If you remember Michael Jackson – and who truly can forget him? – you might have wondered: what exactly was this amazing comet that once crossed the sky of spectacle? …
Live work
The desolate rocky landscape belongs to the planet Mars. The vehicle visible in the lower right is the Curiosity rover, NASA’s spacecraft that landed on Mars in August 2012 and …
robotic reserve
If you look at the bulky object, it might resemble a robotic horse. Something similar, but not for races or walks! It is a “military unit support system” of the …
“smart watch”
Google Glass may be pulling ahead with difficulty (the fate of the pioneer who rushes), but Apple seems to be stepping firmly into the wearables arena. Its watch (available next …
robot-pope
A small humanoid robot shows a public school in the Iranian city of Varamin, just outside Tehran, that even machines have souls: it prays, encouraging the little students to do …
actroids
Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro is the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University in Japan. The laboratory deals with the construction of humanoid robots with particular emphasis on facial …
the myth of the machine
The Large Hadron Collider of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is a literally pharaonic research project on behalf of (initially) particle physics. It is an “uncompromising experiment,” uncompromising in …
“genetism”
The double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) has become one of the most powerful representations of what life is: life is its chemistry (when it is not its electronics). The …
“smart” glasses
The “most promising” (so far) electronic device for enhancing everyday life, Google’s glasses (Google Glass), has encountered an unexpected obstacle. While residents of cosmopolitan cities live and move among millions …
cyborg runner
The latest achievement of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius is the cold-blooded murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He was charged with premeditated murder, and prosecution witnesses provided substantial evidence …
Through the war, SIRI will be born!
It shouldn’t surprise you, because it has become a commonplace. So, if we go back a bit in the history of smart voice assistants, in 2003, we’ll find the U.S. …
Songdo
The city of Songdo, 65 km southwest of Seoul, was built from scratch and is considered a model city in the field of smart cities. The project, which has the …