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more about #research more comments → Bokusatsu_Tenshi: All in all, I'll continue using my tinfoil hat. That until a study reveals the side effects tinfoil has on your brain cells. more » P3nnst8r: Does it give you x-ray vision? more » Curves: My dad did this years ago by bending and stretching a coat hanger on the back of the TV. If that didnt work, he made me stand next to the TV with one... more » Gordonium: Jesus's reaction upon discovering that his hot new Brazilian island bartender is actually a Fembot Bar2-D2 model... more » MarClar: Handjobot. Ouch. more » Voyou_Charmant: I totally would. more » OMG! Ponies!: Unless they're going to put milk (or even malk) dispensers in the boobies, I declare a moratorium on fembot tits. Also, has anyone else noticed that ... more » Weihovah: @Jesus Diaz: brazil has fembots too. they're just a lot hotter than ours but that'll just make it easier for them to enslave us all more » lolbrbnvm: I think the only thing worse than a robot that kills for no reason at all is one that kills because it thinks you don't like spending time with it any... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Make them shoot lasers and explode, and the audience will... perhaps double. more » dcdttu: The only thing timeless and transcendent that comes out of A&M is the brainwashing those poor students get. That school is a Republican factory to th... more » davidjakeresnick: Great post. It's really awesome to see robotics taking part in something this unconventional. Art Seems to be the right path to avoid having to rely ... more » Monty: Gadgets and technology in general has been employed heavily in theatrical work since, well -- forever, frankly. The use of special effects, lighting,... more » Hiphopopotamus: The problem with robotic actors is they are prone to sudden and dramatic amnesia. more » badhatharry: Both attendees look like riveted. more » -
#cellphones
Rejoice! Cellphones Are Safe Again (Until They Aren't)
The Scandinavians have arrived, data in tow, and those communication devices we press to our ears hundreds of times per week are safe again. More » -
#medicine
Bionic Lenses Aren't Just for Cataracts Anymore
As someone who's been nearsighted since I was a kid, I'm loving the new developments in intraocular lenses. There's a new procedure gaining popularity that could give me super vision, without the irreversibility of LASIK. More » -
#science
Strechable, Flexible, Twistable Antennas
Traditional copper antennas are rigid yet delicate. And in the age when almost every gadget we use requires some sort of antenna, they're a lousy solution. Luckily, new tech is on its way. More » -
#robots
Alien Fembot Killer Found, Invasion Imminent
OK, to hell with everything. I'm not going to stick around watching how the world is liverwursted by a race of chromed alien fembots. I'm fcking off to an island near Brazil. Enjoy Armageddon! I'll be sipping cocktails. More » -
#nanotech
The Sponge That Can Absorb 180 Times Its Own Weight (In Toxic Sludge)
That tiny, plastic-looking black cube up there can absorb up to 180 times its own weight in toxic waste without absorbing any water. How? As with just about every amazing and/or inexplicable scientific breakthrough nowadays, the answer is spelled N-A-N-O. More » -
#solar
Sharp Triple Layer Solar Cell Sets New Efficiency Record
The gauntlet has been thrown down yet again in the solar cell efficiency arms race. This time Sharp comes up with a cell that can harvest 35.8% of available sunlight. More » -
#science
Poison Gas Can Induce Suspended Animation, and Could Save Your Life
A small dose of hydrogen sulfide gas put this little guy into a state of suspended animation for six hours. If the technique can scale up to humans, it could buy doctors valuable time in emergency situations. More » -
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#architecture
Nunnmps is a Research Facility with Its Evil Nature Disguised by Utter Beauty
Part centipede, part flamingo, Nunnmps is a research studio designed by Cheunvogl and to be located in Chicago. It looks like the perfect place to scheme a coup d'état or work on whatever mysterious projects it is intended for. More » -
#ebooks
Survey Reveals Consumers Don't Want To Pay More Than $99 For An eReader
According to a survey of 4,706 consumers conducted by Forrester Research, the vast majority of consumers are only willing to pay $50-$99 for an eReader. Obviously, this doesn't jibe with retailer price points currently set at $199 and up. More » -
#robots
Robot Fish: Because Android Children Deserve Unsatisfying Pets Too
So it's not expressly intended to provide baby Asimos with unfulfilling relationships, but that would be adorable, no? In reality, it fancies itself an industrial tool, for monitoring "pipelines, sunken ships, and pollution." Where's your whimsy, robofish? More » -
#oled
Liquid OLED Tech Could Lead to More Reliable, More Flexible Displays
We've already told you that legitimate flexible OLED displays really are coming now, but thanks to some Japanese researchers they could be more reliable—and flexible!—than we first imagined. More » -
#netflix
Netflix Will Continue To Farm Its Research Out To Cash-Strapped Nerds
Netflix's last foray into research bribery, a million dollar prize for anyone who could improve the company's recommendation algorithm by 10%, was a success, both as a programming project and a spectator sport. Naturally, they're doing it again. More » -
#inputtechnology
After Pressing, Touching, Tapping and Shaking? A Scratch
Remember that bizarre, inflatable touchscreen with buttons that crawled out of Carnegie Mellon University's labs a few months back? Those same researchers—who can't get enough of unorthodox input methods—have another one for you: scratch input! More » -
#science
Study Says We Miss 15 Minutes of A Movie Just By Blinking
We say: Four times that if it's Sex and the City and you're male. More » -
#batteries
$2.4 Billion Grant Means Batteries Might Finally Join the 21st Century
The Obama administration has dumped an electric truckload of money on car and battery companies, with hopes they'll develop technology that'll make plug-powered cars suitable for the mainstream. As you can imagine, this is way bigger than just cars. More » -
#science
Uber Sensitive Cameras Detect that Humans Literally Glow
Using cameras so sensitive that they can detect single photons, researchers at Kyoto University discovered that humans emit visible light. More » -
#robots
DARPA Stops Trying Not to Be Terrifying, Funds Chainsaw-Wielding, Flesh-Eating Robot
You don't have to be tinfoil underwear type to get uneasy about some of the bizarre projects that DARPA throws its weight behind. But the organic matter-consuming EATR robot? Oh. God. More » -
#computers
Intel's Platform Power Management: Like Milliscond Power Naps for Your Entire Computer
Intel Research showed me a demo of their Platform Power Management system. Essentially, they're applying the smart, quick, hardware level idling you find on a CPU to many system parts. The result: systems that idle at 10x less juice. More » -
#wireless
Wireless Resonating Power from Intel Research
Intel researchers are working on wireless power that doesn't use a conductive pad. Instead, it uses magnets and a tuned directional transfer coil to send music from an iPod a couple of feet to a speaker. Saw it. It works! More »
