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08/11/2016 / By Greg White

Introducing the Robot Baby Project: Amsterdam researchers have decided to make robots that can mate and reproduce

One of the trademarks that distinguishes robots from humans is the ability to reproduce. This dividing between man and machine just got blurrier. Researchers in Amsterdam have created robots that can mate and spawn offspring through a process similar to human reproduction. Robots have created quite a stir in the media recently, as more and more […]

08/10/2016 / By Greg White

Machines making machines will be the workforce of the future: iPhone and Samsung assembler replaces 60K employees with robots

Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese company which produces iPhones and iPads, is the latest major tech business to lay-off several of its employees in favor of robots. Foxconn has been trying to replace its employees with robots for quite sometime in order to save money and boost profits. “The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee […]

07/26/2016 / By Greg White

Why the next ‘human rights’ issue will be inhuman… Oxford mathematician believes Artificial Intelligence should have rights

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will spur sentient robots that ought to be granted human rights, argues Oxford University professor and mathematician, Marcus du Sautoy, for the public understanding of science. “It’s getting to a point where we might be able to say this thing has a sense of itself and maybe there is a […]

07/13/2016 / By Greg White

Can these two rules being tested on a knife-wielding robot stop A.I. androids from harming humans?

A roboticist from California has created a contraption that intentionally stabs people with a needle. Contrary to its mechanical brethren, this is the first robot purposefully designed to inflict pain on humans. In order to ignite an ethical controversy, the robot goes against the author and professor of biochemisty Isaac Asimov’s first and second law […]

06/20/2016 / By Greg White

Elon Musk suggests people of the future will need brain transplants to compete with evolved Artificial Intelligence

Among all the far-out, futuristic claims peddled by Elon Musk at this year’s annual Code Conference in Southern California, his ideas about “neural lace” were arguably the most interesting. “We’re already a cyborg,” said Musk. “You have a digital version of yourself, a partial version of yourself online in the form of your emails, your […]

06/15/2016 / By Greg White

Professor warns artificially intelligent sex robots will motivate the socially awkward to literally date their android ‘partners’

Young people may have their first sexual encounter with robots in the near future, according an expert, which could hinder their ability to form meaningful relationships. Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, professor Noel Sharkey from Sheffield University cautioned that android sex dolls may have damaging reverberations for society. “Sex robots are accessible now and […]

06/14/2016 / By Greg White

New ‘riot police’ robots emerge in China, armed with electronic shock capabilities, as the world moves to let machines establish order

Would you trust a robot cop over an actual cop? That is the dilemma Chinese citizens are facing with the debut of the country’s first “intelligent security robot.” The machine is a spinning image of one of Dr. Who’s notorious Daleks, and delivers an electric shock to keep rioters in place. It’s also equipped with […]

06/14/2016 / By Greg White

Autonomous robot sews pig intestine better than human surgeons

Would you trust a surgeon or a robot with your life? Recent events suggest you should prefer the latter. A piece of technology known as the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) did a better job at stitching a pig’s small intestines than human surgeons who performed the same task. The creators of STAR do not […]

06/10/2016 / By Greg White

The robot you can EAT: Origami machine unfolds itself in the stomach to repair damage or remove swallowed objects

Researchers from MIT have created a small, swallowable robot to help fix internal wounds, administer medicine and remove objects from the stomach that have been accidentally ingested by children. The researchers presented their work at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, which follows in the foot trails of a string of papers on origami […]

06/07/2016 / By Greg White

26-year old London man shares his bionic arm with the world, high tech limb dons its own phone charger and drone!

James Young lost his arm in an unfortunate accident about 4 years ago, when he accidentally fell under a train while trying to board it. Fortunately, through innovative technology, Young now has a bionic-arm like a character straight out of Metal Gear Solid. In wake of the accident, James went home with what he dubbed a […]

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