A fully autonomous robot, Pneubron 7-11 has been created at the Hosoda Labs in Osaka University. The Pneubron robot was designed to find the link between human interactions and motor development. more »
YouTube has launched a memorial channel for journalists who have been killed while reporting from around the world. more »
Facebook updated its promotions guidelines this week, and has now confirmed that it no longer blanket-prohibits promotions (including give-aways) for tobacco, dairy, gambling, firearms, prescription drugs, and gasoline. more »
The ability to control objects simply by thinking about them is the subject of serious research in laboratories around the world with wheelchairs and even cars now being driven by the power of the mind. It's all very serious science, but in Japan, technologists are demonstrating that mind control can also be a lot of fun. more »
Sid Meier is the director of creative development at Firaxis Games. But to millions, he's better known as the “Father of Computer Gaming.” more »
Microsoft is planning on ramping up the amount of advertising free users of Skype see while they are making video calls and using the rest of the service. more »
How certain was the U.S. Navy Seal team that it was Osama Bin Laden they shot, killed and buried at sea? According to a Florida company that makes biometric identification equipment, there's no doubt the Seals got their man. more »
David Braben, the founder of Frontier Developments from Great Britain, has developed a small and very cheap computer "Raspberry Pi". more »
Online music service Spotify is turning up the heat on Apple as it aims to create an alternative to iTunes. more »
Kingston Queen's University specialists have developed the world's first prototype of flexible minicomputer. more »
Facebook updated its promotions guidelines this week, and has now confirmed that it no longer blanket-prohibits promotions (including give-aways) for tobacco, dairy, gambling, firearms, prescription drugs, and gasoline.
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