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The body you’re born with may not be the body you’ll die with – Stelarc
Implanting electronics into ourselves still sounds like something straight out of sci-fi for most of us, but for our guest, the human body is obsolete without modern technology. We talked to performance artist and body-experiments pioneer Steralc....
Sep 20, 2019 07:34
Scientists create artificial muscle that functions like the real thing
Scientists have created an artificial muscle made of polymer that uses glucose and oxygen to function just like a human muscle, in an exciting find that could change the future of prosthetics and microrobotics.
Jun 26, 2019 11:14
Bio-bots on horizon as scientists merge muscle cells with metal skeleton (VIDEO)
Fleshy bio-robots are some way off the stacked physique of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘Terminator,’ but research in a Tokyo lab could see androids fitted with working muscle mass to rival the Hollywood killing machine.
Jun 1, 2018 11:08
Would human enhancement create Supermen or super tyrants? Opinion
The dream that we may one day transcend our physical and intellectual barriers through advancements in cybernetics and nanotechnology could became a reality during this century. But would this be a blessing or a curse?
Jul 2, 2017 13:28
Skincredible: Cutting-edge limbs could return amputees’ sense of touch
Scientists have developed a synthetic skin for prosthetic limbs which can mimic the sensory properties of human skin, in a development that could take us one step closer to the creation of artificial limbs that have a sense of touch.
Mar 24, 2017 12:27
Raptor legs & human hips: Giant leap for walking robots
Robots that walk like humans have been somewhat of a holy grail in the robotics industry for decades but what if, instead of mimicking their creators, they instead mimicked our prehistoric ancestors?
Feb 10, 2017 18:05
The power of glove: GM & NASA create robotic helping hand to fight fatigue (VIDEO)
Assembly line and construction workers of the future could be given a robotic helping hand when it comes to fighting fatigue with a set of new ‘power’ gloves, which developers believe could soon be mass produced.
Jul 13, 2016 17:39
Brain-linked prosthetic arm scheduled to hit markets by year’s end
An advanced prosthetic arm developed by creators of the Segway and with funding from DARPA could bring a new hope to amputees. It has been dubbed the Luke in a nod to Luke Skywalker’s lifelike robotic hand from Star Wars.
Jul 12, 2016 02:06
Humanity may be wiped out by machines this century – leading AI scientist
It took millions of years of evolution for nature to come up with something that changed the face of the planet forever – the human brain. Now, the new mind is to be born, and the best cyber scientists will be its midwife. Artificial...
May 6, 2016 07:20
Revolutionary touch-sensing synthetic skin developed in Stanford research
Breakthrough optogenetics research has made a huge leap in developing synthetic skin capable of sensing. The prototype can currently distinguish pressure, but the decade-long Stanford research is far from over.
Oct 16, 2015 09:32