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A real-life ‘holodeck’ in 10 years?

January 17, 2013

The holodeck of the USS Enterprise (credit: Wikimedia Commons)

According to software expert Tim Huckaby, we’re on the verge of a science-fiction-like future where doctors manipulate molecules in three-dimensional (3-D) space, augmented music players tune into your thoughts, and retailers deliver coupons in real time based on the focus of your gaze across store shelves, Smart Planet reports.

His predictions for what’s possible within the next 10 years include a functioning “holodeck” (as in Star Trek)… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Entertainment/New Media | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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A realistic look at the promises and perils of nanomedicine

November 17, 2011

New nanomaterials: the next nanomedicines? (credit: )

Is the emerging field of nanomedicine a breathtaking technological revolution that promises remarkable new ways of diagnosing and treating diseases, or does it portend the release of dangerous nanoparticles, nanorobots, or nanoelectronic devices that will wreak havoc in the body?

A new review of more than 500 studies on the topic by Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe in Spain concludes that neither scenario is likely.… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech | Nanotech/Materials Science

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A recipe for making strings in the lab

May 16, 2005

Theoretical physicists in the Netherlands have proposed a way to make superstrings in the laboratory: by trapping an ultracold cloud of fermionic atoms along the core of a quantized vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

Hopefully this will allow observation of the supersymmetry between bosons and fermions, thus providing the first experimental evidence to support superstring theory.

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A reconfigurable miniature robot

The robotic equivalent of a Swiss army knife
December 4, 2012

A four-segment milli-motein chain with a one-centimeter<br /> module size (credit: MIT Center for Bits and Atoms)

MIT scientists have designed a little device called a “milli-motein” (millimeter-sized components and a motorized design inspired by proteins, which naturally fold themselves into incredibly complex shapes) that may be a harbinger of future devices that could fold themselves up into almost any shape imaginable.

The device was conceived by Neil Gershenfeld, head of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, visiting scientist Ara… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Nanotech/Materials Science

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A Renowned Geneticist Analyzes Consumer Tests

June 16, 2009

Francis Collins, the former head of the National Human Genome Research Institute, has had his genome analyzed by the big three of direct-to-consumer genetic testing: 23andMe, Navigenics, and DecodeMe.

He found significant differences in the numbers of genetic variations used to calculate disease risk, as well as the final risk score.

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech

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A Review of the Best Robots of 2008

January 12, 2009

Keith Kleiner’s selections of the best robots and robot videos of 2008 include Robotic Soccer, the ultracute NAO robot, and the award-winning I-Sobot, the smallest bipedal robot.

Topics: AI/Robotics

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A Review Of The Best Robots of 2009

December 23, 2009

In 2009, robots continued their advances in industrial/manufacturing, humanoid, and other areas.

Topics: AI/Robotics

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A roadmap for metabolic reprogramming of aging

December 4, 2012

Electron microscope image of a mitochondrion

To survey previously uncharted territory, a team of researchers at UW-Madison has created an “atlas” that maps more than 1,500 unique landmarks within mitochondria that could provide clues to the metabolic connections between caloric restriction and aging.

The map, as well as the techniques used to create it, could lead to a better understanding of how cell metabolism is rewired in some cancers, age-related diseases… read more

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech

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A Robomedic for the Battlefield

February 3, 2009

A snakelike robotic arm developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientists may one day medically attend to soldiers as they are carried off the battlefield.

Topics: AI/Robotics | Biomed/Longevity

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A robot as cheap, easy-to-use, and safe as an iPhone

August 26, 2012

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Rethink Robotics’ goal is that its [forthcoming] cheap, easy-to-use, safe robot will be to industrial robots what the personal computer was to the mainframe computer, or the iPhone was to the traditional phone, says The New York Times writer Thomas L. Friedman.

“That is, it will bring robots to the small business and even home and enable people to write apps for them the way they do with PCs… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics

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A robot bomb tester

November 11, 2012

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In 2006, a plot by terrorists to blow up as many as 10 passenger planes in mid-air using peroxide-based liquid explosives was foiled by British authorities.

That led to the infamous TSA “no liquids or gels” flight restriction. But it also led to creation of the National Explosives Engineering Sciences Security (NEXESS) Center at Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, funded by the Department of Homeland… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Survival/Defense

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A robot dog with an iPhone face

March 29, 2012

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Bandai — the Japanese company that brought us the Tamagotchi — has announced Smartpet, a robotic dog that uses an iPhone for a face, Technology Review Hello World reports..

Using a free app (due out March 31) and the iPhone Facetime camera, you can make movements to tell the robo-pup to do various tricks. Smartpet can also recognize voice commands, serve as an alarm clock and hands-free phone, and it… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics | Entertainment/New Media

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A robot in your future

May 14, 2001

A wireless videoconferencing robot on wheels that allows telecommuters to hold real-time video chats with people in their office?

That’s what Sprint is planning with its Digitally Enhanced Network Appliance Project.

Topics: AI/Robotics | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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A Robot Network Seeks to Enlist Your Computer

October 21, 2008

Automated botnets control millions of PCs, infecting them in about five minutes and using them to spread infections and snoop on financial information, according to Microsoft’s Internet Safety Enforcement Team, a group of about 20 researchers and investigators.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Survival/Defense

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A robot takes stock

Image-processing and machine-learning algorithms could help stores manage inventory
July 4, 2012

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The Andyvision robot scans the shelves in the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) campus store to generate a real-time interactive map of the store, which customers can browse via an in-store screen.

At the same time, the robot performs a detailed inventory check, identifying each item on the shelves, and alerting employees if stock is low or if an item has been misplaced.

While making its rounds, the robot uses… read more

Topics: AI/Robotics

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