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January 2008
- Bionic Vision Pioneers Unveil New Lenses
  
  LiveScience | Jan 20, 08 4:46 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Bionic vision may cost less than $6 million after all: Scientists unveiled a new electronic contact lens this week that is already sparking ideas for future technology. Endowed with a circuit and lights, the gadget isn't ready yet, but makers say it is built with safe, organic materials. It even boasts an electronic circuit a few nanometers wide—about 80,000 thinner than a human hair. More »
- 10 Life-Changing Innovations
  
  LiveScience | Jan 20, 08 12:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - From omnipresent Internet to cloned donor organs, LiveScience picks 10 new technologies that, when fully developed, will transform our lives. Digital libraries: When all of humanity's texts are digitized, any factual question will be answerable online. Gene therapy/stem cells: The key to curing some of our nastiest afflictions. Ubiquitous wireless Internet: WiMAX and 3G point the way to a future where communication between any two devices is possible. Mobile robots: Too lazy to go to the store? Just send your car! More »
- Futuristic Geek Chic Hits Catwalk
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jan 20, 08 7:40 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Futuristic Belgian designer Raf Simons' otherworldly, vividly colored designs had the audience transfixed at Jil Sander's spring/summer 2008 runway show in Milan. "It's something I hear more and more," the confident Simons told the Observer . People tell me that at the shows you can hear a needle drop." More »
- Evolution Coming to Space Race
  
  Space.com | Jan 9, 08 2:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Engineers have devised a way of coming up with flight paths for space missions by using the laws of natural selection, Space.com reports. An algorithm called "differential evolution" treats different paths as individual organisms, which then "mutate," and the best solutions survive to the next generation. Engineers behind differential evolution hope NASA and other agencies consider using the method in future. More »
December 2007
- Robots Could Care for Elderly
  
  AFP | Dec 6, 07 6:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Toyota’s new robot can play the violin, and the car-maker hopes it could be used in the future to care for the elderly, AFP reports. The 5-foot-tall robot has 17 hand and arm joints, giving it enough dexterity to play an error-free “Pomp and Circumstance” today. Toyota wants to put human-assisting robots on the market early next decade. More »
November 2007
- Robots, Start Your Engines
  
  Forbes | Nov 2, 07 12:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some of the most high-tech vehicles in the world will compete for big money by zipping around a race course tomorrow, all without one low-tech component—a human driver. Eleven robotic vehicles will race in a simulated city environment at a former Air Force base in California, Forbes reports. The winner gets $2 million and a crack at military contracts. More »
October 2007
- Get Ready for Robot Love
  
  LiveScience | Oct 13, 07 12:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s a small step from Roomba to betrothed, says researcher David Levy, whose Ph.D. thesis predicts humans will have sex with and marry robots within half a century. Robots have moved from factories to homes—witness the popularity of Roomba vacuum cleaners—and are becoming more human in appearance. “The question is not if this will happen, but when,” Levy told LiveScience . More »
- Military Flying Saucers Coming
  
  Discovery Channel | Oct 13, 07 12:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - They’re not science fiction anymore. Researchers have built a real life flying saucer that looks and flies like a B-movie dream. The unmanned craft takes off vertically, maneuvers well, and can land almost anywhere. Cheaper and safer than a helicopter, the Defense Department thinks the saucer could become a staple in urban war zones, Discovery News reports. More »
- Flying Car About to Take Off?
  
  MIT Technology Review | Oct 10, 07
  
  An aeronautic startup looks to complete a prototype of its roadworthy aircraft within a year.
August 2007
- Kick-Ass Jobs of the Future
  
  CNN | Aug 16, 07 2:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Doctors and lawyers are so old-school— CNNMoney lists the movers and shakers of the future: Disease Mapper: Use satellite technology to track and predict epidemics. Robot Programmer: Today's robots can analyze blood samples and mix cocktails—if someone shows them how. More »
- Gun-Toting Robots Patrol Iraq
  
  Wired | Aug 4, 07 4:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Heavily armed, remote-controlled robots are on the ground in Iraq—a first in military history. Only three of these robo-soldiers, armed with M249 machine guns, are currently deployed, but the Army has requested 80 more. Their location is classified, but officials report they're involved in reconnaissance and street patrol missions. The 'bots "haven't fired their weapons yet," the program manager tells Wired . "But that'll be happening soon." More »