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Robots

Whoa! HRP-4 Humanoid Robot Walks, Moves Just Like A Real Human

Written by: Aaron Saenz 510 days ago

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Kawada and AIST continue to promote their newest bipedal robot, the HRP-4, with clips of its smooth motions and graceful [...]

Cyborg

Raytheon’s New XOS 2 Exoskeleton Looks Cool, but It’s Not Iron Man (video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 511 days ago

Blame it on Tony Stark’s ego, but Raytheon’s debut of the XOS 2 Exoskeleton focuses too much on the Iron [...]

Robots

Willow Garage Teaches Robot Not To Crush Puny Humans (Video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 511 days ago

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If Sam Waterson taught me anything it’s that I need to fear the powerful grip of robots. Because robots are [...]

Singularity

Kurzweil’s Blio Finally Launches – Here Is A First Look (FAIL)

Written by: Keith Kleiner 512 days ago

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Today K-NFB Reading Technology, backed by futurist Ray Kurzweil, officially released its highly anticipated Blio e-book platform for download to [...]

Singularity

‘Ten Years’ Apple Infographic: Moore’s Law At Its Best

Written by: Aaron Saenz 512 days ago

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What’s the difference between the high-end iMac desktop computer of 2000 and the iPhone 4G of 2010? A few pixels, [...]

Singularity

EU Confronts Transhumanism With Technolife Project

Written by: Aaron Saenz 513 days ago

Europen Union nations hope to foster meaningful debate on ethics by showing people pop culture and SciFi inspired videos and [...]

Robots

Festo Turns Elephant’s Trunk into Awesome Robot Arm (video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 513 days ago

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Smart engineers copy ideas. Great engineers copy from nature. Festo’s Bionic Handling Assistant is a robot arm modeled on an [...]

Art

Is Canada’s 3D Girl ‘Speed Bump’ A Stupid Idea? (video)

Written by: Aaron Saenz 513 days ago

Imagine cruising through a school zone when you see something strange in the road. It looks like a little girl [...]

Singularity

Khan Academy and FIRST Among Winners of $10M from Google

Written by: Aaron Saenz 513 days ago

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Five innovative groups around the world just hit a $10 million payday. Google recently announced the winners in their Project [...]

Singularity

Iris Scanning Set To Secure City in Mexico, Then the World

Written by: Aaron Saenz 514 days ago

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The million-plus citizens of Leon, Mexico are set to become the first example of a city secured through the power [...]