The human body will be the next computer interface
Humans have been interfacing with machines for thousands of years. You have probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of Things, and smart materials by now. Designers are...
View ArticleHuman Brain Treats Prosthetic Devices as Part of the Body
People with spinal cord injuries show strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not extension of immobile limbs. The human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a substitute...
View ArticleGF2045 Announces New York Congress
Leading Scientists, Technologists, Neuroscientists, Spiritual and Secular Leaders to Gather at the Second International Global Future 2045 Congress — June 15-16 in New York City New York, NY (March 4,...
View ArticleCaltech engineers build electronic chips that repair themselves
Imagine that the chips in your smart phone or computer could repair and defend themselves on the fly, recovering in microseconds from problems ranging from less-than-ideal battery power to total...
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Nigel Ackland's high-tech bionic arm has been upgraded to make it even more...
The bionic man fitted with a high-tech robotic hand yesterday showed off his latest upgrade which is so advanced he can now tie his shoelaces again. Nigel Ackland from Royston, Cambridgeshire, has had...
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Ten extraordinary Pentagon mind experiments
It’s been 30 years since the first message was sent over initial nodes of the Arpanet, the Pentagon-sponsored precursor to the internet. But this month, researchers announced something that could be...
View ArticleBrain-controlled headphones play music based on your mood
From the makers of the Necomimi cat ears and Tailly robotic tail comes the "Mico," a new kind of headphones that are controlled using your brainwaves. Unveiled at South By Southwest (SXSW), Neurowear's...
View ArticleRobot "Cheetah" May Soon Be Faster Than Actual Cheetah
M.I.T. researchers have developed a robot cheetah that they say may soon be faster than its real-life counterpart. The 70-pound robot can trot for up to 90 minutes at 5 miles per hour with motors that...
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Flexible, semitransparent power source made with novel comb-teeth structure
(Left) In the sandwich structure, the two electrodes occupy different layers and face each other. (Right) In the new comb-teeth structure, the two electrodes are integrated in the same plane. The...
View Article'Yeti' Robot Finds Cracks in Antarctic Ice
Meet Yeti, a faithful rover of the robotic kind that sniffs out dangerous crevasses for convoys crossing the glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland, explores ice caves on an active volcano and finds old...
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CMU's CHIMP Humanoid Robot Moves Like a Tank
It has only been a few months since DARPA announced the teams competing in its upcoming Robotics Challenge, but already some of the robots are beginning to shape up. Take, for example, the exotic...
View ArticleWhy events in the future seem closer than those in the past
Most people typically experience time as if they’re moving toward the future and away from the past. Common expressions about time is that it flies, marches on, or flows like a river. Meaning, human...
View ArticleScientists Implant Monkeys' Cells Back Into Their Own Brains
Scientists have taken cells from rhesus monkeys' skin, turned them into neural cells, then implanted them successfully into the monkeys' brains. After six months, the transplanted cells showed no...
View ArticleClawed drone grabs prey on the fly just like an eagle
AS IF being eyes in the sky weren't enough, drones are now getting arms and legs, too. With their newfound limbs they are learning to grab objects in mid-flight or even change a light bulb. Inspired by...
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Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton to Help Disabled People Walk Again
Every year thousands of people in Europe are paralysed by a spinal cord injury. Many are young adults, facing the rest of their lives confined to a wheelchair. Although no medical cure currently...
View ArticleMeet the Russian Man Who Would Build Your Avatar
Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov says he wants to push the boundaries of human evolution, and living hundreds of years longer is just for starters. Itskov’s 2045 Initiative is launching its second...
View ArticleRobot Revolution: How to Stay Calm and Make Money
Ever since the heyday of science fiction films in the 1950s, humans have kept watch on the evolution of robots. One analyst told CNBC that 2013 could be the year robots become a force to be reckoned...
View ArticleAn organic artificial retina
A polymer-based optoelectronic interface for restoring light sensitivity to the retinas of blind rats is reported online in Nature Photonics this week. The findings highlight the potential for retinal...
View ArticleHuman livers "kept alive" by machine transplanted successfully for first time
In a first for medical science, two livers have been successfully transplanted into patients following storage and transportation of the organs in a machine that keeps them warm and functioning. It's...
View ArticleBringing a Virtual Brain to Life
For months, Henry Markram and his team had been feeding data into a supercomputer, four vending-machine-size black boxes whirring quietly in the basement of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in...
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