Elon Musk: We need to leave Earth as soon as possible
In all the billions and billions of planets in our home galaxy, humanity happens to find itself on one perfectly suited for life. Earth isn't without its hazards though. The planet has seen five mass...
View ArticleA New Study Explores the Brain's Built-In Clock
A computer keeps time thanks to an oscillator crystal. A bit of quartz with an applied electric field exhibits natural resonance, a fundamental frequency. This is exploited as a means to synchronize...
View ArticleDeleting genes could boost lifespan by 60 per cent, say scientists
The secret of extending life by decades may lie in switching off certain genes, scientists believe, after showing that small genetic tweaks can make organisms live 60 per cent longer. Ten years of...
View ArticleDissolving stent for heart arteries passes first large test
Now you see it, now you don't. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job, passed its first major test in a large study, doctors said...
View ArticleThis humanoid robot might travel to space to help astronauts
German researchers are creating a humanoid robot designed to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named AILA, the robot is designed to assist with not-so-complicated, day-to-day tasks...
View ArticleBrain Activity Identifies Individuals
Neuroscientists have developed a method to pick out an individual solely by his connectome—a pattern of synchronized neural activity across numerous brain regions. Researchers had observed previously...
View Article#19 AVATAR TECHNOLOGY DIGEST / First results of 10-year digital brain project
Welcome to Avatar Technology Digest. And here are the top stories of the last week. As always we start our Digest with incredible news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial...
View ArticleHumans Will Love Robots More When They’re Flawed
Human beings are less than perfect. We forget things, get angry, and have our vices. So how likely is it that we would relate to a robot that’s perfect in every single way? Not likely, according to...
View ArticleExperts develop software to help machines fall more gracefully
Miss Georgia tripped in the final round of the 2015 Miss America Pageant. Jennifer Lawrence stumbled on her way to accept an Oscar. Even rock stars, world leaders and presidential candidates have...
View ArticleA Tale of Do-It-Yourself Gene Therapy
Can aging be slowed by using gene therapy to make permanent changes to a person’s DNA? One Seattle-area woman says she has tried exactly that. Her claim has entangled some high-profile American...
View ArticleMicrosoft Researchers Are Working on Multi-Person Virtual Reality
Augmented or mixed reality, which renders virtual images in a view of the real world, can be spectacular to experience. But it may be even more fun when you bring a friend. Researchers in the Microsoft...
View ArticleRESEARCHERS TEACH ROBOTS TO FALL OVER GRACEFULLY WHEN SHOVED
It takes skill to fall with grace. Not in a metaphorical sense, but in a very real one: emerging relatively unharmed after a tumble is a skill human have and can refine that robots lack innately, often...
View ArticleThe lightest metal ever has been developed by Boeing - it's lighter than...
Aerospace Boeing has invented the lightest metal ever, called microlattice. The product is 99.99 per cent air and will be used as a primary component in aerospace engineering - it'll be used to make...
View Article'Psychic robot' predicts your intentions
For those worried about the singularity -- that time when computers or robots become smarter than us and start reproducing themselves -- new research out of the University of Illinois at Chicago might...
View ArticleAXO Suit exoskeleton is aimed at the elderly
When we hear about exoskeletons, chances are that we either think of something that allows disabled users to walk again, or that gives wearers extraordinary strength. The European Union AXO Suit...
View ArticleTHE WORLD’S FIRST FULLY ROBOTIC FARM OPENS IN 2017
Robots will be the farmers of the future. A company in Japan is building an indoor lettuce farm that will be completely tended by robots and computers. The company, named Spread, expects the factory to...
View Article#20 AVATAR TECHNOLOGY DIGEST / Gene Therapy, Engineered skin substitute, The...
Welcome to Avatar Technology Digest. As always we start our Digest with incredible news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence. And here are the top stories of the last week....
View ArticleA tensegity robot to clean and explore ducts
Researchers in the UCSD Robotics lab have developed a duct-exploring robot based on the principles of tensegrity, a structural design paradigm which combines components under pure tension and pure...
View ArticleAnother dimension: 3-D cell growth opens new pathway for spinal cord repair
Griffith University researchers have opened a new avenue to advance a therapy to repair the paralysed spinal cord. A paper published in the prestigious Nature group journal Scientific Reports presents...
View ArticleParalyzed Man’s Arm Wired to Receive Brain Signals
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio say they’ve used electronics to get around a paralyzed man’s spinal injury, permitting him to use an implant in his brain to move his arm and hand....
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