Yearly Archives: 2012

Willow Garage PR2 Robot Flag Dance and Party

Watch as Willow Garage PR2 robots perform a synchronized flag dance and then see people partying it up with the robots!

Ekso Bionics eLegs at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Ekso Bionics (formerly Berkeley Bionics) is testing eLegs, their exoskeleton walking device for paraplegics. Of the ten trial facilities, the only one at a public...

Up Close With The Willow Garage PR2 Robot

An in-depth demonstration of the features and capabilities of the Willow Garage PR2 Robot.

Neato’s Robot Vacuum Cleans My Home

Neato's XV-11 robot vacuum just started shipping. I got ahold of one and set out to test it in my home. Lots went right,...

Charting The Route: SH Week In Review 9.8.12

This is the first of a new weekly series here at Singularity Hub where we will summarize the stories and ideas that headlined the...

Spotted! Swarm Of Quadcopters Produce Eerie, Mesmerizing Lightshow In Night Sky

Colorful lights dancing in the night sky in synchronized motion would make any UFO enthusiast's heart skip a beat, but the fact that the...

Exclusive Interview With Complete Genomics CEO — The Future Of Genetics-Based Medicine?

The Human Genome Project concluded with the successful sequencing of the first human genome in 2003. Since then medical breakthroughs enabled by unlocking the...

Google’s Self-Driving Cars On The Road Toward Approval In California

Google's efforts toward getting more self-driving cars on the road just scored a big victory: the California Senate unanimously passed a bill favoring autonomous vehicle operation...

Can high speed rail compete with self-driven cars and all the technology of the future?

This post is written by Brad Templeton, Director of the Electonic Frontier Foundation, and Chair of the Networks and Computing Systems Track at Singularity University There's...

Visions Of The Future: DR0NE, A Webseries About Autonomous Humanoid Soldiers

Consider, for a moment, the rising use of drone technology by the military. In light of how years of advances in robotics and artificial intelligence...

Honda’s Miimo Robot Is Roomba For Your Lawn

It’s an automated, household robot. Small, round, even kind of cute, it circles to and fro, cheerfully tending to its job so you don’t...

Control Computers With Plants? Disney Magic Makes It Happen

What if anything -- a surface, a plant, or even parts of your own body -- could become a touch interface that controls a...

It’s Time To Build A Space Elevator, Says LiftPort Group In Successful Kickstarter Campaign

Building a tower into the Heavens is a prospect that is likely as old as human civilization itself, and for the last 50 years...

Robot Vs. Human: Drum Cover Of Classic Punk Hit By The Ramones

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...

Tech Billionaire Milner Aims to Accelerate Progress by Bankrolling Science

Ever imagine you’d see $27 million in physics prizes awarded in one fell swoop? Me either. Reportedly, Alan Guth was likewise “knocked off his...

Singularity Summit 2012 Is Coming To San Francisco October 13-14

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...

Artificial Intelligence Will Defeat CAPTCHA — How Will We Prove We’re Human Then?

If you use the web for more than just browsing (that's pretty much everyone), chances are you've had your fair share of "CAPTCHA rage,"...

Next Gen To Bring Singularity: Foresight Gifts Thousands of Singularity Related Books To Students

To inspire a generation of tech entrepreneurs who can change the world, the Foresight Institute has come up with a simple but brilliant plan:...

Chinese Noodle-Slicing Robot

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...

Enthusiast Uses Valve’s Source Filmmaker To Remake Classic Scene From The Matrix

One of the top video game makers today, Valve, recently released a free tool that allows anyone to create their own awesome content without...

Startup Aims To Install Pipelines With Helicopters…Really!

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...

Lee Sanders Discusses Health Literacy, Singularity Hub

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,...

Singularity U Launches 2012 Class: Bring On The Future!

Last Friday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Closing Ceremony of the Graduate Studies Program at Singularity University (SU). This event is...

Exclusive: 21 Proposals For A Better Future From Singularity U’s 2012 Class

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....

3D Printed Homes? Here’s The Scoop

In a recent TEDx presentation, Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis, a USC engineering professor, showed off a prototype 3D printer he says may one day construct...
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Check Out This Time-Lapse Video Of Photos Taken From The International Space Station

When I was growing up the coolest way to share in the experience of space exploration was to call a ‘1-900’ number and listen...

ReadySet Solar Charger Successful In Africa Now Headed To US

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...

Stanford’s Self-Driving Car Tears It Up On Racetrack – Tops 120 MPH

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,...

Scan Reveals Brain’s Structure To Be Much Simpler Than We Thought

More than any other part of the brain, the cerebral cortex makes us human. Through the electrical activity of the neuronal networks packed into...
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Google’s Self-Driving Car Passes 300,000 Miles, Employees To Start Commuting With It

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...

Interview: Federico Pistono, Author of “Robots Will Steal Your Job But That’s OK”

The author of “Robots will steal your job, but that’s OK,” is taking it to the next level. Back in January we spoke with...

Olympians Showcase Superstition With Mysterious Kinesio Tape, Scientists Doubtful

The London Games are full of surprises: the queen’s grand entrance with 007, Japan’s victory over China in women’s volleyball, and what about those...

Dozens Of Underwater Drones Deployed To The Waters Of Iran

What to do when international talks begin falling apart? Send a fleet of unmanned submersibles in preparation for a waterway showdown. As US talks...

StethoCloud – The $20 Stethoscope Attachment For Smartphones To Diagnose Pneumonia

What do you get when you combine smartphones, cloud computing, and digital medicine? A new era of healthcare that is bringing powerful technological innovations...

No More Skipping Your Medicine – FDA Approves First Digital Pill

The Food and Drug Administration has just approved a device that is integrated into pills and let’s doctors know when patients take their medicine...

Billboards and TVs Detect Your Face: Advertisers Salivate

To a computer, your face is a set of points and measurements between your features, but to advertisers, these data sets mean lucrative profits...

Cloned Horses Given Okay For Olympics – A New Era Of Cloned Competition?

Cloned horses are galloping their way toward the Olympic Games. The organization that presides over international equestrian events has reversed its position on prohibiting...

Android-Based Game Console Closing Out Record-Breaking Kickstarter Campaign

Tired of feeling boxed in by your game console? Then rush over to Kickstarter and get ready to throw your money at the screen....

That’s Right, Japan Has Created A Real Life 4 Ton Mech Robot

Its name is Kuratas, and it's a dream come true for mech robot fans. That's right—it's your very own mecha to zoom around in...

PAL-V ONE – The Car-Plane That’s Easy To Fly And Cheap – We’re Kidding About The Cheap Part

Every kid – at least the ones that grow up and read sites like Singularity Hub – dreams of flying cars. Thankfully several companies...

Maker Of NAO Robots Releases Mashed-Up Video Highlighting Our Robot Future

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...

DARPA’s New Challenge: Increase Robotic Power Efficiency By 2,000 Percent

It was only a few months ago that DARPA initiated their ambitious Robotics Challenge that reserves a cash prize for a (probably) humanoid robot...

Kurzweil Talks About Achievable Immortality On PBS NewsHour

Economists are known for investing enormous time making predictions about the near future, usually by following predictable cycles and extrapolating from trends of the...

Surgeons Perform In Utero Surgery To Successfully Remove Tumor From Fetus

It was an expectant parents’ worst nightmare: an ultrasound image revealed that their unborn baby had a large tumor growing from its mouth. Even...

Bionic Vision: “Sight” Short Movie Explores the Coming Future of Augmented Reality

A pair of graduate students at the Bezaleal Academy of Arts, in Jeruselem, have created a fascinating short video that experiments with concepts of...

4-Year-Old’s Missing Gene Discovered Through Crowdfunded Sequencing

Crowdfunding is starting to accomplish some pretty impressive feats beyond video game reboots and smartphone-linked watches on Kickstarter. In mid-July, the nonprofit organization Rare...

Boy Who Received Stem-Cell Trachea Implant Doing Well After Two Years

Just as the Olympic Games are kicking off in London, one boy from the UK is pulling ahead in his race to live a...

Real-Time Language Translation With UK Developer’s Own Google-esque Augmented Reality Glasses

Think that only the giant Google can make next generation augmented-reality glasses? Think again. A UK developer who has been hacking together his own...

New Era In Space Exploration Taking Off: Entrepreneurs Step In Where Big Government Left Off

This post is written by Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom, VP of Operations for Singularity University. She spent two decades in the private space sector working on program...

Europe Takes The Lead Toward Approval Of First Gene Therapy Drug

A watershed moment in gene therapy has finally come to pass. This month, a committee from the European Medicines Agency recommended the approval of...
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