Human Enhancements are Mankind’s Future
Medical science has come a long way in the past 20 years. Diseases that were once thought unassailable have become treatable and manageable. Gene therapy has recovered from its setbacks and is showing...
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Will the plant of the future be controlled by the mind?
A mind controlled game, a machine that writes original music, and a mechanical assistant that is based on the dexterity and flexibility of an elephant’s trunk are recent Festo bionic developments....
View ArticlePR2 Learns How To Be a Robobutler Without Destroying Things
While IEEE Spectrum has not yet seen fit to hire me my own butler (like most bloggers tend to expect), as far as I can tell (and let me just clarify that I have absolutely no idea about this...
View ArticleThis Robotic Mini-Tank Extinguishes Deadly Fires with 600 Gallons of Water a...
Sometimes a fire is too dangerous for the fire department. Whether it's the risk of an explosion, work on a surface that could collapse, or the presence of hazardous chemicals, a firefighter is always...
View ArticleThe Brain Supremacy
Imagine if, once every century, a person was born who could travel forward one hundred years in time. For most of human history the learning curve faced by those intrepid travelers would have been...
View ArticleSilicon at the breaking point could be basis for efficient transistors
Stretching a layer of silicon can build up internal mechanical strain which can considerably improve its electronic properties. With strained silicon, one can, for example, build faster and less...
View ArticleMicrosoft Digits: Experimental Tech Can Model The Movements Of Your Hand,...
Microsoft's experimental Research lab is out with its latest futuristic prototype: This one is called "Digits," and it is a hand-tracking device, worn on the wrist, that can precisely model the hand's...
View ArticleNobel Prize in medicine awarded to Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka
The 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded Monday to Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for work that revolutionized the understanding of how cells and organisms develop. The Nobel...
View ArticleIce prospecting robotic rover books a ticket for the Moon
While the Moon may or may not contain life forms, precious metals or even green cheese, recent satellite missions have indicated that it does nonetheless contain something that could prove quite...
View ArticleInteractive system detects touch and gestures on any surface
People can let their fingers—and hands—do the talking with a new touch-activated system that projects onto walls and other surfaces and allows users to interact with their environment and each other....
View ArticleIn silico, in vivo, in vitro approach opens doors for nanoparticle-based drug...
The medical community is armed with new insights and new options for drug design and discovery to treat fatal diseases such as pancreatic cancer. Using in silico computational tools to complement the...
View ArticleSpace Station Arm "Tames" Dragon Capsule—SpaceX Docking Is a First
For the second time in five months, the commercial rocket company SpaceXhas successfully docked its Dragon capsule at the International Space Station (ISS)—this time on its first official cargo run...
View ArticleRobots: Can biohybrid model sink or swim?
It has become routine for engineers to draw inspiration from the animal kingdom when designing mobile robots. There are now machines that run like cheetahs, fly like hummingbirds, and swim like...
View ArticleAutonomous Nissan NSC-2015 is the Leaf that drives you
The future of driving appears like it won't involve much driving at all. We've already seen a number of autonomous vehicle technologies from companies like Google, Audi and GM. The NSC-2015 is a new...
View ArticlePhysicists say there may be a way to prove that we live in a computer simulation
Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did...
View ArticleThis Team Of Quadrocopters Can Throw And Catch Better Than You
Remember the team of autonomous quadrocopters that could work cooperatively? Well they’re back and upgraded with the abilty to thrown and catch objects on the fly. You need to watch it to believe it....
View ArticlePentagon’s Plans For 3-D Printers: Mobile Labs, Bomb Sniffers and Prototype...
The 3-D printer craze has taken off with everyone from hobbyists and amateur gunsmiths to giant corporations. Less known is how the U.S. military has caught the desktop manufacturing bug too, and is...
View ArticleLight Might Prompt Graphene Devices on Demand
Rice University researchers are doping graphene with light in a way that could lead to the more efficient design and manufacture of electronics, as well as novel security and cryptography devices....
View ArticleFelix Baumgartner’s Crazy Space Parachute Jump Is Live Web Video’s Biggest...
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner is currently headed to the outer edge of the Earth’s atmosphere in a balloon-powered space capsule. When he gets to 120,000 feet, he’ll jump out and attempt to parachute...
View ArticleNTT DoCoMo's i beam tablet prototype is driven by your eyes
Another prototype from DoCoMo aimed at Nihon's commuters, the i beam concept tablet forgoes any touch at all, allowing the user (once they're at the specified 'sweet spot') to navigate around apps and...
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