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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.
Biologically accurate legs make walking look weird
According to a group of researchers, the robotic walking leg simulation in the video below is the closest we've come...
The dubstep dispute. With robots
Families argue. It's part of being a family. When your "family" is made up of unhappy robots getting ready for...
IBM developing staph-killing ninja polymers that attack physically rather than chemically
One of the biggest risks with drugs such as antibiotics that chemically attack bacteria and other harmful organisms is that...
Ambitious Mars One project would have people live there for their entire lives
Forget about Newt's plan to settle the moon. The folks over at Mars One want to put a human settlement...
It’s one giant “Leap Motion” for mankind as company unveils gesture-control with 200x accuracy
Play Angry Birds with chop sticks. Browse web pages without a mouse or touchscreen. Sign a document within 1 centimeter...
As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?
While Google takes on the role of trailblazer in Nevada, there are questions that surround the technology behind their driverless...
Google’s Project Glass could change our views
Every time there is a new smart phone put on the market, millions of people flock to the release in...
Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel
The future is now. At least, that is what we will be saying when the driverless automobile takes to the...
BRAD: The ridiculously automated dorm room at Berkeley is much cooler than yours
The dorm rooms that are often the most visited by friends are the ones with a fridge, a Playstation, and...
Google’s driverless car comes with (satirical) consequences
With California having major financial woes, the Google Driverless Car may be enough to tank the entire state since ID...
Google’s self-driving car user #0000000001
Steve Mahan is just like everyone else with a car. He likes to hop in the driver's seat on a...
Can robotic supports replace wheelchairs for many?
The Tek Robotic Mobilization Device developed by Istanbul, Turkey-based AMS Mekatronic, bridges the gap between bulky wheelchairs with the...
The DARPA “Cheetah” is fast and freaky
There have been many innovations in recent months that have blown us away from the world of robotics. If there's...
Is this creepy android mannequin the future of retail merchandising?
If this is the future of retail, I'll be shopping online more often. Takashimaya, a department store in Tokyo, is...
Autonomous nano quadrotors amaze (and terrify) with complicated formation runs
Quadrotor technology developed at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) lab at the University of Pennsylvania is able...
Ericsson’s vision of a “Networked Society” is beautiful, terrifying
There's a fine line between technology that enables a better world and technology that makes us head in the wrong...
Flying robots that build things open doors to automated architecture
In the movies, it always start innocently. They are designed to help humans, to do the mundane or difficult tasks...
Minority Report (in real life)
The Tom Cruise-driven vision of a future (almost) completely without murder worked with the concept that if we could use...
The creepiest crawling robot you’ll see all day
Robotic science is intended to create devices that can aid humans in activities. In some case, it's to help perform...
Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow
At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may...