First prosthesis in the world with direct connection to bone, nerves and muscles
Thanks to the electrodes system a stable signal is obtained, which allows precise control like handling an egg without breaking. It also provides sensations as if it were a real hand. The first...
View ArticleBacteria-powered microrobots navigate with help from new algorithm
The problem with having a microscopic robot propelled by a horde of tail-flailing bacteria is you never know where it's going to end up. The tiny, bio-robots, which amount to a chip coated with a...
View ArticlePanasonic thinks you’ll hike, run, and build stuff using its robotic...
Want a glimpse into our delightful robot-assisted future? Panasonic has released a new video featuring its line-up of robotic exoskeletons in action, featuring three different types of exoskeletons...
View ArticleRealistic Robot Lady Cheerfully Agrees To Destroy Humans
A new creepy robotic head called “Sophia” showed off her skills recently with human-like facial expressions and responsive speech. She’s designed for healthcare, therapy, education and customer service...
View ArticleMicrosoft deletes 'teen girl' AI after it became a Hitler-loving sex robot...
A day after Microsoft introduced an innocent Artificial Intelligence chat robot to Twitter it has had to delete it after it transformed into an evil Hitler-loving, incestual sex-promoting, 'Bush did...
View ArticleNanotechnology is changing everything from medicine to self-healing buildings
Nanotechnology is so small it's measured in billionths of metres, and it is revolutionising every aspect of our lives The past 70 years have seen the way we live and work transformed by two tiny...
View ArticleThe Nameless Mouse Behind the Largest-Ever Neural Network
A network of cortical neurons whose connections were traced from a multi-terabyte 3D data set. The data were created by an electron microscope designed and built at Harvard Medical School to collect...
View ArticleNanoparticles deliver anticancer cluster bombs
Scientists have devised a triple-stage "cluster bomb" system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to break up when they reach a tumor. Details of the...
View ArticleThis Russian billionaire hopes to achieve IMMORTALITY by 2045 - and here's how
The 35-year-old Russian is the founder of the 2045 Initiative, which is an organisation working on making immortality a reality by scientists creating a feasible program which maps the brain. It then...
View ArticleWant to live forever? Ray Kurzweil thinks that may be possible very soon
When rock band Queen asked us “Who wants to live forever?” back in 1986, we interpreted it as standard lyrical rhetoric. But now, three decades and what feels like light years in technological,...
View ArticleProgramming language for novel biological circuits
MIT biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly design complex, DNA-encoded circuits that give new functions to living cells. Using this language, anyone can...
View ArticleMan builds 'Scarlett Johansson' robot from scratch to 'fulfil childhood...
A humanoid obsessive has built an incredibly realistic female robot from scratch - and it's got more than a passing resemblance to Avengers star Scarlett Johansson. Ricky Ma, a 42-year-old product and...
View ArticleGrowing skin in the lab
Using reprogrammed iPS cells, scientists from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) in Japan have, along with collaborators from Tokyo University of Science and other Japanese institutions,...
View ArticleCan I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?
If we are serious about long-term human presence in space, such as manned bases on the moon or Mars, we must figure out how to streamline human-robot interactions. Right now, even the most basic of...
View Article'Game changing' stem cell repair system
Stem cell therapies capable of regenerating any human tissue damaged by injury, disease or ageing could be available within a few years, following landmark research led by UNSW Australia researchers....
View ArticleMIT scientists created a working hydraulic robot from a single 3D print
We’re getting to the point we’re 3D printing is slowly becoming useful. Earlier this week, Stratasys, the largest 3D printer manufacturer,showed off new technology that can print full objects in one...
View ArticleStudy says people get turned on by touching a robot's privates
We've known for a long time that some people like touching robotic butts and cannot lie -- sex-bots already exist, after all. But now a group of researchers from Stanford University have produced data...
View ArticleBrain guardians remove dying neurons
By adolescence, your brain already contains most of the neurons that you'll have for the rest of your life. But a few regions continue to grow new nerve cells -- and require the services of cellular...
View ArticleResearchers use light and sound waves to control electron states
University of Oregon physicists have combined light and sound to control electron states in an atom-like system, providing a new tool in efforts to move toward quantum-computing systems. The work was...
View ArticleResearchers keep pig hearts alive in baboons for more than 2 years
For the last 10 years, a facility at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, has housed baboons with pig hearts beating in their abdomens. They’re part of an experiment that...
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