Posts Tagged ‘Science’
News Stories
Mantis is Here The Real-Life Driveable Hexapod (video)
Working with game developers, software engineers and comic book creators can often lead to some incredibly geeky conversations, like who would win a fight Captain America vs. Wolverine? or Which console stays crunchier in milk,...
E3
Activision’s New Lifelike Rendering Technology For Facial Expression
Let s talk faces–our soul’s canvas for emotional expression. Our faces tell vivid tales as the windows into our temperament. Some video games bank their realism and immersion on the tech powering their facial movem...
Featured
Image of the Day: Volcano Erupting from Space
Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009, as seen from space.
News Stories
Los Angeles Syncs 4,398 Traffic Signals, Commute Speeds Up, Emissions Down
And here were are. I just finished a post talking, in exaggeration, about the implications of “Big Brother”. This is in today’s piece on Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s PlayStation 4 launch title that thumbs its n...
News Stories
Back to the Future Still Inspiring Hoverboard Inventions While Quantum Locking Brings Them to Life (pics/video)
The famous hoverboard scene from 1989′s movie blockbuster, Back to the Future Part II inspired my buddies and I to etch countless drawings of future cars, boats and hoverboards. Needless to say we, in all our adolescent ...
Science
ARTAS: Hair Regrowth Machine
Hair loss regrowth, on a mythical level, is probably equitable to that of the Holy Grail. And while there are a myriad of pills and shampoos available, none have achieved full hair regrowth and an alarmingly positive rate. So...
Science
Hand Transplants Are Here And Ready to Shake (video)
Back in the day if you lost a hand you were SOL. Not any more. This young woman in SoCal received a donor hand after losing her’s a number of years ago. It’s not clear how much dexterity she’ll achieve, but...
Science
Skin Gun – See It To Believe It (video)
You have to watch it to believe it, and even then you’ll be in complete awe. Scientists have developed a gun that saves lives. That’s right, SAVES not TAKES lives. It effectively sprays healthy skin cells (stem ce...
Science
Monkey Controls Robot Arm With Its Brain, Plans World Domination (video)
In news both awesome and terrifying, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh implanted a monkey’s brain with sensors that allow it control a seven-axis robot arm. Two implants control the arm and hand controlling area...
Military
Hypersonic Air Force Glider Goes Mach 20, Disappears, Rouses Crazy Conspiracy Theorists
Here’s a cool (and kinda scary) government tech story: DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) is a super fast, super deadly weapon built by Lockheed Martin that is capable of reaching speeds of Mach ...
Household
The Ionator Converts Tap Water Into A Powerful Household Cleaner…Maybe
Remember Sharper Image? They’re the company that made the word ionize synonymous with snake oil. So pardon my skepticism when I say I have a hard time believing that the Ionator spray bottles can replace household clean...
Robots
Flesh Light Looking Robot Is For The Hearing Impaired
Creepy probably best describes this weird looking robot, but as Popsci discovered this funky looking contraption is more than a workshop project. Built at Japan’s Kagawa University, the almost flesh light looking contrap...
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