Printed in sheets and fitted onto the robot's arms and chest, the sensors enable high-precision tactile guidance and allow RIBA-II to quickly detect a person's weight from touch alone, guaranteeing patient safety.

ENGADGET: RIBA-II healthcare robot now stronger, smarter -- still a bear

For example, Nintendo internally developed hardware that would allow players to enable 3-D on the GameCube, which was the home console that preceded the Wii.

CNN: Mark Milian

For Mac users, Microsoft is also developing a substitute for the Zune client that won't enable Zune store purchases but will allow sideloading of non-DRM content, including a direct hook into iTunes.

ENGADGET: Microsoft Kin: everything you ever wanted to know

An oil law has still not been passed that would allow for much-needed investment and should enable the Kurds to have a measure of control over management and exploration contracts in their area.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

As the skies become more crowded, technology could be used to enable the size of such "safety spheres" to be reduced - or rather, to allow planes to fly closer to each other.

BBC: Sowing the seeds of tomorrow's aircraft

Banks enable people to borrow money, and, today, by operating electronic-transfer systems, they allow commerce to take place without notes and coins changing hands.

NEWYORKER: What Good Is Wall Street?

The bill would also allow same-sex couples to convert a civil partnership to a marriage and enable married transsexual people to gain legal recognition in their acquired gender without having to end their marriage.

CNN: UK lawmakers to vote on same-sex marriage bill