Yearly Archives: 2010

The Remarkable JO-Zero Robot (Video)

In this uncertain economy, it's important to find the right opportunity to securely invest your money. This story is not about one of those...

Newest Graffiti Belongs to Robots (Video)

Dang-blasted kids with their music, and their clothes, and no respect for authority. They've gone and corrupted law-abiding robots, teaching them how to graffiti!...

Heywood at TEDMED – Information is a Patient’s Power (Video)

Jamie Heywood is out to convince you that the most powerful tool in medicine is information. He is the head of Patients Like Me,...

Athersys Secures Stem Cell Patents and Stock Swells

Biopharmaceutical company Athersys (NASDAQ: ATHX) received a major boost in its stock price on February 10th, following the announcement that it had received US...

10 Year Documentary To Follow Bluebrain Project (Video)

Henry Markram isn't afraid to make optimistic predictions for his enormous endeavor to map and model the human brain. Noah Hutton isn't afraid to...

What Are We Supposed To Do With Pico Projectors?

The age of pico projectors has officially arrived with their huge presence at CES, and the first projector phone, the LG Expo, going on...

1.5 Million Facebook Fans For A Robot?

Apparently a sausage roll has more than 1 million fans on facebook.  If a sausage roll can do it, then a robot can do...

Database for Autism Holds Hope for Answers, Treatments

Those looking to better understand and treat Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now have a powerful new weapon in their fight. The US National Institute...

Technology from Caprica Series on SyFy is Already Here

I love great science fiction, especially when it takes the scientific truths of today and cranks them up a notch. That's probably why I'm...

No Humans, Just Robots – Amazing Videos of the Modern Factory

Modern manufacturing isn't based on human labor, it's based on the robot. Still, most people cannot grasp the breadth of automation in factories. We...

Counsyl – Test Yourself for Genetic Risk Before Having a Baby

If you know that you're a carrier for a genetic disease, you can choose not to risk passing that disease on to your offspring....

Body Suit Controls Robot With Gestures (Video)

Of all the ways you could command a robot, turning your body into a game controller sounds like the most fun. Future Robotics Technology...

Even Ultrasound Machines Are Becoming Tablets

From the iPad to the Slate, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger Tablet, and that's even true in medicine. Toshiba Medical's latest ultrasound...

Google Buzz Challenges Facebook, Twitter In Social Evolution

I just watched the live presentation announcing the official launch of Google Buzz, a new and innovative play on the social networking space from...

GM and NASA Create Robonaut and Mounds of Hype

The press seems to love the new robonaut from GM and NASA, but is it really all it is hyped to be? The Robonaut...

Geo-Medicine: Where You Live Matters To Your Health (Video)

Bill Davenhall gave a brief but enlightening presentation about the importance of geo-medicine at the most recent TEDMED conference. We know that your health...

Suck it up! Neato Is Ready to Kick Robot Vacuum Butt

It's been more than seven years since iRobot introduced the world to the Roomba robotic vacuum. Seven years without fundamental innovation, and its left...

Thinking Surveillance System, Vitamin D Video, Now For Sale

Ground breaking surveillance software, Vitamin D Video, is now available for sale at an impressively low price. I had a chance to review the...

LiveU Puts the Power of a News Van in Your Backpack (Video)

I was covering Apple's recent premiere of the iPad when I saw some guy with a professional video camera plugged into his backpack. Was...

Venter’s Successes in Creating Synthetic Life (video)

Craig Venter is pushing the boundaries of what humans can do with DNA and aims to create new life to serve our needs. At...

Siri: a Free Personal Assistant in Your iPhone (video)

You're about to get your very own genie in a bottle. Simply talk into your iPhone and tell Siri what you want. Tickets for...

Google Challenges You To a Game of Tron

Update: Google, the event sponsor, has not officially announced a cash prize for the winner. The annual Google AI Challenge has been announced: contestants will...

Impressive Nano Layer of Liquid Glass To Coat Every Surface in Your Life

A Germany company is determined to coat your life in a thin layer of Liquid Glass. Also known as SiO2 in ultra thin layering,...

Amazing Video of 3D Printer Art in Belgium

3D Printers are changing the way we approach fabrication and design, and I've just seen proof that they're impacting art as well. The M...

Robot Mice Solve Mazes With Blazing Speed (Video)

Sure, geneticists are making smarter rats with better memories, but can they run a maze in less than five seconds? The 30th All Japan...

Hand Gesture Controls Trying For Mainstream in 2010 (video)

The modern age of electronics is turning everyone into royalty. We have court jesters (TV), scholars (computers), and scribes (office software) at our command....

Willow Garage Creates Awesome Open Source Telepresence Robots

Fans of open source robotics need look no further than Willow Garage. Not satisfied with merely creating an amazing robot platform that plugs itself...

Window Washing Robots Take Over Dubai (video)

Dubai's endless streets of skyscrapers require an army of window washers. A Swiss company is hoping to replace that human workforce with a robotic...

Global Twitter: Tweets Translated Into Any Language

The universal translator was once a convenient fiction from Star Trek that let aliens break through language barriers, but now it's an awe inspiring...

Get More Magnesium, Get Smarter

Those crazy scientists, they keep finding ways to make rats smarter. Brainy rodents, however, may lead to the creation of smarter humans. According to...

Why Are You Buying that Air Mouse? Seriously, Don’t Do It.

I love gadgets and typically I favor praise over pessimism. Still, I recently found a whole genre of devices that I just don't understand....

Recording the Entire Life of an Animal

The lessons of a lifetime are powerful, even if that life belongs to a worm. Harvard scientists have developed a microfluidics system so that...

Mouse Skin Into Neurons Without Need for Pluripotent Stem Cells

Conventional wisdom tells us that you can't teach an old cell new tricks. Scientists at Stanford University, however, have been able to change adult...

Amazing Robot Wrestling From Japan (Video)

I'm a man who enjoys a good robot battle. Sure that will probably get me sent to the arena myself as soon as the...

UCSD and Kokoro Team Up To Make Terrifying Baby Robot

Researchers beware: if photos of your prototype robot are published too soon you may freak everyone out. The Machine Perception Lab at UC San...

Cyborg Insect Spies to Become Nuclear Powered

They don't have the pomp and flair of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but Nuclear Cyborg Insect Spies are still shell-shocking researchers in the...

New Documentary on the End to Aging Premiers Feb 11th (Video)

I learned most of my philosophy from 70s rock ballads, so I know that all we are is dust in the wind. Still, film...

Cool Omnitread Snake Robot Still Slithering (Video)

Want to have your robot video get widespread internet coverage? Just wait five years. The Omnitread snake-like robot from the University of Michigan's Mobile...

New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound

Single sided deafness affects around 200 out of every million people the world over. The loss of stereo hearing can prove dangerous when crossing...

Steve Jobs’ iPad Keynote Speech (Video)

Most of us probably weren't able to make it to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco yesterday. Even if you...

Innovision’s Plug and Play ‘Holographic’ Projector (video)

UPDATE: Innovision's technology is very similar to, or even copies, the technology from Real Fiction. We may not have true holographic displays for several years...

Vu Tries to Undercut Cisco with Cheaper Telepresence

A couple of months ago we discussed the decline of business travel and the rise of high quality video conferencing from companies like Cisco,...

Lockheed Martin’s Army Exoskeleton to Get More Power (Video)

The future of the military may be robots, or it may be soldiers dressed up as robots. Global arms manufacturing Lockheed Martin negotiated a...

Apple iPad Website is Live

The Apple Tablet, aka the iPad, was just debuted a few moments ago, but its associated website is already up and running. Now you...

Apple Announces Tablet To Be Called ipad – Looks Beautiful, Pricing Starts $499

Well, the Applet tablet is finally official, and it even has name...ipad!  Steve Jobs is on stage at the Yerba Buena Center in San...

The WIN Human Recorder – A Patch To Monitor Your Health

If capturing every moment of your life on camera isn't enough to satisfy your recording needs then you should take a long deep look...

Stratasys and HP Will Bring 3D Printers to the Mainstream

Among the many promises of Star Trek is the ultimate manufacturing device: the replicator. Just ask for an object, and the device produces it...

Sorry China, No More ‘Sexting’

Censorship in China just got a little kinky. Chinese mobile phone users wanting to send that special someone a scandalous text message should think...

Exclusive: Complete Genomics To Sequence A Million Genomes – CEO

"We Are A Data Company" Cliff Reid, CEO Complete Genomics Without a doubt the hottest company in the genomics sector right now is gene sequencing...

iPhone Helps Man Survive Haiti Earthquake

I've had many friends say that smart phones have changed their lives, but until recently I had never hear of anyone whose phone had...
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