Posted May 28th 2010 4:14PM

The movie FIXED takes a critical look at the direction of emerging human enhancement technologies and the ongoing debate the benefits of their implementation.

Posted May 22nd 2010 7:25PM

This video demonstrates the advanced varying-terrain walking capabilities of DARPA's LittleDog robot.

Posted May 12th 2010 4:07PM

Dean Kamen talks about the emotions that inspire his inventions and motivate him to continue developing robotic prosthesis.

Posted April 11th 2010 2:36AM

Social Pathology | The Zeitgeist Movement | NYC 2010 ZDAY from peter joseph on Vimeo.

Yet another fine critique of the wastefully abusive market system by the good folks involved in the Zeitgeist Movement.

Posted April 9th 2010 5:11PM

At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secrets to his lab's incredible technical success.

Posted March 6th 2010 4:08PM

Researchers at Osaka University have developed a new robot called M3-neony. The name M3-neony M3-neony's is derived from the word neonate and the robot is designed to simulate the behavior of a baby to shed light on motor skill development. M3-neony is equipped with a pair of CMOS cameras for sight and microphones for hearing, gyro and accelerometer sensors, and tactile sensors which allow it to crawl around looking as cute as robotically possible.

Source - Engadget

Posted February 20th 2010 5:51PM

In this epic whirlwind talk Kevin Kelly explores the meaning and significance of technology - from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.

Posted January 12th 2010 11:39PM

Open-source 3D printers are on the rise! MakerBot's Cupcake CNC 3-D Printer was on display at CES 2010 this year and at a price of $950.00 this early in the technology's development I expect the price to continue to drop and over this decade to see a 3D printer in nearly every home.

Source - Wired

Posted December 8th 2009 3:04PM

Kawada Industries, Inc has developed a new industrial robot set to replace the few remaining humans on the assembly line. The robot is called NEXTAGE and it consists of a dexterous upper-body equipped with stereo cameras in its head and hands to help it inspect and manipulate objects with the aid of advanced vision technology.

Posted November 6th 2009 4:21PM

Augmented reality promises to add an extra dimension to every day objects by joining them with digital information in real time through a phone connected to the internet. The technology is still in its infancy, but the prospects are monumental.

Source - NewScientist