Could robots replace delivery drivers? A humorous new website has popped up recently with little explanation besides the service its purporting to offer – The Tacocopter. Apparently, anyone... Read more
To move they do not use fuel Four robots have set a new distance world record, swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles (5,926km) across the Pacific Ocean. The drones are taking part in a pro... Read more
Regenerating human body parts and defining the boundaries of consciousness Dreams of immortality inspired the fantastical tales of Greek historian Herodotus and Spanish explorer Juan Ponce d... Read more
Boston’s dominant institutions Harvard and MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), business and strengthening start-up and arts network kept the city number one overall global... Read more
LET the rest of the country worry about a double-dip recession. Tech land, stretching from San Jose to San Francisco, is in a time warp, and times here are still flush. Even now, technology... Read more
At a press conference held this morning in San Francisco, California’s Berkeley Bionics unveiled its eLEGS exoskeleton. The computer-controlled device is designed to be worn by paraplegics,... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Photographers Prepare for a Moment in May Journalists are often at their worst when trying to predict the future. But it seems safe to say that many hundreds — if not tho... Read more
Scientists have described a new ultra-rapid acting mealtime insulin (AFREZZA™) that is orally inhaled for absorption via the lung. Because the insulin is absorbed so rapidly, AFREZZA’s... Read more