Meet Japan’s cyborg, Bluetooth-enabled search and rescue cockroach
One of the features of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the fusion of Biotechnology with Information Technology. In this most recent example, researchers in Japan…
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Darth Vader’s voice to be AI-generated in future
Arstechnica is reporting that future Star Wars movies and series will use an AI-generated voice, trained using vocal performances from James Earl Jones, and the…
South African startup working on lab-grown wildebeest and impala meat
If you want to start a lively conversation around the braai, ask people their opinions on lab-grown, synthetic meat! I for one am super excited…
Mind Control your computer or VR experience with this consumer brain-computer interface
NextMind is selling a simple head-mounted device that can analyze your brainwaves and know what you’re looking at on a screen or in VR. Even…
Walmart introduces drone delivery of items up to 4.5kg within 30 minutes for $3.99 (~R60)
We’ve been hearing about drone delivery for a while now, and Walmart has just announced they are rolling out the capability to 34 locations across…
Magnetic slime + magnets = liquid robots!
A fast and fun look at some interesting new developments to create liquid ‘robots’ with new and useful capabilities. The applications seem particularly useful in…
Scientists develop a pig translator AI to understand the emotions of pigs from their grunts
Strange, but apparently true! Several news outlets are reporting that an AI has been developed that can tell if a pig is feeling positive or…
Drone aircraft to fly cargo cheaper and with less emissions than a Boeing 747
As reported at SingularityHub, a new startup Nautilus has secured orders of over 440(!) of its drone ‘blended wing’ aircraft that can move 60% more…
US startup Formic will rent you a robot for less than a person’s minimum wage
The popular press has been saying ‘the robots are coming’ for a while now. Have they now started to arrive? Formic is a US-based startup…
SpaceX to launch South African nanosatellite constellation on 13 Jan at 17h25
South Africa is building a new Maritime Domain Awareness Satellite (MDASat) constellation to track ship movements at sea, with 3 locally developed CubeSats to launch…