Yearly Archives: 2009

The AbioCor Artificial Heart

Earlier on Singularity Hub, we took a detailed look into the magic of heart replacement surgery (and even growing hearts with stem cells).  It’s...

The Wireless Future of Energy Tranfer

The electronic revolution of the past century has been a tangled affair. Remember when phones were always wired into the wall? When...

Vitamin D and Fish Oil – Time to Put Up or Shut Up

The western world faces three very notorious killers: heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Just this week Michael Jackson (heart attack??) and Farah Fawcett (cancer)...
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TransMedics: Transplanting a Beating Heart

You've heard a bit about heart transplants and they're no piece of cake, but now there’s a company out there trying to make it...

Why Your Dog Is Getting Better Stem Cell Treatment Than You

If you like controversy there's nothing that will bring you more joy than yelling "stem cell research" in a mixed crowd and then sadistically...

Artificial Life on the Horizon

Admit it: you wouldn’t mind winning a Nobel Prize. Well here’s a science project for you: reverse global warming, solve the world’s energy crisis,...

Singularity University To Launch June 29 – Exclusive Interview With Executive Director Salim Ismail

With the official launch of the inaugural summer session of Singularity University just days away, the Hub sat down with the University's Executive Director...

Breast Augmentation Balloons to Top Selling Plastic Surgery

Singularity Hub has recently and unintentionally launched an unofficial expose into the world of vain medicine. We last covered the chemotherapy cream that kills...

Stem Cells Used to Grow Hearts: Cool New Pics and Vid

When you're heart is broken, you'll do anything to fix it. Even replace it with a pig heart. Scientists at the University of Minnesota...

Willow Garage: The Personal Robot Will Be Open Source

Want to build a robot? Join the club. Want to improve the way we build robots? Join Willow Garage. This silicon valley based robotics...

Chemotherapy Skin Cream Fights Wrinkles, Knocks Decades off Your Face

Here at Singularity Hub, we are just a little bit vain. Like, what’s the point of doing all this science and technology stuff if...

World’s Smallest LCD Screen Created: 0.27 Inches in Diameter

Any insecure Hummer owner with a bad track record on the dating scene will tell you “it’s not the size that matters, it’s how...
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TransMedics: Transplanting a Real Beating Heart

You've heard a bit about heart transplants and they're no piece of cake, but now there’s a company out there trying to make it...

Augmented Reality is Full of Zombies

Terrified that invisibles zombies will attack you in your home? Sure, we all are. Now, thanks to the insightful people at the Savannah College...

Google, Papa Brin Step In For 23andme

Both Google and Sergey Brin have made an investment in personal genetics company 23andme in a series B funding round.  This comes on top...

Clothing Gets Computerized

Sure those name brand threads may look good, but when was the last time they allowed you to become a walking sound and light...

Interactive Motion Technologies: Physical Therapy Robotics

Strokes suck.  The mass destruction of a large number of the brain’s neurons robs the body of even the most basic motor functions.  Though...

Stem Cells Used to Grow Hearts: Cool Pics and Vid

When you're heart is broken, you'll do anything to fix it. Even replace it with a pig heart. Scientists at the University of Minnesota...

Army Exoskeleton To Give Man Superhuman Strength

Super hero movies are all the rage these days. Take a look at the swollen coffers of Marvel and DC and it will be...

Braingate2: Your Mind Just Went Wireless

Are you ready to control the world with your mind? The possibility just got a little stronger. A few weeks ago, Singularity Hub highlighted...

The Miracle of Heart Transplants

Take a moment and think about your heart.  None of that lovey-dovey crap, this muscle is all business, beating over 2.5 billion times in...

RoboGames 2009 Summary, Highlights, Pictures and Video

The RoboGames were an astounding success.  Legions of robo-lovers flocked to the games in San Francisco to watch the carnage unfold and, though we...

Kurzweil in the Lyons’ Den

Does the Transcendent Man just want to be a robot? That's part of the story coming out of Daniel Lyons' recent article in Newsweek...

New Manufacturing Technique Brings Bendable LCD Displays One Step Closer

Here at the hub, we’ve posted a little bit on bendable, flexible OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays.  Until recently, it was a cool...
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Organovo Pioneers 3-D Organ Printing: Hype or Hope?

The plastic 3-D printing machine has been around for a few years and man, is that cool. It can replicate most any mechanical system...

Test for Cancer With a Take-Home Kit

What if checking for cancer was as easy as a pregnancy test? Soon, it will be. Catching cancer early is the most crucial step...

Army Exoskeleton Suit Gives Man Superhuman Strength

Super hero movies are all the rage these days.  Take a look at the swollen coffers of Marvel and DC and it will be...

RoboGames Land at San Francisco This Weekend

San Francisco locals, this is your lucky weekend.  Well, as long as you’re sufficiently interested in robotics, it is.  The Robo Games have come...

Awesome Robots With Guns [Video]

Previously we have covered the ongoing robotization (is that a word?) of the military.  Robotex Inc is one of the plethora of companies out...

Gender Test for Unborn Children Now Possible Even Earlier

In this new millennium, patience is no longer a virtue.  This instant gratification society does not want to wait for anything, so why are...

Miniature Robot Attempts to Race Through the Body

The idea of a miniature explorer through the human body has been explored and parodied more times than one can count.  Now, science has...

Implant Cures High Blood Pressure

Pills are quickly going out of style.  Ok, so the SmartPill and microchip embedded pills are still cool, but regular old blood pressure medication...

Growing Organs in the Lab

Why transplant an organ when you can grow yourself a new one? This research isn't something that might happen in the distant future.  It's being...

Robots Unlock the Mysteries of Evolution

Researchers and engineers have begun to unravel the mysteries of evolution.  Yes, we know that DNA changes and favorable mutations are awarded with longer...

Proteus Ingestible Microchip Hits Clinical Trials

About a year ago, we brought to light a brilliant company that could be described as a predecessor to body 2.0.  Proteus Biomedical specializes...

Giving Your Kidneys a Makeover: Stem Cells Cure Nephritis

Once upon a time, if you had a failing organ, you could pretty much consider it a death sentence. Then along came organ transplants,...

Swarm Robotics: Beware The Swarm (videos)

Swarm robots are in vogue now.  Yeah, it was cool when one robot did something neat, like Asimo or the RiSE wall crawler, but...

Woomba – A Robot Just For Women (Video)

A few years ago SNL did a commercial parody about the iRobot Roomba, promoting a women's robot called the Woomba.  Some will call it...

Ingestible Intelligence: The SmartPill

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace in all studies of medicine and, luckily for all, those with gastrointestinal problems (most specifically that flatulent...

New Device Can Detect Viruses In A Matter Of Minutes

Hypochondriacs rejoice!  Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have created a prototype device that is capable of detecting viruses and bacterium...

Another Step in Genetic Engineering: Glowing Primates

The primate family tree seems to have gotten a bit brighter lately.  Earlier, Singularity Hub reported on Ruby Puppy, the genetically engineered glowing dog,...

Thirsty Plants Can Now Send Text Messages

In an effort to become more trim and efficient, everything in life has been given a miniature electronic brain.  The car knows when its...

War 2.0 – Rise of the Robots

The face of war is changing, and it may no longer be a human one. Developing new technology has always been a cornerstone of...

Catch All the Baddies with a Keychain Spy Camera

There simply are not enough devices out there that pander to the tin-foil hat crowd.  You know, the paranoid delusional folks who think that...

Swarm Robotics: The Swarm Is Coming

Swarm robots are in vogue now. Yeah, it was cool when one robot did something neat, like Asimo or the RiSE wall crawler, but...

The National Ignition Facility Aims to Create a Mini Star

World, meet the National Ignition Facility: a massive and incredible research device to study (and create) controlled nuclear fusion. Containing the world's largest...

The Scientific Battle Against Alzheimer’s Disease

HBO’s documentary, “The Alzheimer’s Project”, is free for viewing on their website.  If you have not yet seen it, make sure to take a...

6 in 1 Solar Robot Kit: Standing on the Shoulders of Giant Memes

I don't usually do toy reviews, but the new 6 in 1 solar robot kit from Red5 is pretty cool. It's a transformer (note...

From Dolly to Injaz: The Cloning Revolution Takes Off

Dolly was so 90's. Most of us are waiting for scientists to clone something awesome, like velociraptors or wholly mammoths... hell, even a...

Create an AI on Your Computer

If many hands make light work, then maybe many computers can make an artificial brain. That's the basic reasoning behind Intelligence Realm's Artificial Intelligence...
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