Category Archives: Robotics

Real Estate & Robots: “60 Minutes” Explains The 2 Reasons Why China Is Set To Implode In An Epic Way

For anyone who thinks China is destined to take over the world, they had better think again.  In a shocking series of reports for 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl reveals how China is sitting on a real estate bubble the likes … Continue reading

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Watch This Childlike Humanoid Robot Begin To Comprehend Language, Think Before It Speaks And Reacts

Popular Science recently profiled this fascinating new research by Peter Ford Dominey and his colleagues at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, where they have taught an iCub toddler-bot to learn speech patterns, and think before it speaks and … Continue reading

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“Lotus Dome” Installation Of Backlit Aluminum Flower Petals Responds To Human Behavior At LILLE3000

As part of the LILLE3000 Festival, and in conjunction with FANTASTIC 2012, the city of Lille, France will be home to hundreds of events and exhibitions from October 6th – January 13th 2012.  One of the most intriguing facets of … Continue reading

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The WOW Files: U.K. Engineers Attempting To Upload Bees’ Brains Into Autonomous Flying Robots

Researchers from two U.K. universities, the University of Sheffield and the University of Sussex, are embarking on one of the most exciting projects in robotics.  They are attempting to scan the brains of bees and upload the data into the … Continue reading

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Ambitious Engineering Proposal To Build Functioning Starship Enterprise Getting Major Attention

Popular Science reported yesterday on an ambitious plan to build a functioning scale replica of the Starship Enterprise — a plan which has been carefully considered and proposed by engineer BTE Dan (BTE stands for “Build The Enterprise”, which is … Continue reading

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Consider Your Mind Officially Blown Away By GRASP Lab’s Phenomenal Swarm Of Nano Quadrotors

These are the moments where I wish I didn’t use the term “mindblowing” so often, because this footage from the University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory deserves this adjective more than almost anything.  Researchers at the school’s GRASP Lab have developed … Continue reading

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NASA’s Failure To Recruit A Corps Of Philosophers Has Resulted In “One Giant Leap To Nowhere”

Jason Silva recently FB’d this terrific op-ed piece by Tom Wolfe of The New York Times regarding the current impotent state of NASA‘s space program.  In stark contrast, last week China announced its incredibly ambitious new plans for its own … Continue reading

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This Spherical Transformer Robot Is One Of The Most Graceful And Stunning Robots You Will Ever See

Popular Science recently profiled this brilliant transformer robot design named MorpHex.  It is the brainchild of Norwegian engineer Kare Halvorsen, a robot designer (also known as Zenta) who chronicles his work on his blog Robot-Kits.org.  The robotic creature can curl … Continue reading

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