Yearly Archives: 2010

Gene for Intelligence Revealed by Studying Williams Syndrome

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)

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

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)

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)

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?

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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?

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)

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

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!

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)

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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!

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)

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)

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

Boolean Logic Unlocks The Key To Finding New Genes in Milliseconds

A little bit of computer science has made it possible to reduce the time it takes to find new genes from years to milliseconds....

Robots, Augmented Reality and More – The Building of the Future

Amazing! Someone took all the stunning technological advancements of the past decade and actually made a building that looks like it belongs in the...

Arms for Amputees: Must See Video of Dean Kamen’s Touching Speech

Thousands lose their arms every year to accidents, disease, and war. For centuries the best technology they were offered was a hook on a...

Paying More for Egghead Egg Donors – A Sign of Designer Babies to Come

Want another reason to get into a prestigious university? A study recently published by the Hastings Center shows couples are willing to pay more...

Cord Blood Stem Cell Treatment for Cerebral Palsy in Clinical Trial

Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia have begun the first full scale clinical trial to test if stem cells from a child's own...

Genetically Engineered ‘EnviroPig’ Waiting For US Approval

In the race to genetically engineer food that is tastier and cheaper, Canada's University of Guelph is instead finding a way to produce meat...

Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Aguilera…Pop Divas Are Going Robotic (video)

Looks like Christina Aguilera is the latest in a long line of pop divas that will be shedding her human skin to reveal the...

Boss Recorded Running Stop Sign: The Perils of Public Surveillance

The machines are watching you drive. Video cameras are starting to appear in more cities, working as 24/7 surveillance devices to catch drivers running...

Generating 3D Models of Your Face in Real-time with RGB

Want a 3D movie of an object? Forget scanners, forget stereoscopic cameras. All you need to capture real-time 3D movement is one camera and...

The 10 Most Amazing Electronic Clothes Of the Century

Let's face it, without the technology you use everyday you'd be pretty stuck. No automatic coffee pot, no iPhone, no GPS helping you crash...

Creepy but Very Life-Like Telepresence Replicant from Kokoro (video)

In the future, those unable to attend a meeting in person may decide to send a creepy robot in their place. Kokoro, maker of...

‘Singularity Is Near’ Movie Will Premier at Sonoma Film Festival April 16th

Those looking to hear about the future of technology straight from the horse's mouth should head to Sonoma next weekend. Ray Kurzweil, one of...

5 Axis Robot Carves Metal Like Butter (Video)

Industrial robots are getting precise enough that they're less like dumb machines and more like automated sculptors producing artwork. Case in point: Daishin's Seki...

Shawarma Slicing Robots – For all Your Kebab Needs! (Video)

Call it shawarma, doner kebabs, or gyros, robots are ready to serve it on your plate. This Mediterranean dish consists of meat slowly cooked...

Dendreon Stock Continues to Climb, Prostate Just the First Cancer On the List

It's been almost a year since we covered Dendreon announcing its successful Phase III clinical trials for its prostate treatment Provenge. Now, the Seattle...

HUBO’s Creator Shows Off Robot’s New Walking Skills (Video)

Most humanoid robots tend to walk with bent knees. It makes them look like they're trying to sneak up on someone at high speeds....

Robovie-MR2: The Robot With an iPod Touch Inside (video)

Sure the iPod has a nice touch interface, but it can't give you a hug. Until now. ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communications Lab has...

Willow Garage Celebrates April Fools’ with “Telepresence for Robots” Video

Everyone likes playing April Fools' pranks, but when you get robots in on the action, it's just that much funnier. Willow Garage's Eric Berger...

Exoskeleton Lets Paraplegics Walk (video)

In 2008, Argo Medical Technologies stunned the world by demonstrating an exoskeleton that could help paraplegics walk again. The ReWalk system, developed by Dr....

pCubee Puts Virtual Reality in Your Hands (video)

Most virtual reality developers want to transport you inside an artificial world, the University of British Columbia hopes to place that world in your...

StatSheet to Create Its Own Artificial Sports Journalists

A company that has already automated much of sports reporting is set to take the final step towards an artificial journalist. Statsheet collects sports...

HP’s Newest Flexible Displays Will Be Rolled Out Like Newspaper

At a recent meeting in Barcelona, Hewlett Packard's CTO Phil McKinney demonstrated their latest absurdly thin flexible display. Developed using Self-aligned Imprint Lithography (SAIL)...
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