Supercomputers may boost life expectancy by 10 years

Supercomputers look set to improve medical practice to such a degree that our life expectancy could go up between five and 10 years.

Dramatic improvement in surface finishing of 3-D printing

New process combines better quality with low cost and less waste, giant step towards home 3-D printing.

Kuri the adorable smart home robot can now detect your face

One of Kuri’s new powers is facial detection, which allows it to tailor its reactions and responses to respond to faces it sees. It’s a big step towards making Kuri a robot that feels like it has emotions and warmth.

A cargo-carrying robot that follows in your footsteps

Gita is an autonomous robot that navigates indoors and outdoors carrying up to 40 lbs.

Table tennis playing robot breaks world record

The Guinness World Records - Japan Tour video series begins with a futuristic robot that has the uncanny ability of being able to play table tennis better than most humans.

This Delivery Robot Is Learning to Master Crosswalks

Inventors Starship Technologies have taught their robots to avoid traffic lights with buttons and are now giving them speakers and microphones to help them navigate pedestrian crossings.

Virtual-reality system for the elderly wins health care prize

A team earned the $25,000 grand prize for creating a virtual-reality platform that gives residents in assisted-living facilities the chance to explore the world virtually.

" Ten years are eons in tech life "
- Patrick Nelson -

Stretchable screens will follow upcoming flexible ones

Is flexible good enough though? Don’t we really want morphing, stretchable smart tablets that expand from a strap-hanging, one handed commuter-use form-factor, to lean-back reading and media consumption copious sizes?

Researchers share design and development of biological machines

Rashid Bashir , Taher Saif and colleagues have developed small, soft biological robots, dubbed "bio-bots," that can walk and swim on their own or when triggered by electrical or light signals.

Self-Flying Taxi Drones Are Coming To Dubai

Dubai plans on bringing the EHang 184, an autonomous quadcopter, to the city's skies by July.

This Is the First Privately Commissioned 3D-Printed Object Made in Space

The unassuming 3D-printed gravity meter was commissioned by a private citizen and manufactured aboard the ISS, and represents a significant step forward in space exploration.

A company launches the world's first commercially available flying car

Pre-orders are about to begin for the world's first commercially available flying car

Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?

Engineering researchers have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric.

A new smartphone this year will have augmented reality technology

The upcoming iPhone 8 will include augmented reality technology that represents a significant feature upgrade.