Tech
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Biohybrid Robots Use Animal Tissues to Create “Living Machines”
Biohybrid robots seem like the new thing in robotics. Cybernetic organisms, living tissues over metal endoskeletons, you could say. Or, in…
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Video: The Future of Acting And…Media Manipulation?
Here are a couple videos that should make everyone really excited about the future. First up, we have a video…
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Scientists Create Robot Mermaid, Then Search for Treasure
NOAA tells me mermaids aren’t real, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make them real. Last month, Stanford University revealed…
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Sophia, the Robot that Will Destroy All Humans
Hanson Robotics, spearheaded by one Dr. David Hanson, are behind some of the most fascinating (and creepy) human-like robots in…
Mind-Reading Computer Knows What You’re About to Say
Japanese scientists, led by Professor Yamazaki Toshimasa at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, may have taken one more step toward…
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YouTube Compression Can Be Creepy
Feast your eyes on this digital abomination: the result of a single video uploaded, downloaded, then re-uploaded to YouTube 1,000…
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Uncanny: This 19th Century Automaton Will Give You Nightmares
The uncanny valley can be a terrifying place – a place of strange dolls, unsettling computer animation, and people who…
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Scientists Link Monkey Brains to Create Monkey “Brainet”
It’s amazing what the power of science and juice can accomplish! Brain-machine interfaces are an incredible technology, and we’ve already…
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Edison’s Talking Dolls Speak Once More
In 1890, Thomas Edison unleashed his infamous talking dolls – the first of their kind, each containing a phonograph with…
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Thomas Edison’s Memoir Involving “Spirit Phone” Republished
Electronic voice phenomena and instrumental transcommunication are hot topics in the paranormal sphere, and for good reason. It’s one of…