Yearly Archives: 2011

NASA Building Network of Smart Cameras Across the US

A major government agency is looking to blanket the US with cameras that will never stop their surveillance. But don't worry privacy pundits, those...

A Smartphone Device that Detects Cancer in Under an Hour

If you’re a smartphone naysayer, here’s some news that might make you drink the Kool-Aid along with nearly half of Americans: of the 652...

Paging Dr. Watson: AI Jeopardy! Soon To Be Physician’s Assistant

Will you ever be treated by Dr. Watson? Not Sherlock Holmes’s right-hand man, but the AI Jeopardy! champion who's poised to be a sidekick...

Hawk-Eye Augments Referees With Computers – Professional Sports are Evolving

The same video camera technology that calls tennis shots in professional tournaments could be on its way to judging goals in soccer matches. Arguments...

Your Body is the Controller for this Humanoid Robot (video)

One of the great benefits of building a humanoid robot is that it can move just like a human does. That's never clearer than...

Artificial Retina That Lets the Blind See Again – More Great Videos of the Argus!

The blind in Europe have reason to rejoice, the world's most advanced artificial retina has just received the CE Mark, approved for use in...

Latest Geminoid Robot Looks More Human than Creepy (video)

The Uncanny Valley is a pit of doom for robots, few that dare enter its depths will ever emerge again. Yet the latest realistic...

Ambulance 2.0: Lifebot Technology Creates “Super Ambulances”

Ambulances will soon be getting some major technological upgrades effectively turning them into "super ambulances." These technologically enhanced ambulances will allow paramedics to share...

Take a Ride Inside Google’s Robot Car – Great New Video

Dammit, I really need to attend TED. The annual Technology Entertainment Design conference always has tons of great presenters, but this year they also...

Costs of DNA Sequencing Falling Fast – Look At These Graphs!

You may know that the cost to sequence a human genome is dropping, but you probably have no idea how fast that price is...

Chrono Is the iPad App That Could Transform Your Doctor’s Office (video)

If iPad's are going to be the doctor's tool of the future, they're going to need a killer App that will enable the device...

The Future of Surfing – Sensors in the Board Record Everything

Ok, check it, braugh, you ever caught like a bitchin' wave but didn't like totally know how to like explain exactly how totally bitchin'...

Medtronic’s Tiny Pacemaker – No leads, No Surgery, Wireless

Look at the nail on your smallest finger. Chances are that it's about twice as big as the pacemaker Medtronic is hoping to build...

The Lifelogging Professor – An Update on the Surgically Implanted Camera

I don’t know artist Wafaa Bilal, but I know exactly where he was about an hour ago.  How?  The constant stream of photos being...

Heard About Facebook Being Used to Select Jurors? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

The Wall Street Journal generated rounds of debate on the web with its recent discussion on how US attorneys are increasingly using Facebook and...

Masdar City Abandons Transportation System of the Future

O, vehicle of the future, why have you eluded us? While other industries such as communication make enormous strides every year, it seems that...

Stunning Video of Shuttle Launch As Seen from iPhone on Airplane

NASA's launch last Thursday was the end of an era - the final mission for space shuttle Discovery. Yet a timely video captured on...

Robovie PC Wins the Robot Marathon – Only Two Teams Even Finished!

This past weekend's marathon in Osaka was a widow-maker for its contestants. Assuming, of course, that robots have widows. Of the five contestants competing...
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Your Car is the Arcade: Driving Simulator Uses Real Vehicle in Virtual Worlds

Daredevils have an insatiable need for speed, but they play with fire when pushing their vehicle or driving abilities too far. Tag Systems offers...
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Advertising Robot Follows You Everywhere (video)

Belgian shoppers may be too polite to deal with the terror that is the future of advertising. Marketing agency Duval Guillaume came up with...

While NASA’s Robonaut 2 Is In Orbit, Its Hype Has Escape Velocity

Sorry to kill your buzz, NASA and GM, but your jointly developed humanoid robot, the Robonaut 2, is way over hyped. The 300 pound...

Another Robot Teacher Enters Korean Classrooms

In the next three years, South Korea is going to suffer a massive invasion. Not from the North, but from robots conquering its classrooms....

Get Ready for RoboGames 2011! Coming in April to San Mateo (video)

The robots are coming, the robots are coming! This spring, the San Mateo Fairgrounds will host RoboGames, the annual international event that sees robots...

Watch the Bipedal Robot Marathon Live Feb 24-27th! (i.e. Now!)

History is in the making in Japan, as humanoid robots compete to see who will be the first to run a full length marathon...

Starbucks’ Interactive Storefront Window is Latest in Digital Trend (video)

As if they needed more ways to draw you in, Starbucks is experimenting with interactive touchscreens to attract customers to their stores. Two Canadian...

Toyota Robots Play Trumpet and Violin In Tokyo (video)

There are many things that make humans unique, but apparently a love of music isn't one of them. Toyota had its violin and trumpet...

Manchester Airport Hires ‘Holograms’ (video)

Visitors to Manchester Airport may be a little startled when they meet customer service reps John and Julie - these newest additions to the...

Lasers, Magnets and 3D maps…Zapping Your Fat Goes High Tech

Looking to get rid of your love handles, or perhaps an extra chin?  Be ready to, quite literally, feel the burn.  Okay so you...

Becoming Cybernetic: 3D Custom-Fit Knee Implants from ConforMIS

Like the treads on car tires, the all important cartilage within our knees is slowly wearing down. By the age of 65, in fact,...

First Planned Taste Test for Artificial Meat is Probably Doomed

What does artificial meat taste like? Our chances of learning the answer anytime soon look dismal. Vladimir Mironov at the Medical University of South...

France’s First Baby Born To Treat Siblings With Genetic Disorder (video)

Umut Talha's name means "our hope" in Turkish, and his birth brought some much needed good fortune into the lives of his siblings. The...

US Soldiers Using Sniper Detecting Microphones (video)

Small lightweight microphones are saving the lives of US soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shoulder Worn Acoustic Targeting Systems (SWATS), developed by defense...

Volvo’s New Pedestrian Detector Brakes Car For You (video)

"By 2020, nobody shall be seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo" -- Volvo's Vision2020 Statement In the next decade Volvo wants to end...

Dodge Commercial: We Will Never Let Computers Drive Our Cars (video)

What's the newest way to sell a Dodge Charger? Tell buyers that it's only available for humans. In a strange, presumably tongue-in-cheek, commercial Dodge...

Pet 2.0: Pleo the Robo-Dino Described by Innvo Labs CEO

There’s nothing more awesome than a dinosaur, unless that dinosaur is also a robot. Last October, we introduced you to Pleo rb (reborn) by...

Audi Sells Cars By Appealing to Our Empathy with Robots (video)

Emotions help set humans apart from robots, but they also make us easy targets. Audi is advertising their new A4 TDIe automobile with a...

At Least Half of Americans Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic by 2020

We have heard for years that diabetes is a serious problem in America, but people really do not like to listen. The result of...

2000+ Robots in US Ground Forces in Afghanistan

For every 50 US soldiers in Afghanistan, we have about 1 robot, but those numbers are getting better every year. From 2009 to 2010,...

Programmable Bio-Nano-Chips: First Viable Medical Lab on a Chip?

We often find out too late what's happening inside our bodies when it's stricken by disease or cancer, but those days could be coming to...

Anything You Search For Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law

What’s the worst possible way your online activity could come back to haunt you? Losing your job? Or getting expelled from school? How about being put...

I Am The Very Model of a Singularitarian – Hilarious Video

Oh YouTube, you have so many precious gems hidden among your piles of social excrement that it takes me years to find some of...

HealCam is Chatroulette for the Sick, Another Sign of Patient Empowerment?

A new website is looking to pair up patients anonymously to help them find a community of their peers. When you have a serious...

Happy Valentine’s Day From the Automated Chocolate Factory (video)

Chocolate sales are likely to reach nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in the US alone this Valentine's day. As we prepare to consume...

A Warning to LCDs – Watch Your Back, AMOLEDs are Coming

If you, like me, tend to drop your electronic devices and have spent countless dollars repairing cracked screens, rejoice!  The Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting...

It’s Showtime: IBM’s Watson To Make History On Jeopardy!

Today, February 14, 2011, IBM's Watson computer system is slated to take on the world's best humans in a televised duel of the world...

Yes, The Khan Academy IS the Future of Education (video)

I'm just going to come out and say it: the Khan Academy is the best thing that has happened to education since Socrates. The...

$1.5M Robbery of Bellagio Casino Foiled Thanks to RFID Chips

If you're thinking of robbing a Las Vegas casino, and you're not George Clooney, I have a word of advice: give up now. As...

TIME Magazine Shines a Spotlight on Kurzweil, The Singularity

This is a good week to be Ray Kurzweil. The noted inventor, author, and futurist turns 63 on Saturday, and there's no better way...

Google Translate Voice Now on iPhone – Star Trek Come To Life (video)

The Universal Translator is one step closer to reality. One awesome and frustrating step. The Google Translate mobile app, now available on iOS as...

Braille Watch to be Created Through Crowd-Sourced Funding (video)

How do the blind tell time? You can help decide. David Chavez is a designer in California who has a great idea for a...
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