Yearly Archives: 2010

Exclusive: I Already Took the DNA Test That Hits Walgreens on Friday (video)

UPDATE: Walgreens has decided to postpone stocking these genetic test kits until after the FDA is finished 'discussing' legal issues with Pathway Genomics. This Friday...

HARK! Sound Separation Software for Telepresence Robots (Video)

Part of the reason animals have two ears it to help them pinpoint where a sound is coming from and focus on it apart...

Stephen Wolfram is Computing a Theory of Everything (video)

What if the universe, in all its physical complexity, could be explained by just a few simple computational rules? Stephen Wolfram wants to find...

Stanford’s Robot Car Slides into Parking Spot Like a Badass (video)

A good robot car knows how to make the tough decisions. Stanford's Junior, the robot car that took second place at DARPA's Grand Challenge...

The Latest in the 3D Craze: Playboy’s Centerfold

This Friday will be another pivotal day in the seemingly inevitable march towards universal 3D entertainment as Playboy releases its first centerfold that leaps...

The Incredible Regenerating Mouse

More than twelve years ago, Dr. Ellen Heber-Katz at the Wistar Institute did what so many great scientific minds have done throughout time -...

Blaise Aguera Demos Amazing Dynamic and Augmented Reality Maps (Video)

Expect more from your maps. Blaise Aguera y Arcas, the mind behind Sea Dragon's revolutionary approach to photo images, is ready to update maps...

Web 3.0 – A Short Documentary About The Future Of The Web

To catch a glimpse of the accelerating trends that will bring us to the singularity look no further than the web itself.  Since the...

Flying Drones for Your Home from DIY Drones (Video)

So apparently building a military style drone is a do-it-yourself project now. DIY Drones is an online community that helps the unmanned aerial vehicle...

13 Open Source Hardware Companies Making $1 Million or More (video)

Selling products whose design anyone can access, edit, or use on their own is pretty crazy. It's also good business. At the annual hacker...

The AI Doctor Is Ready To See You

Say hello to the healthcare revolution. Of the technology kind. Most of us don’t realize it, but artificial intelligence has invaded medicine. Smart software...

Stanford’s Robot Car Slides into Parking Spot (Video)

A good robot car knows how to make the tough decisions. Stanford's Junior, the robot car that took second place at DARPA's Grand Challenge...

Robot Pharmacists Are Picking Your Medications—Literally

Dispensing medicine is about to get more efficient. New Jersey’s Holy Name Hospital is using robot pharmacists to package, store and dispense medications, while...

Omek Interactive – Like Microsoft’s Project Natal, But for Everyone (video)

Omek Interactive wants to put you in the game...and in the TV...and in the computer. The Israel based company has developed Shadow SDK, a...

Slobots – Robot Sculpture For the Obsessively Creative (video)

We've been finding tons of cool robot art on the web, recently. Some of the best looking sculptures that you can actually buy come...

Arrayent: Bringing You The Internet Of Things

Silicon Valley based Arrayent is finding ways to bring even the simplest of electronic devices onto the web. When you connect your household devices...

Another Attempt to Use fMRI Lie Detector in US Court Fails in Brooklyn. More on the Way.

Another push to use fMRI lie detection technology in US courts failed, but the concept seems unwilling to die. According to Wired, David Zevin,...

New Age of Exploration: Robots Swarm into Land, Sea, and Space

Has the age of human explorers come to an end? There are several projects underway that are sending robots where humans dare not tread....

Harvard Starts Heart Outside Body, Preserves Organs for 10 Days

Science fiction is fraught with mad scientists who discover strange chemicals that can empower the human body or even reanimate the dead. Well, Harvard...

Siftables Are Changing the Shape of Computing

What if computers were more like a child's wooden blocks? Siftables are a new approach to computing developed by David Merrill and Jeevan Kalanthi....

Remote Controlled Robot Performs Heart Surgery on British Man (video)

On April 28th, for the first time ever, a British doctor at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital used a catheter robot to perform heart surgery on...

New API Takes Facial Recognition From Facebook and Puts It Everywhere

Face.com, the company responsible for Facebook applications Photo Tagger and Photo Finder, lets you take any photo and quickly identify who is...

Breaking News: Willow Garage Announces 11 Winners for its Robot Give Away

Today is a good day to be a robotics engineer. Not only is it the first day of ICRA, it's the day that Willow...

Great Video of Jaw Bone Grown From Stem Cells

Researchers at Columbia University grabbed our attention last year when they managed to grow a fully viable section of the jawbone from human stem...

How Does Stephen Hawking Talk? (video)

There are few scientists that have captivated the public interest as much as renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking. His theories about black holes, his...

Controlling a Hexapod Robot with an iPhone or Droid Phone (video)

The insect like Heximotional robot is amazing to watch, especially when it's playing video games. Developed by Robert Stephenson of University of the West...

Factory, Schmactory, My Life Sciences Lab Has Been Automated for Years (video)

Sure, you've seen factory floors filled with endless rows of robots but the automation revolution reaches far beyond manufacturing. All over the world, researchers...

Bio-Fab Ready to Distribute Building Blocks of Synthetic Life

The first biological design-build facility in the world announced that it will soon be able to synthesize chemicals, fuels and new drugs by manipulating...

Highlights From Robogames 2010

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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!

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)

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)

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 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

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

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)

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?

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

When designing insect robots some engineers stop at the six legs. Norwegian KÃ¥re Halvorsen decided to go 'full ant' by including a flexible abdomen...

Hilarious Video on the Perils of Voice Recognition Elevators

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...
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