Looking like the twin brother of Star Wars villain General Grievous but sporting a mohawk, this four-armed, drum-playing robot mysteriously showed up on YouTube...
Now in it's sixth year, the Singularity Summit, which is hosted by the Singularity Institute, will be in San Francisco on October 13-14 to continue its tradition...
Normally when we talk about China’s plans to phase out human workers with automation we’re referring to factory assembly line workers. But one innovator...
A major earthquake strikes a town leaving power plants damaged, water pipelines broken, and roads blocked. How will people get clean water? A new startup...
Dr. Lee Sanders, a general pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University and a nationally recognized scholar in the field of health literacy,...
Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Closing Ceremony of the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University (SU). This event is...
This year's Graduate Studies Program (GSP) at Singularity University -- the learning institution focused on future-shaping technologies -- is wrapping up an intense 10-week summer....
Want renewable energy in a small, portable package? Then the ReadySet solar charger by Fenix International may be the closest thing to a perfect on-the-go...
Just as Google’s self-driving Prius goes for distance, recently passing 300,000 miles, Stanford’s self-driving Audi TTS instead has the need for speed. The Audi,...
The collective odometer of Google’s self-driving cars has just passed 300,000 miles. The engineering team celebrated with an announcement that they now feel the...
What do you get when you combine smartphones, cloud computing, and digital medicine? A new era of healthcare that is bringing powerful technological innovations...
Cloned horses are galloping their way toward the Olympic Games. The organization that presides over international equestrian events has reversed its position on prohibiting...
Aldebaran Robotics, maker of the NAO robot, has released a recruiting video seeking "Europe's best engineering talents" to help it build the next phase...
Economists are known for investing enormous time making predictions about the near future, usually by following predictable cycles and extrapolating from trends of the...