Geomorphologist Lujendra Ojha of Georgia Tech first noticed strange streaks on Mars in 2011. They appeared on the walls of craters — dark, downhill...
Humanity is moving from evolution by natural selection (Darwinism) to evolution by intelligent direction.
For most of human history, our average age was only about...
In Courtney Marsh’s short film ZARI a bullet-shaped helper robot trundles about doing chores. Its smooth white-on-black design is vaguely Apple-inspired; its interactions are...
A trailblazing educational technology initiative backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and the World Bank has been stopped in its tracks by the government...
ROBOTICS:Â Rethink Robotics' Sawyer Goes on Sale, Rodney Brooks Says 'There May Be More Robots'
Erico Guizzo | IEEE Spectrum
"Sawyer can perform tasks that require 0.1 millimeters...
Move over optogenetics, there’s a new cool mind-bending tool in town.
A group of scientists, led by Dr. Sreekanth Chalasani at the Salk Institute in La...
The question of consciousness is as old as philosophy.
And while the exact nature of human consciousness is exceedingly difficult to pin down—that doesn’t stop...
Sensors and robotics are two exponential technologies that will disrupt a multitude of billion-dollar industries.
This post (part 3 of 4) is a quick look at...
ROBOTICS: Seek-and-destroy robot to stop starfish killing the Great Barrier Reef
Michelle Starr | CNET
“Called the COTSbot (Crown-of-Thorns Starfish robot), it's designed to autonomously patrol and monitor...
When will we understand the brain?
In an era of scientific progress and emerging technologies, one would think that we were on the cusp of finally answering this age-old...
We live in an age of disruption — industries will be transformed.
This post (part 2 of 3) is a quick look at three multibillion-dollar industries (consumer...
Biotechnology is moving blindingly fast: From $1,000 human genome sequencing to CRISPR gene editing, we're approaching an era when scientists can edit and rewrite...
We live in an age of disruption — and that's a good thing.
Industries will be transformed. Major companies will fall.
Old systems will collapse as entrepreneurs...
In 2001, a team of neurologists at UC San Diego began testing a highly experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
The process sounds far more sci-fi...
ROBOTICS:Â Let's Treat Robots Like Yo-Yo Ma's Cello -- as an Instrument for Human Intelligence
Nicholas Agar | The World Post
"Our own human complexity suggests that...
Watch just about any science fiction movie and the allure of space is mesmerizing. It's open, seemingly infinite, and full of unknowns. It is the final...
We’ve spent the last month investigating many angles within virtual reality—from its implications on the web, to how VR can create peak emotional experiences...
The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities.
This also holds true for you.
This post is a fun formula for fixing your problems while...
