Blind users can identify complex objects, and even read words   This Sensory Substitution Device uses the camera to gather visual data and then uses a rather nifty computer algorithm to translates this data into

They can create new software that can compensate for loose, uneven terrain like sand   In a robot uprising, humanity still should have one slim hope: if we flee to the beaches, our robot overlords

“solar water-splitting cells”   Take a look at this video. See the little bubbles racing to the water’s surface? What you’re looking at is an “artificial leaf,” unveiled yesterdayby a team of researchers at MIT.

There are literally hundreds of free courses online   Back in August, we told you about a free course on artificial intelligence being offered by Stanford University, and co-taught by two world-renowned AI experts. The

Marks the beginnings of the field of bionanoprotonics. One of the barriers that stops us from plugging computers into our brains and replacing our eyeballs with cameras is the fact that biological systems and electronics

Self-replication If there’s one thing that scifi has taught us it’s that there’s no possible situation where giving things that can’t replicate the ability to do so is a good thing. Yet, against all our

Scientists have known for some time that dogfish sharks, like the one pictured up top, naturally produce a broad-spectrum antibiotic called squalamine in their livers. Now, new research into the cellular function of squalamine reveals

DARPA robots that may someday be our new overlords One part of the Department of Defense is hard at work researching technology that is alternately amazing, bizarre, and downright scary. You may not be familiar