Yearly Archives: 2009

Sequenced Human Genomes Nearly Doubled Since March

Complete Genomics has had a busy spring. For those of you who missed our February story, or our recent article, CG is a human...

Rovio Does for Security Cameras What Roomba Did for Vacuums

The next must-have robot has arrived. Rovio from WowWee is a mobile webcam that uses WiFi to work like a remote security camera on...

I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running

I-Swarm, You swarm, we all swarm for --- OMFG, robots! While many robots find success by mimicking humans, there's a whole set of robotics dedicated...

Singularity University Promo Video Is Pretty Sweet

Singularity University recently released a highlight video of its recently completed 9 week summer session. The video represents just a tiny sliver of...

Stem Cell Treatments in Europe – Are They Real?

It's hard to get a good grasp on the quality of stem cell treatments in the world. There are so many treatments centers which...

In Vitro Fertilization About to Go On Sale < $360

While celebrities have been making a habit of going to Africa to adopt children, couples looking to conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) may...

Check Out These Desktop Industrial Robots

When it comes to industrial robots we often focus on lightning fast line workers like the flexpicker, or heavy lifters like Kiva, or just...

Dog Hair is Defined by Just Three Genes!

There are few species as diverse as man's best friend. Yet, every breed from the chihuahua to the great dane has much the same...

CellScope: Your Cell Phone Just Got a Microscope

I think we need to stop calling them cell phones, because our hand held devices are starting to have more capabilities than Batman's utility...

Artificial Blood: Coming Soon to An Artery Near You

Ask any vampire and she'll tell you, when it comes to blood there's nothing like the real thing. But as everyone who donates knows,...

Will Resveratrol Let You Live Forever?

A lot of supplements sold online don't have any medical research to support their claims. Resveratrol's problem is that there is medical research to...

BCI2000 Lets Your Mind Control Computers

Usually wearing a silly hat and staring at the computer doesn't do anything besides make you lonely, but now with BCI 2000, that's going...

Geron Explains Why First Embryonic Stem Cell Clinical Trial is Stalled

As if waiting for eight years wasn't bad enough, we could see another few months pass before the first clinical trials for embryonic stem...

Will Fat Secret Become Wikipedia of Nutrition with New API?

One day we are told that eating fats makes us fat. The next day we learn that carbs are made from pure evil, and...

Newest Breathalyser Knows if You Have Lung Cancer

Not only have you had too many drinks, you've also got a tumor. Researchers at the Israeli Institute of Technology have developed a device...

London’s Surveillance Fails – Only 1 Crime Solved per 1000 Cameras

Some people don't mind being watched. Apparently London criminals are among those. According to several major UK news outlets, an internal Metropolitan Police report...

Microscope Sees Molecules for First Time

Imagine trying to read braille printed on wet tissue paper. That's what it's been like trying to take a picture of a molecule. Advanced...

Eric Giler Pimps Wireless Electricity at TED 2009

Eric Giler wants to cut the cords out of your life. He's the CEO of WiTricity, a company looking to provide the means to...

China: “We Don’t Use Executed Prisoners for Organs…Not Anymore”

The Chinese government has many strengths, but I don't think that international PR is one of them. In a report released from the Chinese...

Monkey DNA Swap Paves Way to Engineered Babies

Great joke I just heard: How many monkeys does it take to make a baby? Answer: Three. Two for chromosomal DNA, and one for...

Get Your Entire Genome From Complete Genomics For $5000

It's getting progressively cheaper to sequence your entire genome. Earlier in June, Illumina announced it would provide sequencing for close to $50k,...

Helping 1 Billion People in Under Ten Years – Singularity U Completes Inaugural Year

Today marks the final day of the inaugural 9 week summer session of Singularity University, and what a finish it will be.  40 talented...

Motoman Robot Does It All in Videos

Teach a robot to fish and it will fish forever. Give a robot humanoid arms and it will build the fishing pole, catch the...

Augmented Reality Is All Around You – Cool New Pics and Vids

Like mushrooms after a rainy day, Augmented Reality (AR) is appearing everywhere. AR technology, which allows recorded and synthetic images to be blended and...

Bionic Limbs With Artificial Intelligence

They won't give you superhuman strength, and they definitely don't cost six million dollars, but the artificial limbs from Ossur can think to help...

Robots to Get Open Source Operating System

E Pluribus Unum...robot? The International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) saw a lot of amazing robots and computer programs. It also saw another...

Virtual Reality at SIGGRAPH

With the amazing video recording and production systems commercially available, how hard can it be to create a realistic virtual reality environment? I mean,...

CDC Report: Americans Living Longer, But Not As Long as Everyone Else

With the ongoing health care debate raging across the US, it's good to know that we lived slightly longer in 2007 than in 2006....

Military Robot with Point and Go Commands

How do you say 'Geronimo!' in binary? Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to a fantastic new sport: robot tossing. Like any...

Assemble Your Own Gadgets at Bug Labs

If you ever tried to make a camera phone by taping a camera to a phone then I've found your soulmate. Bug Labs is...

Wireless Health Monitoring System for under $200

If you want to live forever you better start figuring out how your body is doing today. A&D Medical, a San Jose based company,...

Acoustic Monitor Turns Any Surface into An Input Device

Why spend hundreds of dollars on high tech input devices when you might be able to get the same actions out of scratching your...

Vending Machines Take Finger Scans Instead of Cash

The day has arrived where all the money in the world is at your finger tips. Or rather, all the money in your credit...

3D Hologram: Best Video Conference Ever

Nothing inspires fear and obedience in your minions like appearing before them as a giant floating head. Just ask the Wizard of Oz. Now...

UK Gets Awesome LG Watch Phone

One of the coolest gadgets at CES 2009 is coming to London next week. LG's watch phone looks like something straight out of James...

MIT and Harvard Monitoring Cancer Tumors With an Implant

Worried about the government spying on you through implants? Well, I don't know if your dental fillings are secret radios, but MIT and Harvard...

Entertainment Weekly Paper Magazine to Have Video Ad Insert

Flying cars, self-cleaning houses, moon bases, and video magazines. Popular science promised these things for 50 years, and finally one has arrived. In the...

AVATAR Official Movie Trailer Released

James Cameron's long awaited project, Avatar, has finally released its trailer. While the movie may have taken more than 14 years from conception to...

Artificial Organelle Unlocking Secrets of the Golgi Apparatus

Don't know how something works? Why not try to build a copy anyway? That's the sort of crazy and amazing thinking that allowed Dr....

A Flexible Touch Screen Changes Surface To Match Display

Do your fingers find it hard to type on an iPhone? Do you tend to run into things when entering data in your car's...

New York Times Has Sweet Modular Robot Media

Modular robotics have taken over the New York Times. All the news fit to print now includes a wonderfully conceived series of animated graphics...

Hand Held Projectors: Is Texas Instruments Too Widespread to Defeat?

When it comes to selling cool gadgets, the best technology doesn't always win. Sometimes being popular is more important than having the best specifications....

AcceleGlove Remotely Controls Objects With Hand Gestures

Anthrotronix is letting your hands do the talking. Their new acceleglove is an input device that reads the smallest movements of the fingers to...

Microsoft’s Cool New Pressure Sensitive Keyboard

Some people approach a keyboard like a Ming vase and some approach it like a punching bag. Now, Microsoft is going to be able...

Man Born With Heart Outside Chest Celebrates 34th Birthday

How long could you live with your heart outside your chest? For Christopher Wall it's 34 years and counting. Having just celebrated his birthday...

Commanding Military Drones – Now iPhone Has an App for That

If you've got drones in different area codes, iPhone has an app for that. MIT's Human and Automation Lab (HAL) has been able to...

23andMe Leading Way to Democratized Disease Research

Here's a riddle: What do you get when you mix American Idol with genetic testing for disease? The 23andMe research revolution. The same company...

Makerbot is Asking You to Help Make More Makerbots

So here's a situation we've all been in. You just started a new company that builds and sells table top 3D printers. To save...

Phones with Projectors: the Competition Begins

They may not have THX sound, but cell phones are bringing you closer to the movies by including miniature DLP projectors. Three different companies:...

The Hub Gets A Redesign

Today Singularity Hub is excited to roll out our newly designed website.  We hope you like it, because we can't go back!  The new...
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