Robots just got roped into doing some light housework. Researchers at UC Berkeley used Willow Garage's PR2 robot to fold towels. The UCB programming...
Researchers at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL) in Belgium have successfully developed software that can track basketball players and the ball as they...
The accepted system for exchanging scientific information is publishing in a prestigious scientific journal. That journal system has been around since 1665 - it...
Students at the University of Tromso in Norway have built an amazing multitouch wall with a mind-blowing 7168x3072 resolution - 22 megapixels! The WallScope...
A new circuit board for gesture controls from Germany-based IDENT Technology could help every electronic gizmo in your home respond to the smallest twist...
Dean Kamen's FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a vibrant collaboration of high school students, teachers, and sponsors that pits teams against one another in...
This is a guest post by Shawna Pandya, an alumnus of the inaugural GSP’09 summer session at Singularity University, and a two-time Teaching Fellow...
Portuguese engineers have taken us one step closer to fusing the digital and physical worlds. Displax, a fledgling tech company in Braga, has developed...
Smart phones are becoming mobile business centers. Forget about texts, phone calls, emails, and web browsing, phones can now handle the ultimate office technology:...
Printed media may be dying, but that doesn't mean it can't experience a digital afterlife. Book scanning technology is allowing companies like Google to...
Doctors at the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) along with colleagues at the University College London, the Royal Free Hospital, and Careggi University Hospital...
The modern factory is the natural habitat for the latest generation of industrial robots, and we're seeing some impressive results from that environment's natural...
Soldiers have to use teamwork to explore their surroundings and accomplish their mission. Robots, which are becoming increasingly important parts of militaries all over...
Robots are after my job. Researchers at the Intelligent Systems Informatics Lab (ISI) at Tokyo University have developed a journalist robot that can autonomously...
Robot enthusiast Hinamitetu (aka Taro Tetubou) is on the road to building the perfect artificial gymnast. It's a long journey. His last creation, the...
Robotic surgery is experiencing explosive growth in America’s operating rooms, and the unquestioned industry leader in this field is the DaVinci robot, made by...
The Internet loves animals, and it loves photoshop. Worth1000.com decided to harness that double love and start a Photoshop contest to see who could...
Samsung's newest robot vacuum, the Navibot, looks and acts like an improved Roomba. It sports the same round shape but has special whip-like brushes...
Scientists at the University College of London, Harvard University, and elsewhere have discovered that not only is the part of your brain responsible for...
