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Highlights From Robogames 2010

Singularity Hub Staff -
This past weekend the Hub had a blast attending the Robogames 2010 robot competition as teams from all over the world came to strut...

Hospital Orders 100 iPads – Is it the Doctor’s Pad of the Future? (video)

Aaron Saenz -
What do you get for a doctor that wants to help their patients and look trendy while doing it? How about an iPad. Administrators...

Dendreon Gets FDA Approval for Prostate Cancer Fighting Provenge, Stock Leaps

Aaron Saenz -
Huge news for Seattle based Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) - the US Food and Drug Administration has finally approved Provenge (Sipuleucel-T) for use in treating...

Donate Stem Cells, Save Someone’s Life (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
Your stem cells could save the life of a stranger. While being an organ and tissue donor has long held the promise of helping...

Robots Are Going To Get You Drunk (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
What's the latest strategy the machines are implementing in their quest to take over the world? Plying the humans with drink. As part of...

Whole Genome Sequencing to Unravel Genetic Basis of Pediatric Cancer

Peniel M. Dimberu -
Widely considered to be the world’s leading institution for the study of childhood cancers, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently announced a large-scale genomic...

Deliver Babies, Treat Heart Attacks, Scan Brains From Your Phone

Aaron Saenz -
AirStrip Technologies is setting your doctor free. The Texas based company is developing a suite of hardware/software solutions that allow physicians and nurses to...

IBM Creates Nano-sized 3D Map of Earth in Less Than 3 Minutes! (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
What do you do after 20 years of leading the world in microscopy? Apparently you show off a little. IBM recently unveiled the latest...

Lego Robot Solves Bigger and Harder Rubik’s Cubes (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Alright robots, I've had enough. You weren't satisfied with defeating all but the fastest humans in the classic Rubik's cube, you had to go...
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Now Your Cell Phone Can Take Out the Trash

Christopher Delatorre -
Recycling takes to the road. Good urban hygiene is a must for any 21st-century city, but it isn’t easy. Enter DustBot—a real-life Wall-E robot...

Building an Internet of Things (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Massive data collection could change the world. Companies all over the globe are working on ways to use tracking and internet connectivity to give...

Minoru 3D Webcam (Videos)

Aaron Saenz -
Television and Film are looking to make the transition to 3D and now you can, too. Novo's Minoru 3D webcam is inexpensive ($90, £50,...

New Video Shows Big Dog Robot Really Jogs, and At 5 mph Too!

Aaron Saenz -
Nerds struggling under the burden of weighty backpacks, fear no longer, your salvation has come! Big Dog is a prototype "mule" developed by Boston...

Latest Face Transplant in Spain Most Extensive Ever (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
A team of surgeons in Spain have completed what they call the first "full face" transplant. An unnamed man who lost most of his...

Bangkok’s First Robot Restaurant Full of Motoman Waiters (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Update: Due to popular request I've included another video of the robot showing actual dish serving and pick up. Robots are here to serve...

CiviGuard: When Disaster Strikes Your Smartphone Will Save Your Life

Shawna Pandya -
Shawna Pandya is co-founder & CMO at CiviGuard, a start-up arising from the inaugural session of Singularity University and the 109+ challenge to positively...

Spielberg To Make a Mini-Series on the Future – I’m Already Skeptical

Aaron Saenz -
The Discovery Channel recently announced that it would be working with movie legend Steven Spielberg to create a new epic mini-series. Titled Future Earth,...

New Video of USC’s 3D Floating Head Teleconferencing System at TEDxUSC

Aaron Saenz -
USC's amazing floating head 3D teleconferencing technology is back and as captivating as ever. Developed by the university's Institute for Creative Technologies the display...

Petman Robot Picks Up Speed, Runs Faster than 7 km/h (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
Look out Usain Bolt, walking robots are starting to pick up speed. Boston Dynamics recently released video of their Petman protoype running at 4.4...

Is Kurzweil’s New Movie a Dud or a Must-See?

Aaron Saenz -
The battle lines are already being drawn around Ray Kurzweil's new documentary. The Singularity is Near, based on the book of the same name,...

New Must-See Video of the Spectacular A-Pod Ant Robot

Aaron Saenz -
When designing insect robots some engineers stop at the six legs. Norwegian Kåre Halvorsen decided to go 'full ant' by including a flexible abdomen...

Hilarious Video on the Perils of Voice Recognition Elevators

Aaron Saenz -
Oh, technology. Why do we fear you so much? If you've ever been frustrated by a voice recognition phone answering service, then you may...

Gene for Intelligence Revealed by Studying Williams Syndrome

Aaron Saenz -
Want to make yourself smarter? It may all start with finding which genes are responsible for intelligence. Researchers led by scientists at the University...

Winscape – A Window to Anywhere Controlled by Your iPhone (video)

Aaron Saenz -
How many views do you have out of your window? Just one? Friend, you are living in the past. Ryan Hoagland has devised an...

7 Cool Segway Videos or How I Learned To Stop Laughing & Love the Segway

Aaron Saenz -
Segways were supposed to change the face of urban transportation. They haven't. At least not yet. Now, more than eight years after they debuted,...

World’s Fastest Robot Versus The Wiimote (video)

Aaron Saenz -
The only thing more exciting than watching the world's fastest robot is trying to defeat the world's fastest robot with your video game skills....

Festo’s Extraordinary Robots That Mimic Biology (video)

Aaron Saenz -
I have a new favorite robot. It's called the AirPenguin and it's exactly what it sounds like: a robotic penguin that flies. If that...

Is it Ethical to Genetically Sequence Kids if There’s No Immediate Health Concern?

Aaron Saenz -
John West is very familiar with whole genome sequencing (WGS). He was a general manager with Illumina after they acquired Solexa, where he had...

The ‘Train that Never Stops’ Still Seems Appealing (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
It looks cool and it doesn't brake for anybody. No, it's not a teenage rebel, it's a train. The "Train that Never Stops" looks...

Transhumanism Gets Its Own Role Playing Game

Aaron Saenz -
Move over Dungeons and Dragons, the Singularity has its own nerd-tastic role playing game to thrill geeks everywhere. Eclipse Phase is a table top...

First Video of Lego Robot Playing Tetris

Aaron Saenz -
What's the surest sign that robots aspire to be more like humans? They play video games. The Tetris-Bot operates completely without human interference to...

Implant Gives Early Warning of Heart Attack – From TED Talk To Saving Lives

Aaron Saenz -
The heart monitor of the future is already here and saving lives. AngelMed's Guardian System is an implant that continually measures the heart much...

Dennis Hong Presents His 8 Award Winning Robots (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
How many amazing robots can one team create? Dennis Hong and his crew at Virginia Tech are trying to find out. Their Robotics &...

2010 Humanity+ Summit At Harvard To Feature Kurzweil Keynote

Singularity Hub Staff -
The day is fast approaching when genetic engineering and computational implants will allow humans to become something more than human - to become transhuman....

Cold Temp and Xenon Gas Save Baby Starved of Oxygen – Are you next?

Aaron Saenz -
Riley Joice was one of more than one thousand children in the UK each year who are born oxygen deprived. He had about equal...

Real Fiction Vs. Innovision: The Battle of the 3D ‘Holograms’ In A Box (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
Beware tech-innovators, companies are just waiting to reverse engineer your ideas and poach your patents. Earlier this year we ran a short story on...

The Techno-Art at Kinetica Fair in London Blows My Mind

Aaron Saenz -
Art is evolving with technology, producing displays that will astound all of your senses. The Kinetica Art Fair is a four day long exhibition...

Baxter’s New Treatment for Alzheimer’s Delays, Partly Reverses Disease!

Aaron Saenz -
There are few diseases that are as terrifying as Alzheimer's. Losing your memory, your comprehension, and knowing all the while that your life is...

Honda’s U3-X Scooter Seat On Display in the US (video)

Aaron Saenz -
It's like a bar stool on wheels...well, one wheel. There's really no good way to describe Honda's U3-X personal mobility device, so you'll just...

Can’t Miss Videos of the Argus Artificial Retina In Action

Aaron Saenz -
Modern science is mimicking the miraculous by restoring sight to the blind. The Argus line of artificial retinas has been able to give a...

Bioactive Nanofibers Regenerate Cartilage, Save Your Joints

Peniel M. Dimberu -
As we age, we expect to spend our golden years playing with grandchildren, traveling the world, or taking up exciting new hobbies. However, our...

First Annual National Robotics Week Is in Full Swing in US

Aaron Saenz -
It's time to celebrate! This is the first annual National Robotics Week in the US. From April 10th through the 18th there will be...

Tengion IPO Unspectacular – What Do Investors Want?

Aaron Saenz -
Biotech firm Tengion (NASDAQ: TNGN) went public on April 9th, and while the IPO didn't hit any major snags, it was smaller than most...

On The Path To Pike’s Peak: New Video of Stanford’s Robot Car

Aaron Saenz -
It will be one of the more daring feats of robotic driving ever attempted: Stanford's autonomous car, an Audi named Shelley, will race up...

Skin-Printer Looks Promising, Already Successful with Mice

Aaron Saenz -
A normal inkjet printer could give you a new patch of skin and help save the lives of burn victims everywhere. Researchers at the...

Voss Turns Artificial General Intelligence Into Phone Answering Service

Aaron Saenz -
If you're like me then you want to destroy most of the computer phone answering services you encounter. No, I didn't say I wanted...

Pimp Your Artificial Limb with the Open Prosthetics Project

Aaron Saenz -
We all have those moments when we look at a commercial gadget and think: "you know what this thing really needs is a..." Now...

Army Creates Fleet of Robots On Segways!

Aaron Saenz -
The armed forces of the world have already begun to hunt down and shoot robots. No, it's not the beginning of the man-machine war,...

Willow Garage Lets You Control Your Robot From a Web Browser (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Willow Garage is one of the leading innovators of open source robotics, so it's no surprise that they introduce some of the coolest updates...

Starbucks App Lets You Buy Coffee With Your iPhone (Video)

Aaron Saenz -
As if they needed to make it any easier to get a cup of their coffee, Starbucks has just released a new iPhone App...
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