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TECHi Invention showcases the patents, prototypes, and R&D breakthroughs that have not hit mainstream yet. Robotics advances, drone innovations, biotech intersections, and the experimental technology that could define the next decade. First looks at what is coming before the market catches on.
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IBM’s Watson Ties on Jeopardy, Has A Glitch or Two [Video]
IBM's Watson supercomputer had its first shot at Jeopardy last night, and, overall, it went well. Watson had a few...
Robotic Plant Ushers in New Age of Unnecessary Robotics
Not content to robotically emulate any and all members of the animal kingdom, humanity has turned to another branch of...
Gundam Time-Lapse Video Proves Robots Are Cool, Even if They Can’t Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf5csZsfLYo Surely you remember the giant 1:1 Gundam Japan erected in 2009. Built by Bandai, the monolithic robot has stood...
Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect – Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjbZYN1Db14 How cool is this? The answer, before you read any further or watch the video for additional information, is...
Japanese Robot Can (Almost) Run – We Are So Doomed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXqUjiNw8fo Am I the only one who finds this terrifying? Like, sure, it's not quite as immediately scary as Boston...
Apple Jumps Aboard the 3D Bandwagon with New Patent
FFS, Apple. FFS. Just as I - and, perhaps, many of you - thought that this whole 3D ballyhoo was...
Gesture-Controlled Robot is Possibly the Most Fun You’ll Ever Have With Kinect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRPEns8MS2o Alright, so maybe I'm being a little cheeky by claiming that this robot is the most fun you could...
Your Halloween Costume Will Never Be As Ambitious As This. Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pucbRCRHxk Oh, hey, I just realized I'm an inconsiderate jerk, and never asked you how your Halloween was. How'd it...
ASIMO Tears Up the Dancefloor at His 10th Birthday Bash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShhatJB8xyk Morning, all - or, afternoon, as it were. I trust your Halloween was both hollow and weeny? Mine sure...
Mad Scientist Dooms Us All With Self-Replicating Lego Menace, Or Something
This is just downright threatening. Software engineer Will Gorman has seen fit to play god and create a robot out...
Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhbUjVyKIc Niklas Roy's workshop has a large window right in front. After getting fed up of passersby peering in, he...
Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science
Six Slovenian volunteers have been undergoing a bizarre test: being punched in the arm over, and over, and over, and...
No Pirates, Princesses, or Pokémon, Please
What's your kid wearing for Halloween? He's not going as Batman, is he? I see, like, a trillion child Batmans...
Because There’s Always Room For More Gundams
I have a couple friends who are big into building scale models of Gundams. I've never really understood the appeal...
A Retweeting Twitter Bot That Knows It Serves No Actual Purpose
One of the great things about Twitter is that it's actually pretty easy to control and inhibit spam. SEO people...
The War On Privacy Goes Even Higher Tech
It's well known that Facebook and Google are in a war to see who invade their users privacy to the...
German Researchers Take Gaming Peripherals to Their Logical Conclusion
Microsoft's Kinect would have you believe that no controller is the way of the future for gaming. Microsoft's Kinect would...
When Digital Distribution Becomes Art
You know what's too cool? This is. In an exploration of digital content delivery, record label Ghostly International is debuting...
Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot – No, Really
If you're not good and rested, take a nap before continuing with this article - because you're never gonna sleep...
Beer with Robots: The Best Thing Since Beer without Robots
Concerned less with bettering mankind so much as revelry, the team at Willow Garage has spent what I can only...