#9 Avatar Technology Digest / Robotic arm for surgery, Electronic memory, 3D...
Welcome to #9 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 ArticleEye-tracking tech makes virtual reality hands-free (video)
The days of using your hands to play video games could be in the past. Called FOVE, this headset uses advanced eye tracking to provide the wearer with an immersive and completely hands-free virtual...
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Juvenile plasticity returned to adult mice brains
Researchers have reactivated brain plasticity in the brains of adult mice by transplanting a type of embryonic neuron (Image: Shutterstock) By enabling the rigid brains of adult mice to return to the...
View ArticleA Transhuman Future Has Been Humanity's Goal Since Discovering Fire
You might think that Humans are a noun, but in reality we’re actually a verb – we’re an action; an occurrence; a state of motion! As a noun, Humans would have to be redefined constantly throughout...
View ArticleHere's a Full Body Motion Control Suit to Go With Your VR Headset
With virtual reality set to become more of 'a thing' in our day to lives from gaming with the Oculus Rift and PS4 Morpheus, to possibly mixing VR with augmented reality with Microsoft's HoloLens...
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Nobot wants to put people to work ... in robot form
We hear plenty of discussion about robots taking over our jobs, so it's a refreshing change to hear about a robot designed to create them instead. Its name is Nobot, and what makes this machine unique...
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Ossur's prosthesis: bionic leg controlled by subconscious thoughts
The Ossur system uses implanted sensors sending wireless signals to the artificial limb's built-in computer Biomedical engineering company Össur has announced the successful development of a thought...
View ArticleNeuroscientists Are Making an Artificial Brain for Everyone
I’m fairly new to San Francisco, so I’m still building my mental database of restaurants I like. But this weekend, I know exactly where I’m heading to for dinner: Nick’s Crispy Tacos. Then, when I get...
View Article#10 Avatar Technology Digest / Brain-controlled bionic legs, artificial...
Welcome to #10 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...
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Organic ion transistor blocks pain signals from reaching the brain
Researchers have developed an organic ion transistor that effectively blocks pain signals from reaching the brains of rats (Image: iStockphoto/Fanny Ståhl) A new type of medical device could one day...
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New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and...
UC Berkeley researchers have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a process that more closely approximates the way humans learn, marking a major...
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Co-operative tools: Intelligent handheld robots
This image shows a novel intelligent handheld robot. Credit: University of Bristol What if handheld tools know what needs to be done and were even able to guide and help inexperienced users to...
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Brain signals contain the code for your next move
Is it possible to tap into the signalling in the brain to figure out where you will go next? Researchers say yes. Credit: © Marijus / Fotolia Is it possible to tap into the signalling in the brain to...
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First manned flight for Flike personal tricopter
Despite always generating plenty of interest, getting a personal flight vehicle off the ground can be a huge undertaking – just ask Malloy Aeronautics, which has been forced to scale its Hoverbike...
View ArticleNew algorithm lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly
Today's industrial robots are remarkably efficient -- as long as they're in a controlled environment where everything is exactly where they expect it to be. But put them in an unfamiliar setting, where...
View ArticleProsthetic hands with a sense of touch? 'Sensory feedback' from artificial limbs
Researchers are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing "sensory feedback." Advances toward developing prostheses with a sense of touch are presented in a special...
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Missing link found between brain, immune system
Maps of the lymphatic system: old (left) and updated to reflect UVA's discovery. Credit: University of Virginia Health System In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching,...
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Blueprinter M3 — Powerful & Quiet Selective Heat Sintering 3D Printer is...
The Blueprinter development process began in 2008 when Frederik Tjellesen and Anders Hartmann, as engineering students at the Technical University of Denmark, wrote a thesis which attempted to...
View ArticleEpicenter of brain's predictive ability pinpointed by scientists
In recent years, scientists have discovered the human brain works on predictions, contrary to the previously accepted theory that it reacts to the sensations it picks up from the outside...
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Fraunhofer tech to allow less conspicuous smartglasses
Data glasses tend to be chunky, unstylish objects, so it’s no wonder they haven’t caught on among general consumers. Fraunhofer researchers have now developed a technology that allows the “specs” to be...
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