Recent Technology Posts

Amazon prepares to test humanoid robots for deliveries, The Information reports
Amazon opens new tab is developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take the jobs of delivery workers.

Attachment Theory: A New Lens for Understanding Human-AI Relationships
The researchers suggest that human-AI interactions have similarities to human-human relationships in terms of attachment anxiety and avoidance

A Glucose Monitor for Someone Without Diabetes: Optimal or Overkill?
Doctors say continuous glucose monitor may help those with prediabetes, but for others the data might only reinforce existing healthy habits.

Husker engineers advance work on intelligent, self-healing technology
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineering team is another step closer to developing soft robotics and wearable systems that mimic the ability of human and plant skin to detect and self-heal injuries.

New AI tool reveals single-cell structure of chromosomes — in 3D
A breakthrough at the University of Missouri could help scientists better understand how genes work — and how certain types of cancer develop.

I Bought a Robot Cat for My Rabbit — and Fell Into the Weird World of Animal-Robot Research
What began as a TikTok experiment with my rabbit led me into a strange world of cyborg cockroaches, imposter fish, and the ethics of care.

AI learns how vision and sound are connected, without human intervention
This new machine-learning model can match corresponding audio and visual data, which could someday help robots interact in the real world.

Seeing infrared: scientists create contact lenses that grant ‘super-vision’
Breakthrough could lead to range of wearables that extend range of vision and help people with colour blindness

Giant Robotic Bugs Are Headed to Farms
Ground Control Robotics’ legged bots could weed crops better than humans