The construction industry workforce is poised to face potential job losses in the near future as researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a robotic system designed to 3D-print basic structures of an entire building in less than 14 hours. The prototype system, called Digital Construction Platform, was able to produce a dome-like structure measuring 50 feet wide […]

A recent report by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) revealed that current developments designed to make robots smaller and cheaper has led to a significant increase in their sales over the previous year. According to the report, this is due in part to an increasing number of North American countries, such as U.S., Mexico and Canada, that […]

Toyota recently unveiled its Welwalk WW-1000 system designed to assist partially-paralyzed patients in walking. The robotic leg, developed in collaboration with the Fujita Health University Hospital in Japan, featured a motorized mechanical frame that fitted a patient’s leg from the knee down. The patients practiced walking using the robotic leg on a special treadmill that supported their weight. The […]

New York-based Construction Robotics has developed a bricklaying robot that can build walls six times faster than a human worker. The Semi-Automated Mason 100, nicknamed Sam, can lay up to 3,000 bricks daily compared with an average builder’s capacity of only 500 bricks a day. The robot Sam is made up of various parts including a […]

Bill Kochevar, 56, was left paralyzed from the shoulders down after a cycling accident severely injured his spinal cord. In the years since his accident, he had become completely reliant on his caregivers at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. But thanks to the help of a number of Cleveland institutions, the Navy veteran was able […]

The headline of a character assassination attempt article by a writer at Gizmodo reads, “Google Blacklists Natural News, the Web’s Leading Authority on DIY Ebola Vaccines.” Yes, Matt Novak, a journo-whore who is in love with Hillary Clinton and formerly wrote for BuzzFeed (the ultimate “science” crony liberalist-extreme huckster and shill site), is now a shill for […]

Monash University and Amaero Engineering have acquired one of the biggest metal 3D printers currently in production. The Xline 2000R metal 3D printer is only one of five massive printers developed by German manufacturer Concept Laser. The printer is the only one outside America and Europe to be available for contract manufacturing. It is also the only one that […]

An electric car is a vehicle that is propelled by an electric motor, most often using energy stored in rechargeable batteries. Though the general public’s perception is that these vehicles are better for the environment than conventional petrol or diesel vehicles, that is not necessarily true. Nevertheless, a recent breakthrough in battery technology could propel […]

Just a week after the launch of his first rocket, Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX plans to fly two people to the moon some time next year. Musk says he was approached by an unnamed pair of acquaintances who requested a week-long flight to the moon. He has not provided the pair’s identity or […]

Of all the bodies in our solar system (aside from Earth), Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to be one of the most likely to support life. NASA is planning two unmanned missions within the next ten years or so – one flyby and one landing mission – to find signs of life on Europa, or […]

NASA has discovered seven planets with Earth-like qualities orbiting a nearby star making them among the strongest candidates in the continued search for extraterrestrial life among  known exoplanets, or planets that exist outside of our own solar system. (Article by Darrell Etherington from TechCrunch.com) These new planets all inhabit another solar system which includes seven […]

The planet Mars was not meant to support human life. With an atmosphere that is 100 times thinner than that of Earth and an average temperature of minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the red planet is seemingly uninhabitable. But that’s not stopping the UAE. The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to colonize Mars by the […]

A previously unknown organ has been identified in the human abdominal cavity that researchers from the University of Limerick in Ireland have dubbed the mesentery, the body’s 79th organ. A double fold of skin lodged neatly throughout the gut, the mesentery basically serves as a link to connect all the various organs in the abdomen […]

For about a decade, scientists have been able to detect fast radio bursts (FRBs), elusive and powerful flashes that last only a few milliseconds. In that time, only 18 FRBs have been detected. Now, for the first time ever, researchers have isolated the source of several FRBs. They are coming from a dwarf galaxy that […]

When the TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman were popular in the 1970s, it seemed that the futuristic bionic body parts and abilities of the leading characters, Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers, were just figments of the script writers’ imaginations. Well, the future is now and imagination has become reality, because […]