How to Live Forever
Part IV in a series on technological evolution. Part I was “If a Time Traveller Saw a Smartphone.” Part II was “As Technology Gets Better, Will Society Get Worse?” Part III was “The Problem With Easy...
View ArticleWhat will happen when the internet of things becomes artificially intelligent?
From Stephen Hawking to Spike Jonze, the existential threat posed by the onset of the ‘conscious web’ is fuelling much debate – but should we be afraid? When Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates and Elon Musk...
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3D-printed guide could find use in better nerve repairs
PhD student Christopher Pateman with one of the NGCs (tiny yellow object at center) (Photo: University of Sheffield) When someone suffers an injury that results in a severed nerve, the usual treatment...
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Newborn neurons in adult brain may help us adapt to environment
Neurons (stock image). "New neurons may serve as a means to fine-tune the hippocampus to the predicted environment," Opendak says. "In particular, seeking out rewarding experiences or avoiding...
View ArticleBrain-controlled drone shown off by Tekever in Lisbon
Technology that allows a drone to be piloted from the ground using only a person's brainwaves has been demonstrated in Portugal. The company behind the development, Tekever, said the technology could...
View ArticleSurgeon Plans First Human Head Transplant
The first human head transplant could take place in just two years, according to a radical proposal by an Italian surgeon. Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, wants the...
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Inside The Roc's Lair. The biggest plane ever
The massive size of the carrier aircraft now in assembly at Mojave, California, for Stratolaunch Systems’s space launch program is apparent for the first time in these rare stills taken from footage...
View ArticleBionic reconstruction lets patients use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled...
Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called "bionic reconstruction," enabling them to use a robotic prosthetic hand controlled by their mind, according to...
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Modular biobattery plant turns a wide range of biomass into energy
A new high-efficiency biogas plant developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany could accelerate renewable energy production around the globe (Image: Fraunhofer Institute) Researchers at the...
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3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — March 1, 2015
This week’s stories we didn’t cover include technical 3D printing projects, including a bird-like drone and an autonomous robotic car, a Kickstarter campaign for a Tennessee-based 3d printed toy...
View ArticleA Simulated Mouse Brain in a Virtual Mouse Body
HBP neurorobotics scientist Marc-Oliver Gewaltig and his team built a model mouse brain and a model mouse body, integrating them both into a single simulation and providing a simplified but...
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Livermore Lab taking prosthetic arms to next level
A smart lead of a thin film neural interface that when implanted in amputees will allow them to experience the sensations of touch and movement in the prosthetics they wear is demonstrated at Lawrence...
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Scientists crack a piece of the neural code for learning and memory!
Zador's team trained rats to associate specific tones with a reward. Changes in the tone signaled the animal to look for a reward either on the left or right side of a training box.The team later...
View ArticleEvolving robot brains
Researchers are using the principles of Darwinian evolution to develop robot brains that can navigate mazes, identify and catch falling objects, and work as a group to determine in which order they...
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Google developed a technology to tell whether ‘facts’ on the Internet are true
Cables at a Google data center. (Courtesy Google) The Internet, we know all too well, is a cesspool of rumor and chicanery. But in a research paper published by Google in February — and reported over...
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iSkin stickers could be used to control mobile devices
An iSkin sticker is used to control the playback of music (Photo: Saarland University) While a wrist-worn smartwatch may be easier to access than a smartphone that has to be retrieved from a pocket,...
View ArticleNano-Coating Makes Self-Cleaning Surfaces That Are Tougher Than Knives
Hydrophobic clothing that won’t stain when you spill something on yourself is the dream of clumsy people everywhere, but the materials that are commercially available generally wear out after a wash or...
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PrintDisplay: DIY displays and touchscreens anyone can print
For years now, we've been promised miraculous new flexible touchscreen displays, but the deployment of such technology in big consumer products, like say the LG G Flex, hasn't started any revolutions...
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Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality
“If you ask me today, is it possible to live to be 500? The answer is yes,” Bill Maris says one January afternoon in Mountain View, California. The president and managing partner of Google Ventures...
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Bio-inspired eye stabilizes robot's flight
Biorobotics researchers at the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement -- Etienne-Jules Marey (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université) have developed the first aerial robot able to fly over uneven terrain that is...
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