DARPA working on brain implants to help restore memory
Memory loss could soon be a thing of the past. US military researchers say they’re developing a new brain implant that could restore mental faculties. This could bring a new lease of life to millions...
View ArticleProf. Hawking, the AIs will BE US
Perhaps, as Prof. Stephen Hawking thinks, it may be difficult to “control” Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the long term. But perhaps we shouldn’t “control” the long-term development of AI, because...
View ArticleThird of Britons fear rise of robots, says poll
One in 10 questioned expect to see RoboCop-style police in 10 years' time, with 17% willing to 'have sex with an android' More than one in three Britons fear the rise of the machines will threaten the...
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These Robots Are Poised To Make Your Science Fiction Dreams A Reality
Technological development has historically taken its cues from science fiction. Indeed, several classic sci-fi tropes are already part of our reality today. We already have street-legal flying cars and...
View ArticleSemi-synthetic organism: Scientists create first living organism that...
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have engineered a bacterium whose genetic material includes an added pair of DNA "letters," or bases, not found in nature. The cells of this unique...
View ArticleStudy finds unexpected link between cell suicide and longevity
What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently. Many people believe that free radicals, the sometimes-toxic molecules produced by our bodies as we process...
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Star Wars-style robotic arm approved for mass production
A “near-natural” prosthetic arm, that took eight years to develop and test, has been approved for mass production by the US Food and Drug Administration. The DEKA Arm System has been affectionately...
View Article'Killer robots' and their use to be debated at United Nations
Experts will discuss the need for lethal autonomous machines able to identify and kill targets without human input. Killer robots and their use will be debated during a meeting of experts at the United...
View ArticleCould this catching robot be the answer to space debris?
A robot developed by researchers in Switzerland has been 'taught' how to grasp a variety of objects with complex shapes and trajectories The team from technology research institute EPFL (École...
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First life forms to pass on artificial DNA engineered by US scientists
Organisms carrying beefed-up DNA code could be designed to churn out new drugs that could not otherwise be made. The first living organism to carry and pass down to future generations an expanded...
View ArticleUN Considers Banning Killer Robots
It's going to be standing room only at United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva today. On the agenda: killer robots, or as the U.N. calls them "LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPON...
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Your dreams can be controlled by electrically stimulating your brain
It appears that applying an electrical current to your brain not only boosts your cognitive powers, but it can also help you obtain the mystical ability of lucid dreaming, where you can control the...
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The future soldier will be part human, part machine
Forget an Apple iWatch, the U.S. military is the one really taking wearable technology to new levels. Different divisions of the U.S. armed forces, as well as other government agencies such as Darpa,...
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Unique walking robot moves into rehabilitation clinic
The LOPES II rehabilitation robot has been taken into use by the Roessingh rehabilitation centre in Enschede and the Sint Maartenskliniek in Nijmegen. In the coming weeks, the first patients in the...
View ArticleFlying 3D printer could seal off nuclear waste
"BEWARE: WILD ROBOTS AHEAD" reads the sign on the cage. Inside, a hexacopter – a drone with six rotors – hovers menacingly. A quadcopter – with four – rests on the ground. They aren't really wild...
View ArticleStudents build a robot arm you control with the wink of an eye
Want proof that you don't need big, specialized equipment to produce a mind-controlled robot arm? Just look at a recent University of Toronto student project. Ryan Mintz and crew have created an arm...
View ArticleHow a crowdfunded robot could finally end malaria
Biotech company Sanaria developed an effective malaria vaccine, and now it has launched an Indiegogo campaign to build a robot to scale the project and virtually eliminate the disease. Every minute, at...
View Article3D printed 'nano-liver' could help poisoning and infection victims
When 3D printing and nanotechnology get together for a party the results are actually good for your liver, according to researchers at the UC San Diego. They've managed to create a device that uses...
View ArticleAlgorithm developed for anti-aging remedy search
PT scientists have provided an algorithm which can help in the search for aging-suppressing drugs. The researchers, whose work is published in Frontiers in Genetics magazine, have compared gene...
View ArticleWatch A Myo-Controlled Humanoid Robot Lay The Groundwork For Real-World ‘Real...
The Thalmic Labs Myo gesture controller is already in the hands of some early developers, and it’s producing some pretty interesting looks at what might be possible using the gadget. The device is an...
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