Intel plans to sell a robot you can customize with a 3D printer
Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich showed off a pair of robots on Wednesday, claiming that one of them, powered by its embedded Edison processor, would be available for sale by the end of the year....
View ArticleBeam me up, Scotty: teleportation ‘could become reality’
Star Trek-style ''beaming up'' of people through space could become a reality sometime in the far future, the leader of a landmark teleportation experiment has said. Nothing in the laws of physics...
View Article3D model of a nerve terminal in atomic detail
The electrochemical jelly inside your head contains something like one quadrillion synapses, the junctions at which nerve cells talk to one other by converting electrical signals into chemical ones and...
View ArticleSpaceX Dragon V2 can seat up to seven passengers, use thrusters to land on...
SpaceX's Dragon capsule has been taking cargo to the International Space Station since 2012, but it's done so lacking the chops to shuttle humans into orbit. The firm's just unveiled the next...
View ArticleBrain-controlled flight is now possible
Imagine this scenario: you step onto a plane and sit next to a pilot in the cockpit. There, the pilot has a funny-looking helmet strapped to his head. Although he never touches the controls, the plane...
View ArticleGraphene Contact Lenses Let You See in the Dark
Thanks to graphene contact lenses, we all might be able to experience soon the super hero ability of having night vision. According to Zhaohui Zhong, an assistant professor of electrical and computer...
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DARPA teams begin work on tiny brain implant to treat PTSD
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has announced the start of a five-year, $26 million effort to develop brain implants that can treat mental disease with deep-brain stimulation....
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How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy
If They're Going to Be Used in Social Jobs, New Research Suggests They Need More Human Traits Robots may be poised to enter a new frontier in the workplace—but that doesn't mean the public is ready for...
View ArticleChina becomes largest buyer of industrial robots
China, once the manual labour “workshop of the world”, has become the largest buyer of industrial robots, as rising wage costs and growing competition from emerging economies have forced manufacturers...
View ArticleMIT Created an Extra Set of Shoulder-Mounted Robot Arms
They're not going to turn you into a Doctor Octopus-like super villain, but the next time you're trying to open a door with your arms full, you'll see the value in this extra set of shoulder-worn robot...
View ArticleHow to erase a memory –- and restore it: Researchers reactivate memories in rats
Researchers have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals’ reaction to past events. The study is the first to show the ability to selectively remove a memory and...
View ArticleNano world: Where towers construct themselves
Imagine a tower builds itself into the desired structure only by choosing the appropriate bricks. Absurd -- and however, in the nano world this is reality: There an unordered crowd of components can...
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SoftBank announces emotional robots to staff its stores and watch your baby
SoftBank CEO and Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son has announced a surprising new direction for his illustrious career: the field of humanoid robotics. At a press conference in Tokyo, Son revealed a...
View ArticleEarly Detection of Brain Injury with MRI
A new research advance in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) technology can safely detect molecules called free radicals, which are associated with traumatic brain injury. The technology is a step toward...
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Three-person babies 'in two years' - says science review
The technique, using eggs from two women and one man's sperm, would be used to prevent deadly mitochondrial diseases. The UK fertility regulator said there was no evidence that it would be unsafe, but...
View ArticleMaking artificial vision look more natural
In laboratory tests, researchers have used electrical stimulation of retinal cells to produce the same patterns of activity that occur when the retina sees a moving object. Although more work remains,...
View ArticleRobots We Might See in the Future
With technology expanding at an exponential rate, scientists and analyst have been hypothesizing a variety of robots that we might see in the future to accomplish remedial to revolutionary tasks. One...
View ArticleArtificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How to Treat You
Long Island dermatologist Kavita Mariwalla knows how to treat acne, burns, and rashes. But when a patient came in with a potentially disfiguring case of bullous pemphigoid–a rare skin condition that...
View ArticleTuring Test breakthrough as super-computer becomes first to convince us it's...
Eugene Goostman, a computer programme pretending to be a young Ukrainian boy, successfully duped enough humans to pass the iconic test A programme that convinced humans that it was a 13-year-old boy...
View ArticleHere's NASA's New Design for a Warp Drive Ship
In 2012, NASA physicist Harold White revealed that he and a team were working on a design for a faster-than-light ship. Now he's collaborated with an artist to create a new, more realistic design of...
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