Technology Will Create a Utopian Future (as Long as Humans Don't Mess it Up)
In a new book, two technologists paint a rosy portrait of our future, describing how cutting-edge technology could benefit large industry--as long as humans don't muck it up in the mean time, that is....
View ArticleRealistic Robo-Hawks Designed to Fly Around and Terrorize Real Birds
Birds are nice enough, unless you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills, in which case they’re the sworn enemy. Today, there are a variety of tools and technologies for spooking unwanted...
View ArticleElectric current may help treat memory disorders from stroke, Alzheimer's,...
New research indicates that stimulating a particular region in the brain via non-invasive delivery of electrical current using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, improves...
View ArticlePainful memories eased by inhaling xenon gas
It's odourless, colourless, tasteless and mostly non-reactive – but it may help you forget. Xenon gas has been shown to erase fearful memories in mice, raising the possibility that it could be used to...
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We Could Find Alien Life, but Politicians Don't Have the Will (Op-Ed)
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. While alien life can be seen nightly on television...
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3D Printers Coming to Every School In the UK – Martin Stevens, CEO ‘It Is 3D’
IT IS 3D is the leading 3D technology company for education in the UK. The British company also operates in other sectors including jewellery, creative arts and industry. Martin Stevens is its...
View ArticleIBM’s Watson Discovery Advisor supercomputer may be game changer
BM’s Watson Discovery Advisor supercomputer may be game changer. It will speed up scientific breakthroughs, IBM has said. The most-talked about Watson supercomputer has been enhanced by the IBM. Known...
View ArticleWorld's first cyborg wants to hack your body
Neil Harbisson is the world's first legally recognized cyborg. He has an antenna implanted into his skull that gives him access to something he was born without: the ability to see color. In a world...
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3-D Printer Could Turn Space Station into 'Machine Shop'
Riddle: It's the size of a small microwave, and it may alleviate the need for NASA astronauts to wait for resupply ships to arrive at the International Space Station to get some essential items....
View ArticleNewly identified galactic supercluster is home to the Milky Way
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) -- among other telescopes -- have determined that our own Milky Way galaxy is part of a newly identified ginormous...
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Samsung: Smart homes arriving 'at speed we can barely imagine'
n Samsung's smart-home vision, screens will provide recipes, notifications, and reminders as well as entertainment. Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET Today, you might think of Samsung as the company...
View ArticlePossible neurobiological basis for tradeoff between honesty, self-interest
What's the price on your integrity? Tell the truth; everyone has a tipping point. We all want to be honest, but at some point, we'll lie if the benefit is great enough. Now, scientists have confirmed...
View ArticleRubbery robot battles flames, snow and gets run over
Burn it, freeze it, run it over – this robot just keeps squirming. Created by Michael Tolley of Harvard University and his team, the robot is completely squishy, with no rigid skeleton. At 65...
View ArticleSynthetic Materials Mimic Living Organisms
Biophysicists detail how they engineered synthetic materials that mimic the remarkable complexity of living organisms, successfully implementing a minimalistic model of the cell that can change its...
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Graphene-based, ultra-thin light detector peeks below the surface
A new prototype light detector uses graphene's light-absorbing properties to see in a broad band of light wavelengths that includes terahertz waves. These fall between the microwave and infrared bands,...
View ArticleMIT ATLAS robot demo shows advanced moves
The bipedal robot ATLAS from MIT is moving on. Reacting to the recent video of "MIT Atlas truckin' with a truss," TechCrunch said, "We've seen the cute little guy walk, toddle, and climb over obstacles...
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'Solid' light could compute previously unsolvable problems
Researchers at Princeton University have begun crystallizing light as part of an effort to answer fundamental questions about the physics of matter. Credit: Image courtesy of Princeton University,...
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Ceramics don't have to be brittle: Incredibly light, strong materials recover...
This sequence shows how the Greer Lab's three-dimensional, ceramic nanolattices can recover after being compressed by more than 50 percent. Clockwise, from left to right, an alumina nanolattice before...
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Is A Simulated Brain Conscious?
Neurons simulated in a computer Hermann Cuntz via Wikimedia Commons Imagine standing in an open field with a bucket of water balloons and a couple of friends. You've decided to play a game called...
View ArticleHighest-paid female executive seeks immortality—digitally
Martine Rothblatt, the founder of Sirius satellite radio and pharmaceutical company United Therapeutics, was the highest paid female executive in America last year with total earnings of $38 million....
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