Researchers in Germany say the touch of a humanoid robot makes people happier and more likely to follow their requests as cyborgs.
Boston Dynamics is a cutting-edge robotics company that's spent decades behind closed doors making robots that move in ways we've only seen in science fiction films.
COVID-19 has spotlighted the promise of transhumanism, the idea of using AI technology to overcome sickness, aging and death and achieve eternal life.
Human and animal hybrids are to be developed in embryo form in Japan after the government approved controversial stem-cell research.
“We will sell Pepper in the United States within a year after gathering information in Japan,” Tomizawa said. “I won’t be surprised if Pepper sales will...
After the Singularity occurs, it is predicted that vast changes will sweep through society; changes so drastic that they are nearly inconceivable at the present time.
Did you know that just around the corner is waiting some advances and inventions that will blow your mind? We are talking about the coming singularity...
Technology has the potential to augment, improve and even replace every aspect of our body, from our vital organs to our legs. A new remake of...
Google’s real goal seems to be singularity The power of computing, and the thrill of its apparently infinite possibilities, has also long been a source of...
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted that computers will be as smart as humans by 2029, and that by 2045, "computers will be billions of times more powerful...
What is being called the the “world’s first complete Bionic Man” has been unveiled ahead of its display at London’s Science Museum on Feb. 7.
Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity—a technique that eventually may provide a way to handle...
What if you could dramatically speed up your computing by moving your cursor exclusively with your eyes? A company called Tobii is transforming the way we...
Scientists are constructing Roboy as a tendon-driven robot modeled on human beings (robots usually have their motors in their joints, giving them that “robot” break-dance look),...
IBM believes computers will have all five human senses, and will communicate with us in radically different ways.
The future was among the arrivals at Newark Airport on Friday, in the form of a computer-generated greeter at the gate. Travelers met “Libby.” She’s Newark...
Two blind men can see again for the first time in more than two decades after an implant of a 3mm 'bionic eye' microchip. Doctors believe...
Google’s arsenal of real-time, mobile, location-aware services is second to none; Search, Latitude, Goggles(!), Maps, Places/Hotpot, Navigation, AdSense, Transit, Wallet, Offers, Product Search, Translate, Voice, Music...
Messages and images would simply appear in front of your eyes, generated by a computerised contact lens. Of course, you may not always want to be...
Singularity is now. IBM has unveiled a new experimental computer chip that it says mimics the human brain in that it perceives, acts and even thinks....
Scientists have created more than 150 human-animal hybrid embryos in British laboratories. The hybrids have been produced secretively over the past three years by researchers looking...