The Cyborg Foundation: we urge you to become part-machine
Moon Ribas and Neil Harbisson from The Cyborg Foundation urged the audience at Pioneers Festival to consider experimenting with cyborgism. Both Ribas and Harbisson use technology to extend their...
View ArticleNanoparticle Both Kills Cancer Cells and Helps Image the Killing Process
The therapeutic capabilities of metallic nanoparticles continue to improve, especially for cancer treatment. Along with their growing therapeutic abilities, they are also piling up diagnostic...
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Human Brain Project Needs Artificial Brains to Understand Real Ones
If neuroscientist Henry Markram had a dollar for every neuron he wants to map, he still wouldn't have enough money. As it happens, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)...
View ArticleLoving father built a prosthetic hand for his son with a 3D printer
Kids are just the best. And dads who love their kids make them even better. Leon is a boy who was born without fingers on one of his hands. Instead of making him think he was different, his father Paul...
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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New implantable sensor paves way to long-term monitoring
Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In many cancerous cells, levels are...
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Hydrogel implants could be a fiber optic network for your body
The biggest problem with wetware is the “ware” part. Enormous metal implants like those seen in The Matrix or Elysium look cool and all, but any real-world interface of metal and flesh is precarious;...
View Article3D gesture-recognition chip for smartwatches and HMDs
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis are developing a chip that uses ultrasound waves to detect gestures. The chip is ideally suited to being used in wearable gadgets...
View ArticleBrain-machine interface lets monkeys control two virtual arms
In a study led by Duke researchers, monkeys have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity. The findings, published Nov. 6, 2013, in the journal Science...
View ArticleLi-Fi revolution: internet connections using light bulbs are 250 times faster...
Li-Fi, an alternative to Wi-Fi that transmits data using the spectrum of visible light, has achieved a new breakthrough, with UK scientists reporting transmission speeds of 10Gbit/s – more than 250...
View ArticleRealView 3D Live Intraoperative Holography Using Philips Imaging (VIDEO)
Surgeons working on the heart in a minimally invasive fashion have to do quite a bit of interpolating and imagining of where their instruments are in relation to the anatomy and how that anatomy is...
View ArticleThe Modular Robots Are Coming, One Toy At A Time
It’s fitting that the first real-world deployment of modular robotics—smaller bots that combine to form larger ones—came from a company called Modular Robotics. “We stole the name of the academic field...
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An Exoskeleton That Boosts Biceps Wins James Dyson’s $45,000 Prize
Elysium proved that even doughy dudes like Matt Damon could be futuristic action heroes with the help of a high-tech exoskeleton. That may have been science fiction, but there’s still hope for the rest...
View ArticleIROS 2013: JPL's Microspine Rock-Climbing Robot
At ICRA 2012, JPL introduced its microspine gripper system, which uses hundreds of tiny little claws to grip rough surfaces. We saw some video of a robot hanging from one of these, but it was just...
View ArticleSuperhuman strength is in reach with Titan Arm
A battery-powered robotic arm that exponentially increases human strength has won the 2013 James Dyson Award. Fans of Iron Man around the world, rejoice. Super-human strength is finally within reach....
View ArticleThis Is The FAA's Plan For Drone-Friendly Skies
The United States is one step closer to a more drone-filled future. The Federal Aviation Administration, which regulates civilian flight in America, published a report yesterday titled Integration of...
View ArticleAll Aboard the Nanotrain Network
Tiny self-assembling transport networks, powered by nano-scale motors and controlled by DNA, have been developed by scientists at Oxford University and Warwick University. The system can construct its...
View ArticleNew Findings Could Overcome Stumbling Blocks to Tissue Cryopreservation
Developing an efficient way to freeze and store living tissues could transform many aspects of medical care and research, but ice crystallization often occurs within cells during such cryopreservation...
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New invisibility cloak combines metamaterials and fancy electronics to be...
A researcher at the University of Texas at Austin has devised an invisibility cloak that could work over a broad range of frequencies, including visible light and microwaves. This is a significant...
View ArticleGoogle patents lie-detecting throat tattoo
Google has filed a patent for a throat tattoo which not only blocks out background noise in a bid to make telephone conversations in crowded restaurants easier, but also flashes when it thinks you are...
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