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Longevity And Health

Broken Bones? Try This Awesome Looking Waterproof Cast

Written by: Aaron Saenz 829 days ago

If breaking your arm wasn’t bad enough, you have to deal with the smell, irritation, and restriction of a cast [...]

Cyborg

Prosthetic Smart Hand Lets Amputee Feel and Move Objects

Written by: Aaron Saenz 829 days ago

When Luke Skywalker has his hand cut off in The Empire Strikes Back, he simply has it replaced with a [...]

Robots

ABB’s Super Fast Industrial Robots Impress [Videos]

Written by: Keith Kleiner 830 days ago

Humans may still be king when it comes to creativity or reasoning, but when it comes to raw speed, precision, [...]

Robots

Intel Robot Senses Wall Outlet, Plugs Itself In

Written by: Aaron Saenz 830 days ago

The robots are starting to feed themselves. Marvin, the prototype from Intel Labs Seattle, can now plug itself into a [...]

AI

UK Scientists Use Laser To Give False Memories to Flies

Written by: Aaron Saenz 830 days ago

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It’s not enough that we swat flies or lure them to get stuck on glued paper, now we are also [...]

Longevity And Health

OpenWetWare – The Wikipedia of Biology

Written by: Aaron Saenz 831 days ago

Depending on who you ask wikis are either the distilled divinity collected from humanity or the online equivalent of mob [...]

Computer Interfaces

Cool Videos of Virtual Reality Treadmills

Written by: Aaron Saenz 831 days ago

The journey to Virtual Reality has been a slow one. Computer graphics are getting better, but they can’t fool anyone [...]

Robots

Gentler Robot Hands Pick Up Objects With Care (Video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 831 days ago

Humans might be more enthusiastic to work with robots if they knew they wouldn’t be crushed to death in their [...]

Robots

DASH Robot Can Fall Off 28m Building, Keep Running (Video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 834 days ago

Have you ever tried to catch a running cockroach? They’re fast little suckers, and resilient too, which is why scientists [...]

Singularity

Transcendent Man Will Be Screened at AFI Fest, Nov 5

Written by: Aaron Saenz 834 days ago

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AFI Fest hails itself as the definitive survey of the year’s most significant films. I’m not sure if that makes [...]