Humanoid robot unveiled at Beijing conference (video)
''Yangyang,'' a humanoid robot with a variety of realistic expressions, goes on display at an internet conference in Beijing. Sharon Reich reports.
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Researchers observe the moment when a mind is changed
This four-second time-lapse photo of a Los Angeles freeway illustrates the complexities of decision-making, as one driver appears to have made a late change of mind while most drivers decided in...
View ArticleBipedal Robot ATRIAS Takes First Steps Outside
Humans are incredibly well-balanced machines. As a species, we’ve mastered bipedal locomotion, which is challenging for other animals as well as the machines we make. Even BigDog, the reigning champion...
View ArticleThe first self-driving big rig licensed to operate in the US
A Daimler-built autonomous truck can now legally operate on the highways of Nevada. Gov. Brian Sandoval has officially granted the "Freightliner Inspiration Truck" a license for road use in the state,...
View ArticleTiny cellular bubbles enable delivery of Parkinson's drugs straight to the brain
A natural enzyme called catalase may prove hugely significant in treating neurological disorders such as Parkinson's. These extremely potent antioxidants can tackle neuron-killing inflammation with an...
View ArticleHarmony rehab robot guides recovery
Until now, rehabilitation exoskeletons have generally been one-armed, and haven't been of much help in providing the sort of two-arm training that many patients need to recover coordination for...
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New chip architecture may provide foundation for quantum computer
Quantum computers are in theory capable of simulating the interactions of molecules at a level of detail far beyond the capabilities of even the largest supercomputers today. Such simulations could...
View ArticleAustralian scientists develop nano memory, bringing bionic brain one step closer
Researchers from Melbourne's RMIT said the device, which is 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, imitates the brain's complex engineering with its twisted mass of neural pathways. Lead researcher...
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The amazing surgery-robot practices surgery by stitching together a GRAPE SKIN
A small robotic device used by doctors for less-invasive surgery was able to reattach part of a grape skin in a painstakingly delicate operation. The Da Vinci surgery system, which has recently begun...
View Article#8 Avatar Technology Digest / 3D Bioprinting, Robotic exoskeleton, 4D...
Welcome to #8 Avatar Technology Digest. As always we bring you the latest news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence from the most trusted sources. And here are the top stories...
View ArticleIt’s Not a ‘Stream’ of Consciousness
IN 1890, the American psychologist William James famously likened our conscious experience to the flow of a stream. “A ‘river’ or a ‘stream’ are the metaphors by which it is most naturally described,”...
View ArticleElectronic memory may bring bionic brain one step closer
RMIT University researchers have mimicked the way the human brain processes information with the development of an electronic long-term memory cell. Researchers at the MicroNano Research Facility...
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GE fires up fully 3D-printed jet engine
It's one thing to 3D-print something as advanced as a jet engine, but it's another to fuel it up and push the start button. That's the step that GE Aviation took when It recently fired up a simple jet...
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Brain cells capable of 'early-career' switch
An embryonic mouse forebrain shows the genetically modified neurons in the neocortex (orange/yellow). Cortical stem cells and neurons in other brain regions remain unaltered. Credit: Courtesy of...
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Paul Allen Got One Step Closer To Mapping The Human Brain
The Allen Institute for Brain Science, founded more than a decade ago and backed by $500 million from Microsoft MSFT -1.01% co-founder Paul Allen, said today it has launched a new database that marks a...
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Lightweight metal composite floats on water
In a development that could mean big things in the automotive and marine industries, researchers from Deep Springs Technology (DST) and the New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering have...
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World’s first photosynthetic living matter-infused 3D-printed wearable
MIT professor Neri Oxman has displayed what is claimed to be the world’s first 3D-printed photosynthetic wearable embedded with living matter (Credit: Bret Hartman/TED) Speaking at the 2015 TED...
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New Medicine: Here’s How Google Plans to Change How We Live Forever
A nurse uses a wireless electronic tablet to order medicines from the pharmacy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital on March 16, 2010 in Birmingham, England. (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Let’s...
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Can We Identify Every Kind of Cell in the Body?
A microfluidic device (at center) can carry out experiments on individual cells. How many types of cells are there in the human body? Textbooks say a couple of hundred. But the true number is...
View ArticleNASA competition encourages innovation in 3D printing technologies
NASA has issued a challenge to designers aimed at stimulating innovation in 3D printing solutions that may one day be the key to establishing a permanent presence on Mars. Not only is 3D printing set...
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