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Google Bets On Robots: Goodbye, Jobs?
While Amazon makes a splash with drones, Google invests in robot technologies. Depending on your profession, that could be bad news. Not to be outdone by Amazon.com and its widely hyped plan to...
View ArticleMeet Robot Boss, Your Worst Office Nightmare
For only $2,499, you too can micromanage from your bedroom using Double. The robot syncs with your iPad via Bluetooth, and anyone with the access to your account can log in and use the device over a...
View ArticleNASA unveils 6-foot 'superhero robot' Valkyrie
Designed to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, this "female" robot could be the precursor to robo-astronauts that will help colonize Mars. What if NASA's Robonaut grew legs and indulged in...
View ArticleHuman Sized Robot Developed At CMU, Faces Next Test
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It looks like science fiction, but it’s reality. A human-sized robot named CHIMP has been created by Carnegie Mellon’s University’s National Robotics Engineering Center in...
View ArticleReality TV robot could be first private Mars lander
Phoenix will be reborn – this time as a reality TV star. Mars One, a Dutch organisation based around the wacky idea of putting a human colony on the Red Planet and turning it into a TV show, says it...
View Article10 Jobs Destined For Robots
The machines are coming for some of our jobs. Be afraid or welcome our new robot overlords, as you prefer. The robots are coming, and they want our jobs. That's progress. In the 20th century, they...
View ArticleRobot representatives open doors for the isolated
Psychologists from the University of Exeter are leading a major project looking at how robots can enable people to interact in public spaces – without actually being there. The £2 million three-year...
View Article3D printing: not yet a new industrial revolution, but its impact will be huge
3D printing will allow production on the small-scale to be as efficient as large scale production - its existence and growth will both challenge and complete traditional manufacturing. When music was a...
View ArticleGrow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter
BIOENGINEERS dream of growing spare parts for our worn-out or diseased bodies. They have already succeeded with some tissues, but one has always eluded them: the brain. Now a team in Sweden has taken...
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London designer creates 3D-printed, regenerative running shoes from protocells
At the Wearable Futures conference, London designer and researcher Shamees Aden debuted a running shoe concept that will put your worn out kicks to shame. The shoes, which he's developing with...
View Article3D printing: not yet a new industrial revolution, but its impact will be huge
3D printing will allow production on the small-scale to be as efficient as large scale production - its existence and growth will both challenge and complete traditional manufacturing When music was a...
View Article3D-printed gun against 3D-printed heart
The US Senate has voted to extend a ban on the production and use of plastic guns for another ten years. The move was prompted by the threat of mass at-home 3D gun printing. Are 3D printing...
View ArticleRobonaut Wiggles Its Fancy New Legs
Robonaut 2's space legs have been a not-secret since astronaut Rick Mastracchio posted a picture of them to Twitter back in January. Or at least, that's the first time we saw 'em. Since then, pictures...
View ArticleGoogle Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots
SAN FRANCISCO — BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google’s growing robot menagerie. Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering...
View ArticleMachine-learning algorithms could make chemical reactions intelligent
Computer scientists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have joined forces to put...
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World's most sophisticated robots compete to help people in dangerous...
Some of the most sophisticated robots that exist today are heading to Florida this week for a Defense Department competition. Seventeen humanoid units will be evaluated Friday and Saturday at Homestead...
View ArticleHow nanotechnology can trick the body into accepting fake bones
Altering the surface of orthopaedic implants has already helped patients – and nanotech can fight infections too One of medicine's primary objectives is to trick the body into doing something it...
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Nanotechnology in Life Sciences
The fusion of nanotechnology and medicine is changing healthcare as we know it. Organizations and government entities are investing huge amounts in nanotech R&D; life science technology innovators...
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How breakthrough technology helps us stay healthier and happier
This year, the health and fitness theme has rocketed with a boost of wearable technology and all kinds of other sensory devices that help enhance physical abilities. In 2013, food brands became more...
View ArticleConnecting Brain and Machine
Bionic legs that use sensors and a control system to allow amputees to seamlessly traverse almost any terrain; robotic arms with a sophisticated brain-computer interface (BMI) allow paralyzed patients...
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