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Monthly Archives: November, 2010

Harvard Scientists Reverse Aging in Mice – Total Bullsh*t

Singularity Hub Staff -
According to those idiots over at the Guardian, "Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans". As if that...

Stem Cells in Injured Mice Give Them Huge Muscles for Life

Aaron Saenz -
A happy accident may hold the key to healing muscle diseases and granting humans incredible physiques. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder...

Cool Futuristic CityScape Sculpted Out of Nothing But Drill Bits

Aaron Saenz -
I spend a good portion of my waking hours contemplating the future, so I was a little amazed when I suddenly saw it crafted...
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YellowBird – 360° Videos That You Can Control While Watching

Aaron Saenz -
Have you ever watched a video and wondered what was happening off-camera? Wonder no more. YellowBird, a media company in the Netherlands, has developed...

Long Bets: Putting Money Where Your Predictions Are

Aaron Saenz -
Think you know what will happen in the future? Would you care to make a wager on that? Since 2002, Long Bets has served...

Japan’s Fastest Robot Mouse Takes the Cheese (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Every year mice gather in Japan to challenge each other to a game of wits and speed in an elaborate maze. This year's winner...

Phones Replace Keys in Swedish Hotel (video)

Aaron Saenz -
One day you'll be able to travel the world with nothing more than your smart phone in your pocket. The Clarion Hotel in Stockholm is...

FDA Approves ACT’s Embryonic Stem Cell Trial For Blindness – Should We Get Excited?

Aaron Saenz -
For only the second time in history, the US FDA has granted approval for clinical trials for a therapy derived from human embryonic stem...

We’re Hiring! Write For Singularity Hub

Singularity Hub Staff -
The world is advancing exponentially, and that means here at the Hub we need to cover more and more amazing breakthroughs everyday.  Translation: we...

Our Robot Culture: Bots Conquer Commercials (video)

Aaron Saenz -
You know you've started to accept robots when you'll buy something just because they tell you too. For decades we've been using our metal...

Must-See Videos of Festo’s Animal Robots

Aaron Saenz -
Robots are ripping off nature! ...Good idea. Festo, a multinational robotics firm based in Germany, has made some of the most amazing looking and...

Killer Video of Robot Audi Racing Up Pike’s Peak. The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down!

Aaron Saenz -
It's a trecherous course with more than 12 miles of breakneck turns on dusty mountain roads 14,000 feet high. Pike's Peak is one of...
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Land Crawler eXtreme is the Freakiest Riding Robot We’ve Seen (video)

Aaron Saenz -
If you have nightmares about many-legged bugs carrying away your children then stop reading now. (Also, maybe see a counselor, 'cause that is a...

Scotland Injects Stem Cells into Man’s Brain to Heal Stroke Damage

Aaron Saenz -
There are few medical calamities that terrify as many people as a stroke. Of those that survive the sudden blocks or ruptures in their...

Man Sells Virtual Real Estate in Online Game for $635,000! WTF?

Aaron Saenz -
How much would you pay for a string of ones and zeroes? How about a string of ones and zeroes that grossed you $200,000...

TRON is Coming, You Can Already Drive a Light Cycle On Your Phone (video)

Aaron Saenz -
I've crashed my motorcycle dozens of times in the past few days. Don't worry, it's virtual. Coke Zero has teamed up with the upcoming...

Singularity Art Show Tonight In San Francisco!

Aaron Saenz -
Art and Science may not always be the best of friends, but when they do get together they throw one hell of a party....

Look Inside $2000 Augmented Reality Glasses (video)

Aaron Saenz -
You may think the ability to reshape your world as you see fit would be priceless, but it's not. Vuzix will sell it to...

Shirts for Kids Who Like Robots

Aaron Saenz -
Rejoice nerdy parents, I have found the apparel which will appease the appetites of your unruly adolescents. An internet-based clothing company has hit upon...

Hacked iRobot Uses XBox Kinect to See The World, Obey Commands

Aaron Saenz -
Millions are drinking the Kinect Kool-aid, jumping around in front of their XBox and playing games by flailing their bodies. Now a student at...

Cyborg Professor to Implant Camera on Back of Head

Aaron Saenz -
Hi Art, I'd like you to meet Cybernetics. I think the two of you are going to get along just fine. Modern artists have done...

Obama Meets Japanese Robots, Refuses To Surrender (video)

Aaron Saenz -
During his recent trip through Asia, US President Barack Obama was introduced to a very unique type of Japanese citizen: the robotic kind. In...

AI Journalist Covers Every Division I College Basketball Team

Aaron Saenz -
It's a good day for sports fans, but a weird one for sports writers. North Carolina-based startup Statsheet has launched 347 new websites, one...

The E-Tomb: Let Your Grave Join the Social Network

Aaron Saenz -
Some people put roses on graves, others leave photos, toys, or sweets. But now that we've reached the digital age, in lieu of flowers, please...

Dairy Farms Go Robotic, Cows Have Never Been Happier (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Be careful, humans: cows and robots have learned how to work together - who knows what this union could produce if we let it...

Check Out These Incredible Robot Costumes

Aaron Saenz -
Dressing up as a robot does not give you special powers...unless you count looking awesome as a special power. With Halloween well past us...

Robonova Plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the Piano (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Move over keyboard cat, there's a new ham-fisted pianist ready to capture the hearts and minds of the internet. Alyssa Batula, a graduate student...

Will Life-Logging Be Led by Xtreme Sports and Thrill Seekers? (video)

Aaron Saenz -
We all have events in our lives that we wish we could remember better. A photographic memory would sure come in handy. Luckily, technology...

Goertzel Tells Us Not To Fear The Machine

Aaron Saenz -
Below is a guest post written by Dr. Ben Goertzel CEO of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; leader of the...

UK Spends $9 Million To Develop An STD Test For Your Smart Phone

Aaron Saenz -
HIV, herpes, syphilis...one day there will be an App for that. Researchers in the UK are developing a device which could enable you to...

New Colon Cancer Screening Tests the DNA in Your Poop (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Usually testing for colon cancer involves sticking things up your bum, but the newest tests for the disease are more concerned about what comes...

BGI – China’s Genomics Center Has A Hand in Everything

Aaron Saenz -
When it comes to genomics, China seems a little like the proverbial kid in the candy store - she wants a taste of everything....

SpectroPen Lets Surgeons Find Tumors, Leave No Cancer Behind

Aaron Saenz -
Even to experienced surgeons, the inside of your body can look like one indecipherable undulating pink mass of flesh. When removing a tumor it's...

23andMe Raises $22 Million in Funding – SNP Genetics Isn’t Dead

Aaron Saenz -
23andMe, one of the pioneering companies of personal genetics, is ramping up for another round of growth. According to a recent press release, the...

Michio Kaku: Invisibility Cloaks, Programmable Matter, Singularity

Aaron Saenz -
Futurists come in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Michio Kaku is like a giant coconut ice cream cone of techno-realism. The seasoned physicist is...

Post Human Era – Transhumanism Music You Can Dance To

Aaron Saenz -
Artists love to say their music has a message, but what happens when that message is "the Singularity is Near"? Musician Daniel Finfer creates...

Transforming Your Skin Into Blood (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Researchers at McMaster University in Canada have performed biological alchemy - they managed to convert skin cells into blood cells. The team, lead by...

Retina Implant Restores Vision, Lets Cyborgs See IR Spectrum!

Aaron Saenz -
Scientists in Germany have developed a retina implant to restore vision to the blind that hints at the augmentation cyborgs may receive in the...

Complete Genomics Gears Up for IPO This Week

Aaron Saenz -
Open up your financial umbrellas, Complete Genomics is going to make it rain. The Mountain View startup has built a name for itself as...

Videos of Japan’s 3D Hologram Rock Star Hatsune Miku in HD!

Aaron Saenz -
Everyone gets a little obsessed with famous musicians now and then, but things get really weird when the famous musician is actually just a...

Fish Oil Fails To Treat Alzheimer’s

Aaron Saenz -
A recent study from Oregon Health and Sciences University casts doubt on whether fish oil may help patients with Alzheimer's Disease. For 18 months,...

Robot Operating System Celebrates 3rd Birthday with Exponential Growth (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Open source robotics is working. For the past three years, the Robot Operating System (ROS) has served as one of the premier libraries for...

China Owns the Fastest Supercomputer …Now What? (video)

Aaron Saenz -
Early in October, China revealed that they have developed the world's fastest supercomputer at their National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin. Known as the...

Genetic ‘Secret’ Shows Why Some People With HIV Don’t Get AIDS

Aaron Saenz -
If you've ever taken a class on sexually transmitted diseases, you were probably taught this fact: once you contract HIV, you will eventually get...

New Augmented Reality Software Removes Objects From Video Feeds In Realtime

Aaron Saenz -
What if you could remove all the ugliness in the world? It's not a hypothetical question. Researchers at Ilmenau University of Technology in Germany...

Android Crushing iPhone – Open Source For the Win

Singularity Hub Staff -
Google's Android is spreading like wildfire.  In little more than a year phones based on Google's Android OS have gone from clumsy looking wimps...

New Skin Printer Could Print You Some New Skin

Aaron Saenz -
Healing your wounds quickly and safely may be as easy as filling an inkjet printer with your cells. Wake Forest's Institute for Regenerative Medicine...

Google Street View Is Recording the Entire World

Aaron Saenz -
Google has already conquered the world. Since its inception in spring of 2007, Google's Street View application on their maps has allowed users to...

Entire Buildings Turned into 3D TVs – Awesome Videos

Aaron Saenz -
Sometimes an idea is so good, that everyone has it at the same time. Sony, Samsung, and Toshiba, three major forces behind 3D television...

New Vaccine May Finally Rid World Of Polio

Aaron Saenz -
Researchers in India and Switzerland have found that a relatively new vaccine may hold the key to eradicating Polio from the face of the...
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