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Sci-Fi Made Real: Real Life Tricorder Inspired By Star Trek

By Jeremy Goldstone on April 16, 2012 in Culture, Entertainment, Future Tech, TV/Film/Video

Do you remember that scene in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home where Scotty teaches an engineer how to make the future technology of transparent aluminum? Canadian scientist Peter Jansen didn’t need a man from the future to show him how to make things from Star Trek when he built himself a tricorder. More […]

A Robot That Loves? Singapore Researchers Say It’s Coming

By Matt Algren on July 28, 2011 in Hardware

Have researchers at the National University of Singapore designed a robot that knows how to love? According to project lead Hooman Samani, they’ve made significant progress. Lovotics, the robot that loves you back, observes user behavior through motion sensors and cameras, then mirrors that behavior. Get closer to Lovotics, and it moves closer to you. […]

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