systematic approach that accounts for the ...

Exoskeletons continue to progress in their ability to help reduce injuries. Recently, HeroWear, a winner of NSC's Safety Innovation Challenge in 2024, announced that in a study, based on five ...

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...

Robotics and wearable technologies show promise in helping patients in rehabilitation. The first patient has enrolled in a new clinical trial at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for Atalante X, a robotic ...

Personal exoskeletons were everywhere at CES 2026. There were ambitious designs from newcomers WiRobotics, Sumbu, Ascentiz, and Dephy, while Skip Mo/Go was back promoting its long-overdue tech ...

Sequelitis is a serious problem in the world of cinema. When a masterpiece is made, the executives are eager to capture that lightning in a bottle a second time. That leads to sequels that must be ...

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...