Monthly Archives: July, 2009

Haptics Unleashes Virtual Reality and Telepresence Revolution

Singularity Hub Staff - July 31, 2009

Prepare to be blown away with this post! Here at the Hub one of the things that we are all about is the coming...

Growing Mice From Stem Cells? The Real Story About The Stem Cell Breakthrough From Qi Zhou

Singularity Hub Staff - July 30, 2009

Traditional media outlets have been tripping over each other this week with sensational titles such as "Chinese Scientists Reprogram Cells to Create Mice" to...

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Toyota Humanoid Robot Runs At 7 Km/hr

Singularity Hub Staff - July 29, 2009

Props to the guys over at smart-machines for digging up an awesome video (see below) of the Toyota humanoid robot running at 7 Km/hr...

3D Scanner Recreates Real-Life Objects on the Computer Screen

Andrew Kessel - July 29, 2009

The line between computers and reality has been blurred. We have murders committed because of World of Warcraft, Second Life romances (an activity normally...

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man

Singularity Hub Staff - July 28, 2009

Prominent New York Times reporter John Markoff just came out with a story titled "Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man" that has raised some...

MEDSignals Creates a High Tech, User Friendly Pillbox

Andrew Kessel - July 28, 2009

Here’s a piece of genuine elderly-friendly technology. It's simple enough that Grandma can use it, but the whole thing rings to the tune of...

Wolfram Alpha – A Force To Be Reckoned With

Singularity Hub Staff - July 27, 2009

Two months ago Wolfram Alpha launched its question answering engine in one of the most eagerly anticipated product launches of the year. Although sensationalists...

Catherine Mohr Promises More Robotic Surgery

Aaron Saenz - July 27, 2009

No matter how much it begs, never give your robot a knife - it will want to play surgeon. Engineer, medical doctor, and inventor...

Programmable Matter: Claytronics or Gershenfeld

Aaron Saenz - July 23, 2009

We still tell our children "you can be anything when you grow up." It's time to start telling them "you're going to be able...

Singularity Summit 2009 In New York October 3-4

Singularity Hub Staff - July 23, 2009

In a radical shift from previous years, the fourth annual Singularity Summit is slated to take place October 3-4 in New York instead of...

Singularity University First Three Weeks In Pictures

Singularity Hub Staff - July 22, 2009

With the first three weeks of the Singularity University summer session complete the Hub is here to give you a summary of what has...

MIT is Organizing New Genetic Parts

Aaron Saenz - July 22, 2009

If you want to check out a book you go to the library. If you want to get a copy of the latest DNA,...

Prenatal Screening Could Eradicate Genetic Disease, Replace Natural Conception

Drew Halley - July 21, 2009

Genetic birth defect screening is about to get faster, cheaper, and more comprehensive - all at once. A new technique could soon make genetic...

Blue Zones: Places in the World Where People Live to 100 and Stay Healthy

Singularity Hub Staff - July 20, 2009

They are called blue zones—places in the world where people live longer and healthier than anywhere else on earth. Several of these blue zones...

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Disturbingly Real Replicants from Hanson Robotics

Aaron Saenz - July 17, 2009

If Disney's Hall of Presidents upset you, if Chuck E. Cheese and his friends frighten you, if the TV show Dinosaurs gave you nightmares...

Computer Learns Sign Language – Next Stop World Domination

Andrew Kessel - July 16, 2009

Why does it have to take so long for the computers to rise up and kill us? The suspense is just maddening. Four Terminator...

Tim Ferriss’ New Book: Become a Superhuman

Aaron Saenz - July 15, 2009

Everyone knows that building the perfect body takes years of hard work and an iron will. Everyone except Tim Ferriss. The bestselling author just...

The Genetically Modified Food You Eat

Drew Halley - July 15, 2009

Would you eat food that was genetically modified? You probably already have. Scientists have been tinkering with the DNA of commercial food for nearly two...

The Hub Goes To Scifoo 2009 – It Was Awesome! (scifoo09)

Singularity Hub Staff - July 14, 2009

I just wrapped up an amazing weekend participating in the fourth annual scifoo gathering at Google headquarters (the Googleplex) in Mountain View, CA. The...

Sensor Sensibility: New Information from Toumaz CEO

Aaron Saenz - July 13, 2009

It's time to let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. For anyone who has visited the hospital recently, medical sensors...

Solving Humanity’s Grand Challenges With Accelerating Technologies At Singularity University

Singularity Hub Staff - July 9, 2009

Accelerating information technologies such as genetics and robotics may someday bring about a technological singularity, but long before this they may have a more...

The FlexPicker: Industrial Robot Built for Speed – Video

Andrew Kessel - July 9, 2009

Over the last few months, there has been very little showing on industrial robots here at Singularity Hub. That is truly a terrible circumstance,...

The eScale: Broadcast your Weight to the World

Aaron Saenz - July 8, 2009

If Reality TV has taught us anything about weight loss it's that the more people who are watching you, the quicker you'll drop the...

Robot Hummingbird Ready for Spy Missions – Video

Andrew Kessel - July 8, 2009

We’ve seen countless spy movies where the fearless protagonist is being tracked by video cameras shaped like owls or robotic insects with surveillance gear. ...

RoboCup Takes Place in Graz, Austria: Robots Play Soccer and Search for Survivors

Andrew Kessel - July 7, 2009

Earlier on Singularity Hub, we covered the RoboGames. That was all well and good, with smashing and melee and some soccer to boot, but...

The Rise of the Modular Robot: A Review in Videos

Aaron Saenz - July 7, 2009

In the world of robotics, someone is always out to build a better Transformer . There's just something about robots that can change shape...

A Sample of Synthetic Human Skin for Just 34 Euros

Andrew Kessel - July 6, 2009

Skin replacement might not be a hot new cosmetic procedure yet but, believe it or not, synthesized human skin is already a precious commodity...

Will Your ID Soon Be a Microchip Under Your Skin?

Drew Halley - July 2, 2009

Yet another sci-fi milestone is upon us: microchips implanted under your skin and used to identify you. The VeriChip is the first radio-frequency identification (RFID)...