Scientist Uncovers Internal Clock Able to Measure Age of Most Human Tissues
Everyone grows older, but scientists don't really understand why. Now a UCLA study has uncovered a biological clock embedded in our genomes that may shed light on why our bodies age and how we can slow...
View ArticleKiller Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years
Robots armed with automatic weapons, anti-tank missiles and even grenade launchers are marching, er, rolling ever closer to the battlefield now that they’ve shown they can actually hit what they’re...
View ArticleThe Umbilical Link of Man to Robot
WORCESTER, Mass. — Atlas doesn’t shrug. But he teeters, loses his grip, stutters and staggers. His task one afternoon is to clear a debris field. After many agonizing moments, in a set of abrupt and...
View ArticleWhy This Might Be the Model T of Workplace Robots
A mobile, one-armed robot that costs $35,000 is headed for research labs and maybe even some workplaces. According to Melonee Wise, the manual laborer of the future has only one arm and stands just...
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A Review of the Second International Global Future 2045 Congress in New York...
Global Future 2045: Towards a New Strategy for Human Evolution by Randal A. Koene, Science Director, 2045 Strategic Social Initiative In June 2013, the Initiative hosted GF2045, the Global Future...
View ArticleCyborg gel implant fights diabetes with light
Light can now be used to heal diabetes in mice. By implanting a transparent gel that contains genetically modified light-sensitive cells, researchers have demonstrated a new type of implant that could...
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Poppy, a 3D-printed humanoid robot that defies conventions
A new 3D-printed robot called Poppy is helping a team of French researchers study bipedal walking and human-robot interaction. They were able to design, fabricate, and assemble a relatively large robot...
View ArticleDeep Brain Stimulation Improves Paralyzed Rat's Gait
Swiss researchers have enabled rats with severe spinal cord injuries to walk and swim by electrically stimulating a group of neurons located deep in the brain. The discovery may give researchers a new...
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UBR-1 Robot From Unbounded Robotics Revolutionizes Affordable Mobile...
We've been following Unbounded Robotics, the final spin-off from Willow Garage, since we first learned of the company's existence back in April. Unbounded has been working in stealth mode for the past...
View ArticleBrain-controlled Neuronauts combines retro looks with online multiplayer,...
Neuronauts is a free Android game for MindWave Mobile, allowing two players to control the speed and actions of their in-game spaceships with the power of their minds. Developed by Personal Neuro...
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Spinal Stimulation Gets Paralyzed Patients Moving
Implanted electrodes can reach where the brain cannot. Video: Eliza Strickland & Celia Gorman. Footage: University of Louisville; Grégoire Courtine, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in...
View ArticleMRI goes nanoscale
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have succeeded in generating intense magnetic fields on the nanoscale by focusing electric current through a nanosized metal constriction....
View ArticleCraig Venter: 'This isn't a fantasy look at the future. We are doing the future'
The pioneering American scientist, who created the world's first synthetic life, is building a gadget that could teletransport medicine and vaccines into our homes or to colonists in space. Craig...
View ArticleGelatin-Based Bio-Ink Allows Tissue And Organ Printing
Image Caption: In the lab instead of at the office: researchers using inkjet printers to print cell suspensions onto shimmering pink hydrogel pads, which prevent desiccation. Credit: Fraunhofer IGB...
View ArticleMini Brains and Human–Mouse Hybrids Could Reveal the Brain’s Wiring Diagram
The Obama administration’s neuroscience initiative highlights new technologies to better understand the workings of brain circuits on both a small and large scale. Various creatures, from roundworms to...
View ArticleDARPA's Next Challenges: Self-Patching Software and Healing the Brain
The mad scientists at the Pentagon love a challenge, and this week they've got two. DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, announced new projects this week intended to find new answers...
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Neuroscientists discover new 'mini-neural computer' in the brain
This is a dendrite, the branch-like structure of a single neuron in the brain. The bright object from the top is a pipette attached to a dendrite in the brain of a mouse. The pipette allows researchers...
View ArticleNeurocam uses brainwaves to trigger hands-free photos, straps an iPhone to...
Neurocam uses brainwave sensors similar we've already seen in moving cat ears and TV navigation, but this time hooks up with your smartphone camera. This prototype, demoed at last week at Japan's Human...
View Article'Anklebot' helps determine ankle stiffness
For most healthy bipeds, the act of walking is seldom given a second thought: One foot follows the other, and the rest of the body falls in line, supported by a system of muscle, tendon, and bones....
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These Robots Will Teach Kids Programming Skills
These colorful robots are not only fun to play with—they can teach kids computer programming skills. That’s what Play-i, a Silicon Valley startup founded by engineers from Google, Apple, and Symantec,...
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