Australian researcher and online curator Reuben Hoggett was a pillar of the global robotics and cybernetics knowledge base. He passed away a few days ago.
Apr 302016
Mar 192016
There are million different angles to discuss here, but by far the most interesting idea is a gradual, mutual, acquisitional merger – the pending-yet-not-far-off arrival of homeostasis between biological and mechanical life.
March 19, 2016
Aging Society, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Disability, Technology & Healthcare, The Beginning is Near, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Transhumanism Test Pilots, We're Already Cyborgs Already
Nov 202015
What we have here is the first myoelectrically controlled robotic prosthetic attached directly to human bone. Holy shit.
Jun 182015
Went looking for one robot, found research on hundreds. Anthrobotic interviews the creator of Cyberneticzoo.com, the best online robotics & cybernetics archive you’ve never heard of until just now you did. Read it!
June 18, 2015
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bionic, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Industrial Robots, Interviews, Robot, Robot Toys
Feb 142014
All I Want for Valentine’s Day is a Robot Lover with an Aggregate Mindfile of the Best Parts of all my Ex-Girlfriends. Just Like Last Year.
February 14, 2014
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering, Bionic, Brain, Consciousness, Cybernetics, Existential Quandary Stuff, Future Already Very Pending, Here First or Best Here, Human Augmentation, Multimedia, NBI, Prosthetics, Robot, Robot Emotions, Robot Love, Technology, Technology & Culture, Technology & Politics, Technology Law
Oct 282013
We’ve been in love with Team Skeletonics’ human-powered exoskeleton for years, and all throughout, it’s pretty much been the same mechanical and aesthetic configuration. But it now looks like they’ve been refining in the background, and might be bringing something new out to play.
October 28, 2013
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May 092013
When a giant Japanese company that makes robots starts collaborating with a giant Japanese company that makes houses at the same time the Japanese government begins funding public robotics, awesomeness seems likely to follow.
May 9, 2013
Aging Society, AkihabaraNews.com, Asia, Bionic, CareBots, Cybernetics, Exoskeleton, Honda, Human Augmentation, Japan 日本 Tekk, Japanese Robots, Japan「日本」, Medical Robots, Medical Technology, Prosthetics, Robot, Shameful Self-Promotion, Shameless Self-Promotion, Technology, Technology & Disability, We're Already Cyborgs Already