Dancing Robot to Preserve Japan’s Folk Arts
The mighty Transformer Optimus Prime might be able to save the universe, but who’s going to teach the Autobots to do the Hustle?
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Mmmm, Space Chips
Little spacecraft could hitch a ride on Earth’s magnetic field to search for alien life. The next generation of robotic space explorers could
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Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper
Along with its ability to function in temperatures up to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and down to 100 below zero, the device is completely
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DARPA Hearts HAARP; Tinfoil Hats Melt
Depending on who you talk to, HAARP — the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program — is either an ionosphere-boiling superweapon, a giant
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Rewritable Holographic Memory
A genetically engineered microbial protein could mean better data storage. By using lasers to etch data onto microbial proteins, researchers at the University
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Interview with Vernor Vinge
ActuSF : Your future isn’t hostile, but could appear a bit freaky for readers of today. Is there any state of emergency ? Vernor Vinge :
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Scientist float levitation theory
St Andrews scientists have discovered a new way of levitating tiny objects – paving the way for future applications in nanotechnology. Theoretical physicists
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s Search for Biological Immortality
Most recently, Dr. Gupta embarked upon a remarkable quest to investigate “new discoveries in the search for immortality to help you age less
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Robot vehicles take on tough jobs
Scientists are focused on developing unmanned machines that can operate in the air, on the ground and under water, doing jobs where deploying
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U.S. professor advocate Ebola for culling 90% of global population
Today, to my dismay, I rediscovered this, a Dr. Pianka who publicly proposed the use of the airborne Ebola virus to kill off
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