First Bionic Arm With Functional Touch Sensors Given To Amputee

Jan 05, 2018 11:44 am UTC| Technology

One of the loftiest goals in robotics is to eventually create prosthetics that are as close to natural limbs as possible. This includes bringing back a sense of touch. The world has just come one step closer to realizing...

New AI Is Better At Diagnosing Cancer And Heart Disease Than Doctors

Jan 04, 2018 23:52 pm UTC| Technology

An early diagnosis of illnesses such as cancer and heart disease can mean the difference between life and death. For decades, the primary source of these diagnoses were the physicians in the right fields. However, a new...

China Uses Robots To Make Ammunition And Bomb Production Much Faster

Jan 04, 2018 05:06 am UTC| Technology

In a world that in many ways is headed towards a more peaceful era, it seems developed countries have become more efficient at producing war machines. In the case of China, over 25 percent of its factories producing...

Turns Out ‘Clean Coal’ Is Actually Real, Sort Of

Jan 04, 2018 05:04 am UTC| Technology

The fossil fuel industry has been using the term clean coal for years in an effort to portray the resource as less of a threat to the environment. Many in the renewable energy sector have largely called this hogwash, but a...

PUBG’s Potential PS4 Port, 3M Concurrent Players On Steam Reached

Jan 04, 2018 05:04 am UTC| Technology

PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds had a phenomenal year in 2017 and it looks like 2018 is shaping up to be just as great for the game. The Xbox One port of the MMO shooter might have been controversial, but it seems the...

Apple Finally Makes iMac Upgradable, Just The RAM So Far

Jan 04, 2018 05:01 am UTC| Technology

Apple is notorious for not allowing its consumers to tinker with its devices that would make for any kind of upgrade. In a recent discovery, however, this might finally change. A teardown of the iMac Pro seems to indicate...

WHO Says Video Games Are A Health Hazard, Gaming Industry Vehemently Disagrees

Jan 04, 2018 04:48 am UTC| Technology

The World Health Organization (WHO) ended 2017 by dropping a massive bomb on the video game industry, classifying gaming as a health hazard. As expected, this sparked outrage from the community and more than a few experts...