First Robot Prison Guards Activated
Back in November, South Korea announced that a project to create robot prison guards was underway. And just as predicted, the robo-guards are ready for their first tests. Check out video (complete with prisoner/robot interaction) below. The robot looks pretty different from the last time we saw it–a little less cheerful, a little more Cylon-y. More...
Blue-Color Robots are coming to Hospitals in the US and UK
Robots have already staked out a place in the health-care world—from surgical droids that can suture a wound better than the human hand to “nanobots” that can swim in the bloodstream. But the stage More...
Star Wars like war theater may be well upon us
If you’ve been following this site you know DARPA is tireless in funding, researching and developing the ultimate SciFi gadgets. And so Darpa’s interest in laser technology is no surprise, but their More...
Will Tin Canned Wine Be Our Future?
There are cases where technological advancements are not necessary improvements. This is one of them. Ball Packaging Europe, a beverage can producer, has developed a new design for fruit wine maker EV-Secco. Yes, More...
Use Your Avatar to Speak Any Language Real-time
We’ve never been nearer to a globalized and synchronized world in our history before. Thanks to modern technology we can sit in our office in New York doing business with someone in Beijing, video chat with More...
A 3D Collection For The World
Here’s an interesting project with a great tie-in with the physibles initiative of Pirate Bay. The Smithsonian has started a new initiative to make its enormous collection more accessible. It includes a More...
Red License Plate Day
An extended campaign in Nevada by Google has led to a new host of provisions which will allow automated cars to legally drive in the state. Starting TODAY, March 1st, 2012 innovators like Google can officially apply More...
Robonaut Awakens
Almost a year to the day after NASA launched it’s first humanoid robot, Robonaut, to space for active duty on the ISS Space Station the synthetic crew member has awakened. The event went, apart from some geeky More...
Quadrotors And a Lot of Them
Where’s John Connor when you need him cause these nano quadrotors from the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory can fly in some pretty stunning formations. But are d*mn scary too. You might remember More...
The Replicator
If you think SOPA, PIPA, or the even more evil ACTA is going to stop people from using the internet for copying and distributing copyrighted material without license then you’re in for a surprise. More even, More...