These Hyper-Sensitive Fibers Might Stand In As Robot Nerves
Sure, some robots may run better than us, and they can dive deep underwater without ever needing to come up for air. But they don’t have...
Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals
It’s a classic thought experiment: If you put a bunch of tiny little jumping bean-like robots in a room together, will they just run into...
Smartphone Tech Can Help Stop Food Poisoning Before It Happens
Thirty-five people got sick from E. coli-infected romaine lettuce this past month before the Center for Disease Control (CDC) knew where...
AI 101, Because We Can’t Escape the Inevitable (It’s Free Too)
Artificial intelligence plays a role in nearly everyone’s life now, so it only seems fair that everyone should also have the opportunity...
A Crypto-Trading, Floating Island Nation Promises Utopia, If It Happens
Imagine a world where millions of people abandon the land to live on the sea. On their floating habitats, and free from governmental...
Robots Can Grow Humanoid Mini-Organs From Stem Cells Faster And Better Than People
Automated robots now have the tools to grow imitation, simplified human organs out of stem cells. Thankfully, we weren’t transported to a...
Bitcoin Is Going To Use As Much Electricity As Austria By The Year’s End
At this point, mining Bitcoin requires such intensive, specific hardware that the only way for most people to get in on the crypto game...
This Cute Little Robot Fly Is The First Without A Wire
Like an umbrella with a hole in it, you can’t do a whole lot with flying insect robots tethered to power sources. Tiny airborne robots...
All the Rage in Sweden: Embedding Microchips Under Your Skin
Wallets are such a bother. They flop around your pocket or purse, swelling as they munch on rarely-used loyalty cards and superfluous...
How Finance Began 4000 Years Ago, And Why Blockchain Will Completely Change It
The blockchain, the technological innovation underpinning cryptocurrency, has profound implications for the ability of a state to govern...