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How safe are we from our own future technology

Susan Wilson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:25:44 +0000

Much of our technology including green technology is becoming more and more intelligent. Washing machines can sense the size of a load of laundry [...]

‘The Matrix’ could happen – AI in machines could outsmart humans

Dave Parrack — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:48:01 +0000

Advances in technology are generally good for the human race. They help keep us alive longer, make our lives more fulfilling, and generally make the [...]

Toyota working on brain-controlled wheelchair

John Lister — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:43:23 +0000

Toyota has tested a wheelchair that can be partially controlled through thought alone, with no need for body movement. It’s a way of using a new technology which drastically reduces the time it takes for a machine to read human brain waves.

The system [...]

Long Hubble spacewalk deemed a success

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:16:34 +0000

A pair of NASA astronauts performed delicate repairs to an ailing Hubble Space Telescope in a mission that was judged a success despite a number problems with Hubble’s hardware.

Astronauts Michael Massimino and Michael Good spent seven hours installing four new gyroscopes, [...]

Boeing unveils Phantom Ray

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:57:56 +0000

Boeing has breathed new life into an old project by adding some new technology and thinking to the mix and voilà, the unmanned Phantom Ray is born, based on the company’s X-45 experimental aircraft.

The aerospace giant says that it believes that it can [...]

British to use yellow submarine to explore melting glacier

Susan Wilson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:48:20 +0000

Shades of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine”. In this case, no one lives on this yellow submarine. This sub is robotic and will be used to study the causes of the accelerated melting of the Pine Island Glacier in the Antarctic.

NASA says next Mars mission delayed two years

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:05:41 +0000

NASA has announced that the next generation Mars mission, originally planned for 2009, has been delayed for at least two years. A series of technical problems and cost overruns will force a delay until the year 2011, and will result in at least $400 million [...]

NASA Mars lander freezes to death

John Lister — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:55:48 +0000

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has stopped sending signals back to Earth after five months. Scientists believe it has likely frozen to the robot equivalent of death.

The lander’s demise was pretty much inevitable: it’s solar powered and was struggling to get enough sunlight as [...]

New Honda device eases walking, standing, working

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:29:48 +0000

Honda has developed and introduced a cybernetic device which is used to help support body weight and reduce stress on the legs and knees. Although the bulk of Honda’s presentation of the device was aimed at assisting factory workers, there are obvious [...]

Robot officially one step away from human intelligence

John Lister — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:48:38 +0000

A German-made robot has come just short of reaching the acknowledged standard for true artificial intelligence. The machine fooled three out of 12 judges in an annual competition; one more fooled judge would have taken it to the necessary threshold.

The contest [...]