Machines are evolving 10 million times faster than man. In 100 years time, robots will run our houses, drive our vehicles, patrol our streets, operate on our bodies, and fight…

With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly. Just like its model in nature, this ultralight flying object can fly in all directions,…

Published on Jan 31, 2013
The New Digital Age is a book written by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Eric Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of Google and Jared Cohen is…

How much does the mission cost?
Mars One estimates the cost of putting the first four people on Mars at about six billion US dollars.

Dr. Gerard Blaauw, ambassador of Mars One
April…

Webb will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope. The…

In one fell swoop, Microsoft was praying that it could stitch up the mobile and desktop platforms into one neat little package; instead, I fear that Microsoft may have blown…

The Next Economic Miracles

"FCC club lunch with Ruchir SHARMA
Topic: Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles

Mr. Sharma will talk about the main themes in his new bestseller, "Breakout…

Synthia Project
On May 20, 2010, after 15 years of work and $40 million investment, a 20-person team from the J. Craig Venter Institute created the first artificially controlled bacterial chromosome.

Scientist…

Volkswagen People's car project, Hover Car, the flying two-seater

"The People's Car Project is an initiative launched by VW in China to design the new people's car, an open-source project where…

17 Civilian Drone Facts You Really Should Know
"Defense contractors find bottom line expansion in civilian drones.

The money incentive behind civilian drones is huge. Some estimates put future civilian drone markets…

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Assistant Director for Robotics and Cyber Physical Systems at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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Vijay Kumar, UPS Foundation Professor and Professor of…

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Professor Bererger (USC) is a bio medical engineer and a developer of neuro prosthesis technology

First to replace the function of a hippocampus in a rat brain…

ALUMINUM-AIR PHINERGY BATTERY

Widely available, aluminum contains high amounts of energy (8kWh/kg). It is also easily recyclable, making it an attractive material for energy systems.

Thanks to its revolutionary components, Phinergy’s…

The BRAIN Initiative is launching with approximately $100 million in funding for research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the…