September 26, 2013 – Scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago developed the first mind-operated prosthetic leg, where movement is initiated through communication between the thought signals of the wearer, reinnervated muscles, and sensors in the prosthetic limb.
September 18, 2012 –Â Rethink Robotics revealed its invention of Baxter, the first humanoid robot with the capacity to learn from and adapt to its surroundings in a manufacturing setting. Baxter is also reported to be one of the safest, cost-smart robots in automation, as it has been designed to work alongside its human counterparts.
September 5, 2012 – International researchers developed a fracture-proof, highly elastic hydrogel composed of water, alginate, and polyacrylamide. They also developed a heat-application process to regain hydrogel material elasticity following overstretching.
September 4, 2012 – At the Photon12 conference in Durham, England, researchers from the University of Manchester revealed that they developed a process for a footstep-sensing carpet using plastic optical fibres. This invention would be able to detect, in real-time, if an individual has tripped or collapsed onto the carpet.
September 27, 1983 – Richard Stallman launched the collaborative, free software GNU Project, with the objective to put the legal control of computing in the hands of computer users.
September 29, 1962 – Aloutte 1, the first satellite built in Canada, was launched in order to gather data on the ionosphere.
September 7, 1948 – Louis Parker patented the first affordable television receiver, which continues to sync audio and video in TVs worldwide.
September 23, 1930 – The first commercial photography flash bulb was patented by Johannes Ostermeier.
September 4, 1888 – The first roll-film camera was patented by George Eastman.
September 24, 1852 – French engineer Henri Giffard demonstrated his aeronautic innovation, the first steerable, steam-powered dirigible.
