Apr 27 2024
In the summer of 2021, Allen Roach saw something that really upset him: His then-11-year-old son, Peyton, used a sword to slice off the characters legs as well as arms in a virtual reality medieval fantasy game which he then […]
Researchers have found that Goldfish are capable of navigating on land in a recent study. A team at the Ben-Gurion University has developed a FOV — a fish-operated vehicle. The FOV is a robotic car is fitted with lidar, a […]
Dubai: Alibaba DAMO Academy (“DAMO”), the global research initiative by Alibaba Group, provides its forecast of the leading trends that would shape the tech industry in the year ahead. By analyzing millions of public papers and patent filings over the […]
The BMW Flow electric SUV concept can transform hues at the click of a button, going from white to grey or black and back again in a matter of moments. Although it cannot go beyond shades of grey, even at […]
After 40 years with NASA and three years as its chief scientist, Jim Green has retired from the agency. Green, who joined NASA in 1980 spent 12 years as the director of the agency’s planetary science division and helped it […]
A team of scientists at a research facility in Italy has developed a robot to help out during natural disasters. The small humanoid robot, called iCub, will fly using a propulsion backpack and will have systems in its palms that […]
Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest in supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development. Airlines seem interested: United has already committed itself to offer supersonic routes as early as 2029. But what […]
Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And […]
DUBAI: The Germany Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is not all just about technology and science, energy, future cities, biodiversity and similar serious subjects. It is also a fun place where visitors are invited to join interactive dance sessions at […]
Just over a year after Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth, scientists have determined that the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu is a pristine remnant from the formation of our solar system. This was the […]
Scientists have managed to create robots that can reproduce on their own. A team of researchers announced last year that they were going to create synthetic lifeforms that were made up of skin cells and heart muscle cells derived from […]
