Yearly Archives: 2009

Are Stem Cells On A Path To Cure Type I Diabetes?

It is a villain that goes by many names: Type I, Juvenile onset, Diabetes Mellitus. More than 15,000 young people in the United States...

Brain-Doping at the Lab Bench

One year ago on April 1st, the World Anti-Brain Doping Authority (WABDA) released a statement that scientists would soon be the target of a...

Freezing Lazarus: The Cryonics of Eternal Life

Want to live forever? You're not alone. For as long as we humans have contemplated our own mortality, the dream of eternal life has...

The Flying Microbot: Batteries Not Included

"We have developed a magnetically levitated micro-robot.” -Prof. Mir Behrad Khamesee Simplify, Man Recently, we've shown you robots that are complex enough to take care of...

Company Body Slams Prostate Cancer – Stock Goes Through the Roof

Imagine the huge smiles on the faces of executives and scientists at Dendreon Corp as their stock soared more than 130% yesterday!  What's all...

Visible Body Takes You on an Incredible Voyage

Visible Body from Argosy, is a new, gorgeously rendered, 3D interactive model of the human body. Explore Your Body It used to be that any capable...

MIT and the Constant Robotic Gardeners

MIT continues to spin out awesome ideas and technology. Recently, Singularity Hub highlighted the creation of a new human interface. Now, MIT's Computer Science...

FACETS: Making Computers Work Like Brains

How can you get a computer to solve problems like a brain? How does the brain even solve problems to begin with? Below is...

Implantable Eye Telescope Brings Sight Back To The Blind

For the millions of people who suffer from age-related eye degeneration, restoring sight to the blind might sound less like reality and more like...

3D Printing and Self Replicating Machines In Your Living Room – Seriously!

Imagine having a machine for $500 in your living room that can take your computer based specification for a 3D object and print out...

Stephen Wolfram Speaks About His New Question Answering Engine

On March 5, 2009 computer scientist and theorist Stephen Wolfram struck a nerve with the search and information industry as he announced to the...

A Look At Singularity Hub’s Best Stories For The Quarter

With the first three months of 2009 behind us, it is time to look back at the best stories of the quarter.  These last...

Stem Cell Treatment Heals Damaged Heart Tissue In Trials

When it comes to health and longevity in most developed countries, heart attacks are public enemy number one.  In 2009 alone, more than half...

Is Sakhan Dosova The Oldest Person In The World?

A census in Kazakhstan has reportedly uncovered a woman named Sakhan Dosova who has just turned 130 years old!  If confirmed, Dosova would be...

Bankruptcy Imminent For Personal Genetics Pioneer Decodeme

Genetics blogger Daniel MacArthur points out that personal genetics pioneer deCODEme is in serious financial straits.  The company is going to run out of...

The Real Scoop on Honda’s Brain Controlled Asimo Robot

Many of our readers may have seen the announcement yesterday that Honda has enabled its famous Asimo robot to be controlled by the thoughts...

Peter Diamandis – Exclusive Video Interview At Singularity University CPM2

Singularity Hub is proud to present an exclusive video interview with Xprize founder and Singularity University Vice Chancellor Peter Diamandis that we took during...

Up Close With the Telepresence Robot From Anybots

Can't make it to a meeting thousands of miles away, but wish you could?  Need to be two places at once?  Perhaps you need...

i-LIMB Revolutionizes the Commercial Prosthetic

Think you can spot an amputee?  Think again.  Meet the i-LIMB, the first commercially available prosthetic hand with five individually powered fingers.  Combining a...

Life Extension Revealed

Didn't have the time or the interest to watch Oprah's Extreme Life Extension Show that aired on TV yesterday?  Luckily for you Singularity Hub...

Cyborg Insects Take Flight

Insects that can be remote controlled to spy on others?  A completely robotic fly smaller than a penny?  These are just some examples of...

Tissue Regenerating Foams and Gels Under Development

Imagine healing from a serious tissue wound after only a few days or weeks simply by injecting it with tissue regenerating foam or gel. ...

Video: Juan Enriquez Explains The Biology Revolution At TED 2009

Below we have posted a video of Juan Enriquez at the 2009 TED conference explaining the convergence of engineering in genetics, organs, and robotics. ...

Extreme Life Extension This Tuesday On Oprah

Who knew that Oprah was a Sigularitarian 🙂  Huge thanks to our reader FrankGW for informing us that Oprah will be hosting a show...

Body 2.0 – Continuous Monitoring Of The Human Body

Did you ever stop to think how silly and also how dangerous it is to live our lives with absolutely no monitoring of our...

Microsoft Multitouch Screen Gets Upgrade

Previously we have not been much of a fan of Microsoft's surface technology, but perhaps we were wrong.  Recently Microsoft enhanced its Surface product...

Did You See That Woman…Wait…She’s A Robot!

Check out the HRP-4C robot, one of the first humanoid robots to boldly sidestep the typical transformer look, instead posing as an attractive manga...

Despite Setback, March Toward Designer Babies Inevitable

About a month ago we wrote a story about the Fertility Institutes, the first company to offer parents the choice of screening their embryos...

Truth Machine To Be Used For Court Evidence?

In 1996, James Halperin published a book called The Truth Machine describing a future where man had created a device that could tell whether...

Simple Keepon Robot Wows Humans

Ever heard of the Keepon robot?  Originally created as a therapeutic tool to interact with children with autism and other social disorders, this cute,...

23andMe Declares War On Parkinson’s – Army Of 10,000 To Give DNA

Genetic analysis company 23andMe today announced a bold initiative to gather DNA samples from at least 10,000 people as part of a massive effort...

AT&T Predictions From 16 Years Ago Become Reality

Robots-Dreams has an excellent post about AT&T advertisements from 1993 (16 years ago!) in which predictions about the future turned out to be amazingly...

Revolution In Newborn Screening Saves Newborn Lives

Every year in the US, about five thousand babies are born with genetic or functional disorders that can be partly or completely treated through...

A Computer That Can Answer Any Question – Wolfram Alpha

Imagine typing almost any question into a webpage or even voicing your question into a handheld device and instantly getting an accurate answer.  In...

Obama Lifts Ban On Embryonic Stem Cell Research

As many of our readers may already know, President Obama today lifted the federal funding ban placed on embryonic stem cell research in the...

The Justin Humanoid Robot

Today we introduce the robot Justin, the latest example of the relentless pace of robot advancement.  The Justin robot is impressive for its ability...

Eyeborg: Video-Enabled Prosthetic Eye Fuels Privacy Debate

When he was a child Rob Spence lost one of his eyes in a shotgun accident. Now as an adult, Rob is a filmmaker...

New Antibody Breakthrough Paves The Way For Near Universal Flu Vaccine

It could be the only flu shot you'll ever need.  Researchers have engineered a new cocktail of antibodies that protects against multiple strains of...

Bionic Eye Makes Steady Progress

The BBC just ran a story about a bionic eye, or retinal implant, that has partially restored vision to a blind man in London. ...

Fantastic Collection of Robot Pictures From The Big Picture

The Boston Globe's project to report news stories in photographs, known as The Big Picture, just released a fantastic collection of robot pictures.  Just...

The Next Generation in Human Computer Interfaces

For decades our options for interacting with the digital world have been limited to keyboards, mice, and joysticks. Now with a new generation of...

Crohn’s Disease Cured By Stem Cell Therapy

Stem cell transplant therapy has successfully cured patients suffering from Crohn's disease, a terrible disease that afflicts an estimated 600,000 people in North America...

Breakout Year for 3D Movies In 2009 – Convergence of Physical and Digital World Continues

After a long history of false starts, 2009 looks to be the breakout year when 3D movies for the masses finally come of age. ...

Kurzweil in Rolling Stone – We Have the PDF

As many of our readers may have heard, Rolling Stone recently did a major story on Ray Kurzweil in their latest issue titled "The...

Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Beating Heart Tissue

Imagine a future when your aging organs - a failing liver, or a brain degenerated by Alzheimer's disease - could be repaired using cells...

Designer Babies: Like It Or Not, Here They Come

Long before Watson and Crick famously uncovered the structure of DNA in 1953, people envisioned with both horror and hope a day when babies...

Robot Wrestling Video – Awesome!

Props to Robots-Dreams for discovering this fantastic video of robots wrestling WWF style, including a championship belt and even a hot girl ringmaster:

Trailer For Upcoming Kurzweil Movie On The Singularity: Transcendent Man

Check out this trailer for the upcoming movie showcasing Ray Kurzweil's ideas about the singularity, called "Transcendent Man". Our verdict: awesome!

Electronic Screens As Thin As Paper Are Coming Soon

In Part II of our showcase of flat screen technology innovation, we focus on efforts at Arizona State University's Flexible Display Center to create...

Flat Screen Technology Heats Up – Part I

The race to create ever thinner, more durable, and even flexible flat screen technology has really been heating up in the last year.  Most...
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