Boy gets prosthetic hand made from 3D printer
It was a day one League City boy and his classmates at Mossman Elementary School will never forget Friday.Five-year-old Keith Harris showed off his prosthetic hand that was created by a 3D printer....
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The Transhumanist Future of Sex
Zoltan Istvan is a futurist, journalist, and author of the novel The Transhumanist Wager. He writes an occasional column for Motherboard in which he ruminates on the future beyond natural human...
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Algorithm lets disaster response robots discern between humans and rubble
With their ability to navigate through tight spaces and unstable environments without putting people at risk, disaster response is one of the most promising applications for robots. Researchers from...
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Transparent optogenetic brain implants: Yet another amazing use for graphene.
Transparency is the key to many technologies. Thin conductive films, like those made from ITO (indium tin oxide) for example, can carry currents or create electric fields critical for displays or solar...
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Spain's company mixes balloons and rockets to launch nanosats
Reaching space in a balloon may sound like something out of a children’s book, but Spain’s zero2infinity company doesn't think so. The Barcelona-based company specializes in near-space balloon flights...
View ArticleRobots to fly planes where humans can't
This is Pibot - the world's first humanoid robot pilot. Researchers at South Korea's Advanced Institute of Science and Technology built him to fly planes and helicopters on dangerous missions....
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These Real-Life Alien Worlds Could Become Humanity's New Home In 'Interstellar'
In the upcoming film, Interstellar, a group of heroes blasts off from a dying Earth to search for a new home for humanity. For reasons that aren’t explained in the trailer, the solar system (including...
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Nike Files Patent for Printing onto 3D Objects with Unique 3D Printer
We have known for some time now that Nike has been using 3D printing in the creation of several unique products. They aren’t the only apparel company doing so, and they certainly will be joined by many...
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HUMAN SKIN CELLS REPROGRAMMED DIRECTLY INTO BRAIN CELLS !
Human skin cells (top) can be converted into medium spiny neurons (bottom) with exposure to the right combination of microRNAs and transcription factors, according to work by Andrew Yoo and his...
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'Interstellar' Science: The Movie's Black Hole Explained (Video)
A screengrab from the final "Interstellar" trailer showing Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a exploring an alien planet. Credit: Paramount Pictures "Interstellar" may be a work of fiction, but the...
View ArticleATLAS robot gets closer to walking like a human
When Boston Dynamics first revealed their ATLAS robot on July 11, 2013, the bipedal humanoid robot was a clunky, slow moving contraption tethered to a jumble of cords that performed a variety of...
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Dietary cocoa flavanols reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older...
The brain area outlined in yellow is the hippocampus; the dentate gyrus is shown in green and the entorhinal cortex in purple. Previous work, including by the laboratory of senior author Scott A....
View ArticleHaier and Energous team up to turn household appliances into wireless chargers
WattsUp technology that allows chargong of mobile devices at a distance will soon be appearing in Haier household appliances When you think of wireless chargers for mobile devices, you probably think...
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Lowe’s to Test OSHbot Shopping Assistant Robots, Later Versions May Integrate...
Remember back a decade or two ago, reading a science fiction novel, or even a magazine like Popular Science, which envisioned a time, in the not too distant future, where robots would be everywhere?...
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New solar power material converts 90 percent of captured light into heat
Graduate student Bryan VanSaders measures how much simulated sunlight a novel material can absorb using a unique set of instruments that takes spectral measurements from visible to infrared. This...
View ArticleElon Musk and AI: What Does He Mean? (opinion)
I do not plan on touching this subject with the journalist’s style because the story has been out for some time. Instead, let me clarify his points. Let’s face it, his analogy has some shock factor and...
View ArticleWATCH: How quantum teleportation works
When most people think about teleportation, they think about someone disappearing in one spot and appearing in another instantly, Star Trek style. While that would be extremely useful, so far...
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Laser-propulsion give space rockets a serious boost
Firing lasers up the backsides of rockets could accelerate them faster without requiring extra fuel (Original images: solarseven and Nikonaft via Shutterstock) Russian scientists have proposed a novel...
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Illinois Students Target with 3D Printed Hand Which Learns Users’ Movements
Here we go again! Another story about a 3D printed prosthetic hand. It seems as though every few days there is another interesting new 3D printed prosthesis coming about; whether it is a 3D printed...
View ArticleScientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds
Griffith University academics are challenging the foundations of quantum science with a radical new theory based on the existence of, and interactions between, parallel universes. In a paper published...
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