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Our Cyborg Future: Man Embeds Magnets In Wrist To Make Strapless Watch

Written by: Peter Murray 1 day ago

And you thought your vintage Swatch was a fashion statement.

Like to keep track of time and enjoy music on your iPod nano, but can’t tolerate those cumbersome bands and [...]

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Google Search Gets Smarter With Knowledge Graph

Written by: Peter Murray 6 days ago

By tapping databases and connecting people, places, and things Google's Knowledge Graph enriches your search experience.

This week Google is rolling out a new search tool: the Knowledge Graph. Breaking with the old strategy of keywords [...]

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Green Light For Google’s Driverless Car As It Receives First Autonomous License

Written by: Peter Murray 16 days ago

During test drives the cars will have red license plates. When the car is eventually marketed to consumers, the plate will be green.

We knew Nevada was serious about becoming the first state to adopt driverless cars when the governor signed a law [...]

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Robots Poised To Take Over Your Living Room As 3D Systems Acquires My Robot Nation

Written by: Peter Murray 16 days ago

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The months old startup My Robot Nation was recently acquired by high-end 3D printing company, 3D Systems, adding yet another [...]

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Connect The Physical World To The Web With Ninja Blocks

Written by: David J. Hill 17 days ago

Ninja Blocks connect the physical world to the web and back again.

Most of us live in two separate worlds, the real world and the digital world of the Internet. Some strides [...]

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Retinal Implants Restore Partial Sight To Three Blind

Written by: Peter Murray 19 days ago

A microchip with 1,500 light sensors sits beneath the retina and stimulates neurons which project to the brain's visual cortex.

The blind really are beginning to see again. After receiving retinal implants in a trial, two people in the UK [...]

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Better, Faster, and Cheaper – These Robots Are Invading Car Manufacturing Plants

Written by: Peter Murray 20 days ago

Robots used cameras and lasers to assemble the 2013 Ford Escape with unprecedented precision.

Does anyone doubt that it really is just a matter of time before human assembly line workers are a thing [...]

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Handheld 3D Scanner Lets You Digitize Objects And Rooms In Minutes

Written by: David J. Hill 21 days ago

Matterport handheld scanner allows you to scan a room and quickly render 3D maps.

A Silicon Valley startup wants to give you the power to “scan your world” with a handheld scanner that rapidly [...]

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360° Panoramic Video Lets You Capture Everything Around You With Your Smartphone

Written by: David J. Hill 22 days ago

The GoPano Micro lets you record panoramic video with your iPhone 4.

Have you ever recorded video of an important event with your smartphone only to discover later that people were out [...]

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New Device Automatically Slices and Scans Brains, Then Puts Them Into A Google Map

Written by: Peter Murray 23 days ago

The Knife-edge scanning microscope automatically images brain slices, which are then digitally combined to create a whole brain atlas.

Forget all those hours of slicing your mouse brain in to sections, snapping images, and then manually putting them back [...]