Trailer of ''Ciao Robot - The birth of Roboethics''. Ciao Robot is a documentary which deals with the relationship between science and society, between man and machine. (www.ciaorobot.org) Speaking of robots and ethics, here's a different twist. Thanks to member Churchill for the link.

Step inside the labs of Salt Lake City's technology company Sarcos, best known for their work developing a powered exoskeleton for the U.S. Department of Defense. It's still in development, of course, but Sarcos is definitely the farthest along, led by inventor and robots expert Stephen Jacobsen. Strap it on, go for a walk on the ...

Cross posted from advancednano We are getting closer to cyborgs that are as strong and as fast as people. New rocket powered robotic arm is ten times more powerful than commercial versions available now. The prototype rocket powered mechanical arm can lift (curl) about 20 to 25 pounds – three to four times more than current commercial ...

Cross posted from advancednano Michael Anissimov over at Accelerating Future discusses CNN polls that CNN presented as part of their future summit One facet of enhancement that is not controversial but is widespread is vision enhancement. In the further reading section, I refer to my past articles on other methods of enhancement which are ...