220 Results From "human augmentation"

Two autonomous police robots are roaming the streets of Singapore looking for signs of trouble during a brief trial period.
Robotics

Singapore Deploys Multiple Robot Cops to Police Public Areas

Scientists inserted a human gene responsible for fat production into potato plants to grow more food without taking up more space.
Agriculture

Scientists Add Human Fat Gene Into Potatoes to Make Them Grow Huge

The military announced plans to performance test a new anti-aging pill that it developed to keep soldiers healthy and operating at peak performance.
Developments

The US Military Will Test an Anti-Aging Pill Next Year

A tech startup says it's gene-hacked trees to asborb and sequester more climate change-inducing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Science & Energy

A Startup Is Working on Gene Hacked Trees to Gobble Up Tons of Climate-Destroying Carbon Dioxide

According to a new blog post, Facebook is hoping to hook up its upcoming AR glasses to a "soft wristband" that can control them.
Meta

Facebook Shows Off Neural “Wristbands” to Control AR Glasses

In a world's first, a jet pilot flying inside a real aircraft just fought an artificial intelligence-powered virtual fighter jet in real time.
Virtual Reality

A Pilot Flying a Real Jet Just Fought an Augmented Reality Enemy

The US Army is developing augmented reality goggles for dogs to help protect their human guardians by allowing them to command the dog from a distance.
Military

The US Military Developed AR Goggles For Dogs

The Defense Department released a new report detailing its goals and plans for creating cyborg soldiers by the year 2050.
Military

US Military Warns of “Augmented Human Beings”

John Ratcliffe, the U.S. national intelligence cirector, wrote in an op-ed that China experimented on military members to try and create supersoldiers.
Genetics

US Official Claims China Is Testing Biologically Enhanced Supersoldiers

Blocking a single protein called 15-PGDH made old mice much stronger and healthier, as though they had been made younger as a result.
RX and Medicine

Blocking a Single Protein Makes Aging Mice Way Stronger and Healthier

A French military ethics committee just approved the military's plan to begin developing supersoldiers and keep pace with other nations already doing so.
Prosthetics and Devices

France Says It’s Working on Bionic Supersoldiers Because Everybody Else Is Doing It

Engineers built a robot tail called Arque that could help people balance, lift heavy loads, or at least make VR games more immersive.
Prosthetics and Devices

Amazing Robot Tail Helps You Balance

A flurry of prominent cosmetics brands are embracing augmented reality technology to show you what makeup looks like before you buy.
Future Society

Augmented Reality Is Changing the Cosmetics Industry Forever

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain
Robots and Machines

Scientists Invent Artificial Skin That Can Feel Pain

Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera
Virtual Reality

Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera

New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos just shared a video of how Boston Dynamics' dog-like robot Spot could give agriculture workers a hand.
Robot Dogs

Watch a Robot Dog Herd Sheep on a New Zealand Farm

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told a room full of U.S. Air Force generals last week that "the fighter jet era has passed." Remotely-controlled drones are the future.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Tells Air Force General That Fighter Jets Are Over

A new pair of AR smart glasses don't project an image onto its lenses. Instead, it uses lasers to shoot an image directly into the eyeball.
Virtual Reality

These AR Smart Glasses Shoot Lasers Directly Onto Your Retina

In a year filled with technological breakthroughs of all stripes, military technology really pushed the limits of what we thought was possible this year.
Military

The Coolest (and Scariest) Military Tech of 2019

A team of researchers have developed a human-inspired, artificial skin that can "augment" interactive devices, including a phone and wearables.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Wrapped a Phone in Fake Human Skin