While always looking forward to the future, sometimes we must pause to look at technology today, take a deep breath, and give thanks for these modern medical marvels. picked by sharon22 2 weeks ago tags Robots Technology Medicine Future |
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Robots have long been the fascination of people throughout the world. Movies have stretched the imagination and science and technology have made some robots a reality. Following are ten high technology robots that may change the world. picked by prinks 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
Quarter One for 2009 is coming to an end and it’s been an exciting ride thus far in the computer hardware sector. With computers being such integral parts in our everyday lifestyle, innovations shining through are getting harder to find. Here’s a roundup of the best, and a look to what the future may bring. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
British scientists will today take the first steps in an astonishing project to create the first real-life Transformers - the science fiction robots which can change shape at will. The £4.6million experiment will attempt to build swarms of tiny robots, each the size of a sugar cube, that move around on their own and connect together to form larger, intelligent machines. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
Who doesn’t long for household help at times? Service robots will soon be able to relieve us of heavy, dirty, monotonous or irksome tasks. Research scientists have now presented a new generation of household robots, picked by bjk1903 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Humans will be marrying and having sex with robots by 2050, an artificial intelligence researcher has claimed. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share sex |
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Technology has advanced throughout the years at an extraordinary pace, a pace that can only be matched by the rate of “the last model’s” obsolescence. How often do we stop to think about the fate of these once-beloved, now defunct relics? A growing trend in the art world is to do just that; gifted artists around the globe have produced some truly amazing works of art by utiliz... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
Remember what the year 2000 was supposed to look like? This is a site dedicated to the overly optimistic views of what was the future. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
We're constantly searching for these electronic monstrosities so far ahead of their time that only concept designers dare tackle giving such products a face and a name. After the jump, take a peek into our future fetish and 10 nonexistent — but awesome — tech toys that take our gadget lust to a more advanced level. picked by Tantalon 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
Some kill people. Some try really hard to look cute and human-like, but are all the scarier for it. Why are some robots scary, and some not? You may have a theory, but these robots will likely give even the most rational among us a spook this Halloween. picked by snood 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
In the future, more and more of us will learn from social robots, especially kids learning pre-school skills and students of all ages studying a new language. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 11 comments edit related share technology |
Tiny robots the size of a flea could one day be mass-produced, churned out in swarms and programmed for a variety of applications, such as surveillance, micromanufacturing, medicine, cleaning, and more. picked by kakana 3 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
It's silly that they tout Obama's plan as socialist medicine. I get it. The idea is to conjure up images of government bureaucracy and inefficiency (think DMV or the Post Office). But here are the facts: 30 comments edit related share politicsFACT: capitalist medicine is inefficient. FACT: socialist medicine is not. picked by cactushair 5 months ago |
Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate. At the root of this uncanny demo is a deep inquiry into the nature of how humans and living beings learn and evolve, and how we might harness these processes to make things that learn and evolve. picked by fogowar 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
...knowing the fuel technology used by aliens for driving their saucers could eliminate the burning of fossil fuels thus saving the planet from the perils of climate change. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago 4 comments edit related share science |
What did people in 1900 think today would be like? Well, we'd be eating strawberries the size of apples, Grand Opera will be telephoned into our homes, college will be free for everyone, the only wild animals will be in zoos, and wars will be fought by forts on wheels! picked by VooDooPeacock 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
BMJ Talk Medicine is a pilot magazine program (mp3 format) with the latest medical news, opinion, and issues. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Just wait till you see what this thing can do with online maps, photo galleries etc. 14 comments edit related share technologyAt first you may think yeah yeah. But just watch. THIS IS BRILLIANT.... picked by Milkshake 3 years ago |
When you travel through time and space, you're bound to run into yourself occasionally. These meetings can be awkward, embarrassing, or lead to uncontrollable fainting, but there are some things your future self can teach you better than anyone else. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
Leonardo, the creation of MIT scientists, looks like a cuddly toy with movable appendages. But this "toy" is, in at least one way, more intelligent than a human pre-schooler. picked by ordinarychick 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A site that's dedicated to trying to get Nike to manufacture the shoes that Marty McFly wears in Back To The Future 2. I was reminded by this site through the following post. 2 comments edit related share weirdpicked by 86Apex 3 years ago |