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Robots to outnumber soldiers on the battlefield by 2023: Robotics expert
KILLER robots will soon outnumber human soldiers by 10-to-one. But by when? A US army expert says just wait until 2023. During a recent weapons test of armed robots in Georgia, weapons systems...
View ArticleSympathy For The Metal: Almost Human Is The Pro-Robot Propaganda We Need
Fifteen minutes into the series premiere of Almost Human, a robot gets casually pushed out of a moving car. He, or maybe it’s an it, despite the fact that the MX model of police bot has a distinctly...
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Tiny flying robot soars like a ... jellyfish?
For centuries, humans looking to tame the skies have tried to mimic the movements of birds and insects. But engineers building flying machines have now found an unlikely muse: the ocean-dwelling...
View ArticleScienceShot: Printing a Dinosaur
Researchers have found a way to extract dinosaur bones and other fossils from rock without picking up a hammer and chisel. The target fossil for the new study was a specimen that had been dug up from a...
View ArticleThe Ruthless, Fruitless Pursuit Of Immortality
Humans have always longed for immortality. Tens of thousands of years ago, Neanderthals were burying their dead in fetal poses, suggesting hope for posthumous rebirth. In Neolithic times, we entombed...
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DARPA Robotics Challenge trials to be held December 20-21
The development of robots capable of operating in a melange of disarray and hazards will allow relief agencies to reduce the danger to disaster victims and first responders alike. This is the goal of...
View ArticleHow Scientists Could Watch Brain Chemicals Through The Skull
Researchers have discovered a way to see chemicals at work behind bone. In the future, they hope to develop their technique as a way of watching chemical messages as they blip through the brain,...
View ArticleAugmented Reality Just Beginning to Change How We Interact With the Real World
Augmented reality (AR) provides a live view of a physical, real-world environment whose are augmented by computer-generated input such as information, sound, video, graphics, or GPS data. AR has been...
View ArticleROBOT SWARM positions itself over EARTH ... to probe our magnetic field
The European Space Agency has successfully deployed its trio of mapping satellites, dubbed Swarm, and is ready to start some serious scanning of the Earth's changing magnetic fields. The Swarm payload...
View ArticleTurtle Robot Dives Wrecks
Diving shipwrecks can be dangerous work. As their name implies, these deep sea curiosities are underwater disaster zones that could trap an unwary diver. Robotic vehicles can help, but most are too big...
View ArticleSeiko Epson Shows Off Its Dual-Arm Robot
Often equipped with two arms, strange hands, and even stranger-looking heads, a new breed of jack-of-all-trades industrial robot could change the face of automation. And the place to see the latest...
View ArticleBatteries Woven Right Into Fabric Boost Wearable Tech
The choices in wearable electronics, including Google Glass and a wave of smartwatches, are quickly multiplying. But those pesky batteries—they still need to be plugged into something to charge up....
View ArticleRussian android may take on outer space operations at ISS (VIDEO)
Russia has presented a new humanlike robot, which may be delivered to the International Space Station to perform 90 percent of risky operations in open space instead of cosmonauts. The SAR- 401...
View ArticleResearchers study how to use mind-controlled robots in manufacturing,...
Worried that machines will someday control the human race? If so, relax. Researchers at the University at Buffalo and elsewhere are helping to advance technology that allows people to control robots...
View ArticleHow Scientists Are Learning To Shape Our Memory
Roadside bombs, childhood abuse, car accidents—they form memories that can shape (and damage) us for a lifetime. Now, a handful of studies have shown that we’re on the verge of erasing and even...
View ArticleAmazon Testing Drones For 30 Minute Delivery Using Service Called Amazon...
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a new plan by Amazon to deliver packages to customer’s homes within 30 minutes using drones. The plan was announced on the CBS show 60 minutes, and Amazon has since...
View Article300-pound robot is new breed of crime-fighting machine
A Silicon Valley company has introduced what may prove the next generation in night watchmen – a 5-foot-tall, 300-pound crime-fighting robot designed to stand sentry in the wee hours of the night. The...
View ArticleNeuroPace Gets FDA Pre-Market Approval for RNS Stimulator
NeuroPace has received FDA pre-market approval for the NeuroPace RNS System, used to treat medically refractory partial epilepsy. The battery powered device is implanted in the cranium and monitors...
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Love-‘bots: future robots could become ideal lovers, experts say
Although some people might find the idea of love with a machine repulsive, experts predict that as the technology advances and robots become more human-like, we will view our silicon cousins in a...
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Google's latest company Calico plans to do anti-ageing research
THEY'RE famed for their limitless sense of possibility, whether it's mapping the world's streets or creating driverless cars. Now Google bosses have turned their sights on a much more complex subject -...
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