Cyborg Houseplant Can Drive Itself Toward the Light It Craves
During the impending robopocalypse, humanity will have to ward off freakishly agile androids, robotic dogs, whatever…
New Research Takes Us One Step Closer to a Bionic Eye
For the first time ever, scientists have 3D-printed an array of light sensors onto an eyeball-shaped surface.…
Watch Amputee Monkeys Control Robotic Arms by Changing Brains
These days, it’s no surprise to hear about primates controlling a robotic arm with their brains—even paralyzed humans…
Elon Musk Is Wrong to Think He Can Save the World By Boosting Our Brains
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced a new venture called Neuralink, a startup which aims to develop neural…
10 Incredible Robots That Are Inspiring Us to Build the First Artificial Human
We’re not yet capable of building humanoid robots that are indistinguishable from biological humans, but that doesn’t…
Brain Implant Allows Paralyzed Woman to Spell Out Messages With Her Mind
Researchers in the Netherlands have successfully tested a brain implant that allows a patient with late-stage Lou…
Paralyzed Patients Learn to Walk Again Using Virtual Reality
A groundbreaking new experiment shows that brain-machine interfaces, when used in conjunction with exoskeletons and…
Three-Armed Cyborg Drummer Is the Killer Beat Machine of the Future
Seeking to “push the limits of what humans can do,” researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a wearable robotic limb…
Brain Implant Will Let Amputees Move Individual Fingers on Prosthetics With Thoughts Alone
For the first time ever, researchers have successfully demonstrated a system that enables a person to move the…
Derby, the Adorable Cybernetic Dog, Just Got Upgraded 3D-Printed Legs
Last year we told you about Derby, a dog born with underdeveloped legs and paws. Tech firm 3D Systems designed a pair…
Penis 2.0: Here's What the Penis of the Future Should Look Like
Like our brains, the human penis hasn’t evolved in tens of thousands of years — and that’s a real shame. Our favorite…
New Injectable Brain Implants Take Us One Step Closer To A Cyborg Future
Harvard scientists have developed an electrical scaffold that can be injected directly into the brain with a syringe.…
How To Create A Virtual "Body" For Your Uploaded Mind
The prospect of uploading your brain into a supercomputer is an exciting one — your mind can live on forever, and…
A Cybernetic Implant That Allows Paralyzed Rats To Walk Again
Researchers from EPFL have restored the walking ability of paralyzed rats by implanting soft and flexible neural…
A Quadriplegic Woman Used Her Mind To Move This Robotic Limb In '10D'
For the first time ever, a quadriplegic woman has used her thoughts to move a robotic hand across 10 degrees of…
3D Printing Has Turned This Canine Into A Cyborg
Meet Derby, a Husky mix born with underdeveloped legs and paws. To help, tech firm 3D Systems has printed a pair of…
This Incredibly Advanced Prosthetic Is Powered By Robotics Technology
Borrowing from the same technology that allows modern bipedal robots to walk, researchers from the University of Texas…
The Worrying Future of the Mars One Mission
Welcome to the nearing death of another weekend and, of course, another Reading List, gathering together some of this…
Imagine being able to control biological processes with your mind. A new experiment suggests this is possible. By…
This Passive Exoskeleton Makes 36 Pounds Feel Like Nothing
You all remember the TALOS, right? That big cybernetic exosuit designed to boost the physical abilities of its wearer?…