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Slave to the circadian rhythm: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018

TRA: Slave to the Circadian Rhythm

10/11/2018 Alex Brenchley

Slave to the circadian rhythm: Satirical Saturday Cartoon on Art by Alex Brenchley 2018 (read more)

Existential Sci-fi: I Feel Machine

19/09/2018 Andrew Quirk

If you enjoy a splash of life and warmth in your darkness, I Feel Machine might just be the collection of stories you’ve been waiting for.
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He’ll Be Back: Skynet One Step Closer to Reality…

13/06/2018 Naila Scargill

X–ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but an MIT team has gotten us closer to seeing through walls. (read more)

Good Boy: Fido Comes to the Rescue

16/05/2018 Naila Scargill

ETH Zurich scientists have developed the smallest ever equipment for detecting people by smell, which could be used to create electronic rescue dogs. (read more)

Armageddon: two daft leaders may find it difficult to push the button

29/03/2018 Edward Winters

eremy Corbyn, in a sensible moment, commented that he would not be willing to press the button that would unleash Britain’s nuclear forces – called a deterrent, so as not to upset the children. That (read more)

‘Deep Mind’ AI As Advanced as a 4yr old!

02/03/2018 Trebuchet News

The ‘Deep Mind’ team have developed an AI that can think ‘like a four year old’ will this be our making or undoing? (read more)

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

04/01/2018 Trebuchet News

New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats (read more)

Could Robotic Arms Become Thought-Controlled Limbs?

01/12/2017 Trebuchet News

Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds (read more)

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

30/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers (read more)

Electric Cars, Perpetual Motion and the Home Energy Mobius Strip

29/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Energy from electric cars could power our lives – but only if we improve the system (read more)

Don’t Throw Stones! Inside the Smart Solar Greenhouse

09/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Solar greenhouses generate electricity and grow healthy crops (read more)

Self-Crashing Cars: Tweaking the Glitches on Transport’s Future

30/10/2017 Trebuchet News

First white-box testing model finds thousands of errors in self-driving cars (read more)

Sculpting Noise for Better Electronics

28/09/2017 Trebuchet News

Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement (read more)

Can a Tablet Teach Kids to Juggle?

25/09/2017 Trebuchet News

Tablets can teach kids to solve physical puzzles (read more)

Faster Video, An End To Buffering, More Cats!

16/08/2017 Trebuchet News

CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions. (read more)

3D Movies at Home, Without Glasses!

13/07/2017 Trebuchet News

CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format (read more)

Drones, or a Big Dumb Wall? Autonomous Border-Surveillance

07/07/2017 Trebuchet News

ngineers at the University of Arizona are designing an autonomous border-surveillance system that can collect, assess and act on data in real time (read more)