Tech
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NASA Grants Funding for Food Printer, Orders A Pizza
NASA has just awarded a $125,000 grant to Anjan Contractor to create a 3D printer that prints…food. The printer, based…
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Are You Ready for Our Future Robot Utopia?
Two articles recently popped up exploring the future of robotics, human-brain interfaces, and the economics of a robot-driven society. Where…
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Sony’s “Brain Stimulation” Technology
Imagine if we could throw away the controllers of old and instead plug ourselves into a video game console. We’d…
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InMoov, The 3D-Printed Open Source Robot
Meet InMoov, a fully 3D-printed robot created by sculptor Gael Langevin. The robot can be printed out, piece by piece,…
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7 DARPA Robots That Will Eventually Rule The World
DARPA. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Founded in 1958 as a response to the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch, this…
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New Disney Robot Plays Catch, Juggles
Make no mistake: The Walt Disney Company may have begun as a simple animation studio, but these days it’s at…
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Robotic Arms And The Future Of Human Augmentation
Nigel Auckland may have lost his arm a few years ago, but today he’s making history with an experimental robotic…
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Big Dog Goes For A Walk
Maybe it’s Big Dog’s housefly-like buzzing. Maybe it’s the way it walks, or the fact that I feel sorry for…
In The Future, You’ll Be Able To Charge Your Smartphone Just By Holding It
It’s called Power Felt: a fabric that can convert body heat into electricity. Created by Professor David Carroll and his…
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Disney Could Clone Your Face And Put It On A Robot (If They Wanted To)
Theme park animatronics aren’t new. I mean, I’ve been watching dirty animatronic pirate feet dangle over my head in Pirates…