Yearly Archives: 2010

TEDMED 2009 David Blaine Holds His Breath for 17 minutes (Video)

I'm a big TEDMED fan, so it seems like magic that the videos of the latest conference are starting to go live on their...

Genetically Modified Rice and Corn To Grow in China, then the World

China grows a lot of rice - about 60 million tonnes a year. It also consumes most of that, only exporting around 1% of...

Anybots Telepresence Robots Go into Mass Production

Can't make that business meeting in another city? Send your robot instead. We've been keeping track of Anybots telepresence robots since they sent one...

Kurzweil Discusses the Future of Brain Computer Interfaces (Video)

Offering money as a prize for scientific endeavors has a long history of success. That's how we got a clock accurate enough to calculate...

Robotic Knee Exoskeleton – Efficient But Who Wants It?

The steps towards really cool technology are often less than amazing. Exoskeletons, mechanical devices you wear to enhance the body's strength are some of...

Extraordinary TEDMED Video About Growing New Organs

"Every thirty seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement." That was one of the first things that Anthony...

3 Millimeter Camera Goes Inside Your Body

Typically when I talk about tiny cameras, it's in regards to surveillance. This little spy is even more invasive, however. The newest camera from...

US Military Drowning in Drone Data

In the future the face of the military may be a robotic one. For now, it's all up to human eyes and brains to...

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...

A Tale of Two Windpipes – Determining the Future of Organ Transplants

Two very different organ transplant stories highlight the amazing skills of surgeons, and the importance of stem cells for the future of surgery. Both...

Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Billion Plus – Are You One Of Them?

Unless you've been living under a rock during the last few years you know that vitamin D is a vital component of human health....

LG’s New Flexible Electronic Newspaper Looks Great – But Do We Need It?

I have mixed feelings about LG Display's new prototype e-paper. The Korean company recently unveiled a 19-inch flexible screen that is only 0.3mm thick...

Igniting a Brain-Computer Interface Revolution – BCI X PRIZE

This is a guest post written by entrepreneur, Singularity University alumnus and teaching fellow Rod Furlan. He is an independent researcher in the fields...

Amateur Robot Gymnast Performs Amazing Somersault (Video)

If there's one thing Kerri Strug taught us, you have to stick the landing. Well, robots still have a ways to go before they...

Augmented Reality Makes Walls Transparent (Video)

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are going to bring you Superman's X-ray vision. Using multiple cameras and new video transformation software, the CMU team...

iWalk Presents World’s First Actively Powered Foot and Ankle

Someday soon, amputees will have more powerful limbs than those with their natural bodies. iWalk, a prosthetics company formed in 2006, is gearing up...

Stanford’s Robot Car Tries for Peak Performance

Sometime this year, Stanford plans on taking their driverless Audi TTS and using it to climb the 12.4 miles up Pike’s Peak. Now,...

Vanderbilt Launches DNA Biobank with 75,000+ Samples

Bioinformatics is big business. Leveraging computer science and information technology to find important trends in biological data is the best way to take advantage...

Two New Studies Cast Doubt on Resveratrol

New work produced by Pfizer and Amgen cast doubt on the manner in which health supplement resveratrol is said to work. Resveratrol is a...

Samsung’s Laptop with an Amazing Transparent OLED Screen (video)

Samsung fulfilled its promises to reveal more of its transparent OLED screens during CES this year. Not only did they debut the Ice Touch,...

Kurzweil Defends Predictions for 2009, Says He is 102 for 108.

How accurately must you predict the future before you can call yourself a futurist? That's the central question in a bit of online controversy...

Apple Confirms Mystery Device – Sends Out Invitations

Apple sent out invitations today to select media outlets, inviting them to "come and see our latest creation".  The event will take place at...

Willow Garage Gives Away 10 Open Source Robots

Open source robotics received a huge boost in momentum last Friday. Willow Garage, one of the driving forces behind the Robot Operating System, announced...

Iphone App Lets You See What People Are Tweeting Inside Building

If you're not satisfied with projecting videos onto a building, or turning it into a giant pinball machine, maybe you'd like to be able...

Nanotech Contact Lens Monitors Diabetes by Changing Color

The body can be a confusing place, and when you're ill sometimes you just wish you could see what the problem is. For diabetics,...

Intel’s Infoscape Demos New Chip’s Major Graphics Mojo (Video)

We live in the information age, and it takes a constant stream of facebook status updates, news feeds, and tweets to keep our appetites...

Did Apple Lawyers Confirm New Tablet Computer?

Apple needs to learn some reverse psychology. If you don't want people to talk about something, you shouldn't go around telling them to stop...

Wireless Charging Mats Set Stage for Wireless Electricity Revolution

If you want a real-life example of a mad scientist, you could do a lot worse than Nicola Tesla. His incredible genius was so...

Illumina and Complete Genomics Competing for Sequencing Dominance

The ongoing race to become the household name for whole genome sequencing is speeding up. Industry giants Illumina (ILMN) and Complete Genomics have both...

3D TV? Too Soon Now, but One Day You Will Want It

Here's an offer for you: I'll give you some of the most amazing entertainment you've ever seen, and I'll even put it in your...

Invisible Bracelet Shares Emergency Medical Information and Contacts Loved Ones

Talking while you're having a heart attack or stroke isn't easy. Yet there's important information (allergies, health conditions, current medications) that emergency medical personnel...

Cleverbot Chat Engine Is Learning From The Internet To Talk Like A Human

Judging by the comments section of this blog, some of you readers are actually robots. Well, today's your day because we're going to be...

Light Blue Optics’ Projector Turns Any Table into a Touchscreen (Video)

How many hours a day do you spend staring at a flat surface? You probably don't think of it that way, but TVs, computer...

Check Your Date Before You Mate – iPhone Has an App for That

Maybe you've dated someone you shouldn't have. Sometimes that means getting bored or a little inconvenienced. For a friend of mine that meant being...

Cows Pave the Way for Profits (Dangers?) from Genetic Testing

While it may take years before widespread genetic testing changes humanity, animals are experiencing a difference today. According to Forbes, a single genetic test...

Vuzix Displays Stereo Augmented Reality Glasses at CES 2010

One of the really great parts of attending CES was getting to actually try out some of the cool new gadgets that are set...

CES 2010 in Pictures

Integration. Dimensionality. Connectivity. Those were the three key concepts that exhibitors wanted to impress upon me as I walked the floors of CES 2010....

Augmented Reality To Help Military Mechanics Fix Vehicles (Video)

The days when you can fix your own car may be coming to an end. New vehicles have complex onboard computerized systems densely packed...

Reading Your Mind to Tag Images (and Work With Computers)

The most valuable machine you own may be between your ears. Work done at Microsoft Research is using electroencephalograph (EEG) measurements to "read" minds...

Motoman Robot Impresses With Lego Building Prowess (Video)

For those of you who are having a hard time figuring out what to buy your robot for Christmas I have one suggestion: Legos....

Watch the Watchmen With Anti-Spy Camera Technologies

If the growing capabilities of surveillance technology has you feeling paranoid, don't worry. There are dozens of companies out there ready to sell you...

Lumino Adds Third Dimension to Microsoft Surface (Video)

It never fails: give scientists a new bit of technology and they'll find a way to use it to play with blocks. Maybe it's...

Kurzweil Demos Blio at CES (Video)

The book of the future may not seem much like a book at all. Those static pieces of wood pulp bound together with string...

Cisco Telepresence Coming To Your Home Despite Alternatives

I couldn't be home for Christmas this year, so I video chatted with my family instead. The picture quality was a little spotty with...

iPhone Helicopter from Parrot is Amazing (Video)

Gather up any presents you may have received this winter, return them to the store, and take the cash. The ultimate gadget has just...

Retail Head Mounted Displays Getting Better – Vuzix Wrap 920

In the gaming and entertainment industries, head mounted displays (HMDs) are something of a widow-maker. "A TV screen fit on your glasses!" It always...

DARPA Gathering Minds for Flying Car Production

We live in an age of invention, my friends. DARPA, the research branch of the US Department of Defense, is hosting a workshop on...

Samsung Moves Forward With Transparent and Folding Screens(video)

They looked so cool. OLED displays that could fold, or that could give you crisp pictures and still let you see what was behind...

Ginkgo Biloba Fails Again

It's been taken as a mental health supplement for hundreds of years, and is also said to benefit blood flow, and combat free radicals....

Here Is Why The Apple Tablet Will Be Awesome

The hype and attention surrounding the impending launch of the Apple tablet is a fascinating marvel in the tech industry.  The product has not...
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