Concha Monje is a researcher in the Robotics Lab of the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). There, she is one of the people in charge of TEO, a 60-kilo humanoid ...
Robotics
Apr 8, 2015
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It wasn't too long ago that the idea of a wearable robot that would lend its user increased mobility and strength seemed like the stuff of science fiction; indeed, films like Aliens and Iron Man, which featured characters ...
Engineering
Jan 28, 2015
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You've probably heard the trope about how aliens have been watching old episodes of "I Love Lucy" and might think these are our "historical documents". How far have our signals reached?
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2015
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Mums and Dads beware, next year's Christmas wish list could be more out of reach (or sight…) than ever before. Invisibility, a long sought-after speculation in science fiction, has been turned into reality in the laboratory ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2013
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Author Frederik Pohl, who over decades gained a reputation of being a literate and sophisticated writer of science fiction, has died at age 93.
Other
Sep 4, 2013
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(AP)—Tom Cruise has become the first Hollywood star to set up a page on the popular Russian social network Vkontakte.
Internet
Mar 22, 2013
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Sci-fi is more than just a popular genre of fiction. It can also give an amazingly accurate insight into the future.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 8, 2012
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A study at the University of Valencia (Spain) ensures that science fiction, especially the cinema, is very popular amongst secondary school students and teachers see it as a good way of motivating interest in the sciences. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2012
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Imagine a "smart pill" containing a biodegradable electronic chip that monitors how your body responds to the medicine, broadcasts the information to your iPhone, which then emails the information to your physician. It may ...
Engineering
Feb 15, 2012
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(AP) -- At age 91, Ray Bradbury is making peace with the future he helped predict.
Other
Nov 29, 2011
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