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The Sensitive Robot: How Haptic Technology is Closing the Mechanical Gap...
TRP Robotics HapticsOne differentiator that's always separated humans from robots is our ability to touch and feel, but advances in haptic technology are rapidly closing the mechanical gap. There are...
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Whoops: There's No New Lifeform In Lake Vostok After All
Lake Vostok Drilling SiteWikimedia CommonsThat heretofore unknown variety of life found deep below the frozen surface of Lake Vostok in Antarctica? Yeah...about that... We've been following the...
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Found: Peptide In Humans' Brains That Keeps Us Alert And Happy
Pass The PeptidesSee-ming Lee via Wikimedia CommonsA new study explores the relationship between narcolepsy and depression. Everyone wants to figure out the the secret key to happiness. Maybe it's...
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With 581 Copies So Far, Reclonable Mouse Will Live Forever
Squeak^25 Mice from the 24th and 25th generations of cloning RIKENBiologists have developed a new cloning technique that lets them create new clones indefinitely, and keeps the animals' normal...
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The Sistine Chapel Is Getting A High-Tech Bug-Proofing
Sistine ChapelClayton Tang/Wikimedia CommonsPlugging leaks as the Papal conclave confers Back in 2005, before it was announced that Joseph Ratzinger would be pope, a leak helped the German media break...
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Would You Play A Virtual Reality "Erotic Adventure"?
Sinful RobotSinful RobotBefore it's even released, the world's best virtual reality headset--the Oculus Rift--gets a porn game. It was only a matter of time, really. We tried the Oculus Rift, a...
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Hacked Pool Tables Use A Kinect To Track and Disco-Fy Your Game
The Kinect eyes the table, and a projector displays spacey swirls. Over at South by Southwest, OpenPool is showing off these pool tables, which use a Kinect to track the movement of the billiard balls...
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Artificial Intelligence App Will Keep Tweeting As You After You Die
Last Chance For Twitter FameBen Salter via Wikimedia CommonsBecause your biggest worry about death is how it will affect your follower count. There are a few eternal questions that haunt humanity: Is...
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Build Your Own DIY Space Plane
A fascimile of Earth, as seen from an RC plane Photo stitched from 50 video frames captured by the GoPro2, carried aboard an RC controlled plane, at an altitude of roughly 18.5 miles. David Windestål,...
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Watch This Unbelievable Robot Hand Tie A Shoe
One of the best prosthetic hands we've seen. We've covered ourshare of prosthetic hands here, but we don't always get to see them in action. This hand, the bebionic3, actually shows it doing some of...
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Meet The Next Generation Of Smartphone-Based Robot Companions
Office Whiz The robot Double can give any telecommuter a physical presence in meetings. Clockwise from top: courtesy Double; Everett Collection; courtesy Tovbot; courtesy RomotiveYou've already got a...
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What's The Half-Life Of DNA?
DNA Double HelixNational Human Genome Research InstituteAnd more importantly, is Jurassic Park accurate? DNA is a sturdy molecule; it can hang around for a long time in fossilized plants and animals....
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7 Signs SimCity's Creators Are Environmental Activists
SimCity: GarbageScreenshot by Andrew GroenThe legendary urban planning game has a lot to say about the way our societies affect the environment. And the newest edition says one thing in particular. The...
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What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You
You Are What You LikeDavid Stillwell, University of CambridgeAnother nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more,...
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A First Look At Google Glass's Apps: New York Times, Evernote, And More
Google Glasses We just saw a concept video of Google's crazy augmented-reality glasses in action this week. Here's what they look like on a human! For more examples of what they'd look like on Joe...
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Gaming Company Valve Distances Itself From The Piston Gaming Box
PistonXi3Xi3's Piston was much-anticipated, partly because of funding from game company Valve. But now it looks like the two have parted ways. Yesterday, hardware design company Xi3 announced pre-sale...
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Babies Display Schadenfreude Toward People Who Are Different
Mean BabesAndrew Vargas via Wikimedia CommonsIn a new study, babies like it when people are mean to those who are different from them. Humans have a tendency to gravitate toward those that they share...
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5 Weird Things Associated With Getting Fat
American flag Moving to America from another country with lower obesity rates is associated with weight gain. Wikimedia CommonsDo you like to travel? Is your friend obese? If so, science says you could...
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The Maddening Science Of Finding A Job
If Only He Had Worn GlassesDreamstimeUnemployed? Maybe you should have worn glasses to your interview. As an intern facing impending graduation and no firm job prospects, I'm going to go out on a limb...
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Curiosity Finds Evidence That Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life
Powdered RockNASAA rock analysis shows the necessary components for sustaining life. Only a little while after turning itself back on after a glitch stuck it in safe mode, Curiosity's chemical analysis...
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