Boston Dynamics Atlas, the bipedal humanoid, has come a long way. From the basics of walking on two, it has been taught to let itself out by opening the door, and for the longest time, it has been perfecting its parkour skills. Now, the humanoid has finally been taught a […]
Artificial intelligence is a term that has been misused over the past decade, IMHO. The words have been thrown around a lot with consumer electronics that, upon using the gadgets, it make you wonder “where’s the AI?” Then last year, OpenAI founded by a bunch of dudes in 2015, including […]
Wearing high-heel shoes is like being a Formula 1 race car driver. Beyond the glitz and glamor, there is the sweat and pain. As far as heels go, they can be painful to wear and that’s not to mention that they can be damaging to your feet with prolonged wear […]
It has been nearly three years since COVID-19 hits and a little under three years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. And it ain’t over still. Ugh. However, life still has to go on. The key is to limit the spread while we are going about our regular routines. One […]
While the world is still waiting for an actual bipedal humanoid from Tesla and Xiaomi to make it into consumers’ homes, robotic company Aeolus presents the next closest thing: aeo. aeo is the closest thing you can get to a humanoid and it has seen real-world use in eldercare and […]
I think biomimicry for a bird is clearly more challenging than, say, land or water-based animals. Why? Because in addition to making it fly like a bird and perhaps look like one with feathers and all to blend in with the real birds, it has to land like one too. […]
You know that feeling of pleasure, joy, and happiness that we all love? – Well that is because of a neurotransmitter known as dopamine that is involved in many functions in our brain. The release of dopamine gives us that good feeling, but the question now is what triggers dopamine […]
Recently came across a new development in robotic drones which, TBH, I am really, really skeptical about after watching the video. The new development is known as Fruit-picking Flying Autonomous Robots by Israel tech outfit, Tevel Aerobotics.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin use new brain-machine interface technology to allow tetraplegics to control their wheelchairs through mind control. In this one of the first studies of its kind, several patients with severe motor disabilities were able to maneuver a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into […]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, aka MIT, is an organization that enjoys an impressive reputation in near-science circles. Each year, its staff report on ten technological breakthroughs, the most promising at the time the list was compiled. The latest version of the top ten includes significant achievements by entrepreneurs, engineers, […]
Since we last heard about the whitest white paint, the breakthrough paint has appeared in this year’s edition of Guinness World Records and more recently, it has a new version that could see the application in automobiles, planes, refrigerator trucks, and even spacecraft.