Yearly Archives: 2011

Ford To Make Roads Safer By Networking Cars Together Wirelessly (Video)

With auto technology getting more and more advanced every day, we are often looking to our cars to do the mundane things for us,...

Mathletics: Training and Competition Online Is Future of Education

Mathletics is another sign that the internet holds the future of education. Sydney-based 3P Learning developed the Mathletics program as a way to augment...

Japanese Company to Sponsor first Robot Marathon – 26.2 Miles to Glory

Robots have barely learned how to walk, but Vstone is already pushing them to run. The Japanese robot research and manufacturing firm has announced...

Interactive Billboards That Talk To Your Phone – Welcome to Marketing 2.0 (video)

Mobile phones have become one of your portals to the digital world, so it's only fitting that salesmen are starting to knock on that...

Robot Jet Fighter Takes First Flight, Aims for Aircraft Carriers in 2013

Navy officials and military developers are beaming with smiles of success for they are the proud papas of the newest military marvel: a robotic...

Ebocloud, A Novel About The Social Singularity

The Singularity may arrive through robots, computers, or bioengineering...or it might be created by Facebook. Ebocloud, the debut novel from Rick Moss, is set...

MIT Brings Hologram Video One Step Closer With Kinect Hack

A note to researchers out there: when you develop your amazing technology, try not to compare it to things we've already seen in movies...

UK Engineer Designs Own Life-Saving Implant, 20 Patients Follow

In the six years since Tal Golesworthy had the implant he designed inserted into his own chest, his device has saved the lives of...

G-Slate Tablet To Come With 3D Cameras and Glasses – A Trend Too Far?

T-Mobile recently unveiled the LG G-Slate tablet, a 4G mobile device that will be able to shoot 3D videos in full high definition (1080p)....

Great Videos From the Kinect Hacking Competition on ROS

The Kinect 3D Sensor may be a robot's best friend. Willow Garage recently sponsored a Kinect-hack competition for the open source Robot Operating System...

Will Vicarious Systems’ Silicon Valley Pedigree Help it Build AI?

Facebook, Space X, Numenta...Vicarious? In Silicon Valley the pedigree for a startup can make or break it. Vicarious Systems is a fledgling company -...

Automated Car Convoys Pass First Test in Sweden (video)

Not sure if you'd trust a computer to drive your car? Europe has an automated alternative that may suit you better. The SAfe Road...

Heartland Robotics Moves Headquarters, Aims to Nearly Double In New Year

What's going to be the next big thing in robotics? Maybe a new take on the industrial machine. Rodney Brooks, one of the founders...

Who Understands Recent World History Better – You or a Chimp?

The world has undergone some radical change in the past fifty years, but our perception of it continues to lag behind. Don't believe me?...

Google Digitizes Famous Art – Amazing New Virtual Museums

You can now explore some of the world's most precious works of art to a depth that even their creators may not have known....

Texas Student Attends School as a Robot – A Sign of Things to Come

Freshman Lyndon Baty's immune system is so fragile he can't risk being surrounded by people his own age, yet he attends classes at his...

What’s the Internet? Hilarious Video of NBC’s The Today Show 1994

Let me take you back seventeen years - Ace of Base was on the radio, Mrs. Doubtfire was dominating the box office, and The...

Watch SEGA’s Peeing Video Game in Action!

Move out of the way, Kinect. Scram, Playstation Move. Hit the road, Wii. There's a new video game controller in town, and it's way...

Automation Domination: Robotic Hydroponic Lettuce Farm in Belgium

The steady march of industrial automation continues to envelop the world. Many of us have a quaint early 20th century vision of agriculture, but...

DLR Robot Hand is Tough Enough to Withstand a Hammer (video)

Most experimental robot hands are delicate fragile instruments of advanced research. In other words, they're wimps. Not so for the latest fist coming from...

Making Predictions for the Year 2030

We often cover the big names in futurism: Ray Kurzweil, Aubrey de Grey, Michio Kaku, etc, but what about the rest of us? Can't...

The Era of Brain-Based Law through the Eyes of David Eagleman

Law is the distilled essence of the civilization of a people, and it reflects people's soul more clearly than any other organism. -...
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Could Quadrotor Robots Construct Buildings? (video)

What works in teams, can build any tower you design, and makes a horrifically angry buzzing sound? No, not super intelligent construction wasps. Quadrotors....

Paying For Starbucks With Your Smartphone – Now in 6800+ Locations!

Wake up and smell the coffee, techies, Starbucks has made its mobile app payment plan a national phenomenon. Since late 2009, customers at select...

Ultra Sharp 3D Outdoor and Indoor Maps for Mobile and Home

C3 Technologies makes Google Maps look like it was drawn by a toddler. A Swedish offshoot of SAAB, C3 has ultra sharp 3D maps...

Harvard Controls The Minds of Worms…With Lasers! (video)

I love cutting edge science, but sometimes it can seem nefarious enough to make a James Bond villain squeal in delight. Researchers at Harvard...

Holding Signs on the Side of the Road – Robots Take That Job, Too

You've surely seen them: the men and women standing alongside a highway holding a sign that entreats you to "Act Now" and "Save 50%"...

Catching Students (and Teachers) Who Cheat In the 21st Century

Your child's smart phone could be helping them fake their own intelligence. School administrators, teachers, and industry organizations are worried that high tech gadgets...
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China Erects 15 Story Hotel in Less Than 6 Days! (video)

There are many ways to get your message out to people, but one of the most impressive has to be making a building magically...

Our Digital Culture: Hunting for the World’s Strangest Features on Google Maps (video)

Google Earth lets you see the surface of the world in remarkable detail. Turns out there was a lot hiding out there. Since its...

BigThink’s Series on Longevity: A Fun Place To Start (video)

Thinking about living forever? You've got a lot of reading to do...or maybe you can just watch a few videos. The science surrounding longevity...

More and More Thai Robots In Restaurants (video)

Every nation is known for their specialty goods. Switzerland has its chocolates, France has its wine... and Thailand has its robot waiters. MK Restaurant...

Woman Speaks With Her Own Voice After Larynx Transplant

After eleven years, Brenda Jensen is finally able to speak with her own voice, but she's using someone else's larynx to do it. Over...

Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria – “Arms Race” Between Nature and Tech?

A recent spike of infections in the United Kingdom involving bacteria armed with an enzyme that makes them resistant to virtually all antibiotics has...

Robot Domination – Look At The Making of a Memory Card

Every product in your home tells a story. Listening to the memory card in your camera or computer will give you a sneak peak...

Car Radio Powered by Android. Introduce Your Ride to Some Apps (video)

Sure your car can go from 0 to 60 in less than four seconds, but can it play Angry Birds? French wireless specialist Parrot...

Our Robot Culture: R2D2 Statue Made from a Keg of Beer!

Behold, BeertooD2, the keg that is a work of art, and a symbol of my generation. There are few things that my contemporaries love...

Camera Goggles Record Your Extreme Life: Ski, Scuba, Stunts (video)

Whether you're about to die doing something stupid awesome on a mountain, or about to die doing something stupid sweet in the ocean, you're...

Turn Your iPhone into a Robot Factory With LoveBots (video)

I can fit more than a million robots in my pocket. So can you. LoveBots, a fun new iPhone app from Kit-Robot, allows you...

Japanese Scientist To Clone Woolly Mammoth Within 5 Years!

More than a decade after their first attempt, a team of Japanese scientists have announced that they will aim to clone a woolly mammoth...

Blood Tests to Diagnose Schizophrenia, Other Brain Disorders On the Horizon

Nearly all of us know someone who has struggled with mental illness or dementia, and the consequences of these disorders can be especially difficult...

China Completes World’s Longest Bridge – More than 26 Miles!

I'm beginning to think that China's motto for the new century is: bigger, longer, better. Not satisfied with world's fastest supercomputer or the largest...

Russia To Adopt Universal ID Card in 2012

For all those conspiracy theorists out there, 2012 just got a little more ominous. As required by legislation passed this last summer, Russia will...

GSK Drops Resveratrol. Could the Embattled Supplement Live on in Other Forms?

Resveratrol has been hailed as the wonder substance, that stuff in red wine that could help you live a healthier and longer life. It...

White House Warns Against Supercomputer Arms Race With China

2010 saw China take the number one spot in the list of the top 500 fastest supercomputers, but advisors to the White House want...

NPR Covers the Singularity – As The Biggest Threat to Humanity! (audio)

Everyone has their own take on the concept of the Singularity. NPR's is a little apocalyptic. One of the National Public Radio's most popular...

iRobot’s AVA Has an iPAD for a Head

Faced with an intellectual problem you just can't handle? Why not swap out your head for a different one? Oh, that's right, you're not...
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Watch the Watson Computer Kick Jeopardy’s Ass (video)

Today is the day computers took over...game shows. In a brief exhibition match in upstate New York, IBM's pure language processing computer, Watson, faced...

So You Think Your Robot Can Dance, Part II (video)

There are times when I'm not sure I'm laughing with someone or laughing at them. This is one of those times. The annual Robot...

Winter is No Match for the ROBOPLOW! (video)

Are the winter months getting you down? Are piles of snow trapping you in your home? Are you in need of a hero? Fear...
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