Teleportation, sci-fi-y as it sounds, is actually not fictional or even new; two years ago, Chinese physicists broke the then-current record for quantum teleportation by teleporting photons over 10 miles. But a new effort from that same team demolishes that record, beaming the photons over 97 kilometers. Via Paulo Furtado 
Driverless cars are set to hit the roads of Nevada as Google is granted the first US autonomous vehicle licence. 
NEW YORK -- If you are trying to get a bead on what kind of car to buy next, you’d figure asking Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford, would be a saf... 
Smart clothes that change colour could help people to camouflage - just like squids do, say scientists. 
The Avengers movie, which arrives in theaters on May 4, is going to be big. It has almost enough super heroes to field a baseball team and is already garnering stellar reviews. TED Talks Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next. 
Smartwatches, AR goggles, and more: There's a mighty scramble afoot for your last sliver of attention. Is the the start of ad-mageddon? 
Prototype contact lenses designed to offer troops enhanced vision are ordered by the US Department of Defense's research lab. 
No computer can yet pass the 'Turing test' and be taken as human. But the hunt for artificial intelligence is moving in a different, exciting direction that involves creativity, language – and even jazz Via Szabolcs Kósa 
TED Talks First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic. 
TED Talks Prosthetics can’t replicate the look and feel of lost limbs but they can carry a lot of personality. |
Researchers at the Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario have developed a hologram-like teleconferencing model that uses Microsoft's Kinect system to enable live, 3D teleconferencing. 
Video: How Coca-Cola makes you think, then act differently to engage you with their brand ... Via Roger Gorman 
An augmented reality device shows how two users could share objects on a tabletop while based at different locations. 
They have the technology, and now scientists in the U.K. have given sight to the blind using bionic eyes. Pebble is a customizable watch. Download new watchfaces, use sports and fitness apps, get notifications from your phone. Kevin Warwick is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and cyborgs. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IET. Kevin's research involves the invention of an intelligent deep brain stimulator to counteract the effects of Parkinson Disease tremors. The tremors are predicted and a current signal is applied to stop the tremors before they start -- this is to be trialled in human subjects. Another project involves the use of cultured/biological neural networks to drive robots around -- the brain of each robot is made of neural tissue. Kevin is perhaps best known for his pioneering experiments involving a neuro-surgical implantation into the median nerves of his left arm to link his nervous system directly to a computer to assess the latest technology for use with the disabled. He was successful with the first extra-sensory (ultrasonic) input for a human and with the first purely electronic telegraphic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans. Via Szabolcs Kósa 
One hundred years after Alan Turing was born, his eponymous test remains an elusive benchmark for artificial intelligence. Now, for the first time in decades, it’s possible to imagine a machine making the grade. Via Paulo Furtado 
Volunteers are being sought to try out the Dream:ON iPhone app, which may allow users to determine what sort of dreams they have. 
World’s First Robot With Artificial Human Bones And Muscles - DesignTAXI.com... 
TED Talks "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |  |
9 |
|
Next |
