VIENNA — “I’d rather be a cyborg than a goddess,” the American scholar Donna Haraway wrote in her influential 1985 essay “Cyborg Manifesto.” Her idea that a cyborgian identity holds out a promise of a ...
Disaster victims trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building or mine may one day be rescued by a tiny and unlikely savior: a beetle with a backpack. Researchers have made major strides in ...
*(CNN) — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for the impending surgery. When sufficient numbness is achieved, University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald begins the ...
Envisioning armies of electronically controllable insects is probably nightmare fuel for most people. But scientists think they could help rescue workers scour challenging and hazardous terrain. An ...
Implantable memory prosthetics could be the first in a wave of cyborg devices available for the enhancement of the human brain. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...
Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain. The new algorithm represents a ...
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*(CNN) — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for the impending surgery. When sufficient numbness is achieved, University of Queensland student Lachlan Fitzgerald begins the ...