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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…
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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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The Ghostly Voice of Joseph Faber’s Euphonia
Behold, Joseph Faber’s Euphonia. This curious amalgamation of various mechanical parts was exhibited in December 1845 at the Music Fund…
Ray Kurzweil: Computers Will Behave Like Real People By 2029
In 1990, futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted that a computer would win a game of chess against a human by 1998.…
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Robot Defeats Humans at Rock Paper Scissors Every Time
We’ve seen robots that can do a lot of things, but now we can add beat humans 100% of the…
10 Creepy Examples of the Uncanny Valley
Originally coined by Masahiro Mori in 1970, the term “uncanny valley” describes our strange revulsion toward things that appear nearly…
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Boston Dynamics Presents: WildCat
Boston Dynamics, with funding from DARPA’s M3 (that’s Maximum Mobility and Manipulation) program, gives us a new look at their…
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Can You Outrun This Cat Robot?
When I woke up this morning, the first thought I had was this: why aren’t there more experimental, headless cat…