CNET News - Cutting Edge

How much would you pay to see your future?

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:38:03 PST

Three years after the human genome was sequenced at a price tag of $3 billion, Complete Genomics does it for just $4,400 in material cost.

Originally posted at News - Health Tech

Astronauts prep for not-so-close encounter with space debris

William Harwood — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:42:00 PST

Space debris had prompted NASA to make plans for the station crew to seek shelter aboard their Soyuz lifeboats, but additional analysis now shows the junk poses no threat to the lab.

Originally posted at The Space Shot

HP to connect objects and people, sensitively

Dong Ngo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:00 PST

HP announced a new MEMS accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market.

Originally posted at Crave

Meet Ibn Sina, the Arabic-speaking robot

Tim Hornyak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:00 PST

An Arabic-speaking android built in the UAE could enter mass production to work in shopping malls. The robot is billed as the first of its kind in the world.

Originally posted at Crave

Space Station IT: High technology

Mark Harris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:10:00 PST

We burrow under the ISS' metal skin and siphon out its most interesting specifications, like some kind of star-hopping alien data vampires. But without the plutonium-coated fangs.

Originally posted at Crave

Army shows more than one way to look under a car

Mark Rutherford — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:16:00 PST

TARDEC to showcase autonomous robotic systems designed to perform under-vehicle inspections for explosive weapons, while keeping soldiers out of harm's way.

Originally posted at Military Tech

Military looks for better touch with PacBots

Mark Rutherford — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:48:00 PST

Novint Technologies wins military contract to develop a remote touch kit for the iRobot PacBot that will allow soldiers to "feel" robot's grip.

Originally posted at Military Tech

Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight

William Harwood — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:37:00 PDT

Despite a parachute failure, NASA officials say the experimental Ares I-X rocket performed as well or better than computer modeling predicted during its six-minute test flight.

Originally posted at The Space Shot

Spider-bot pumpkin sure to terrify neighbors

Sean Fallon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:55:00 PDT

The Creeper2 walking robot is decidedly the scariest way to dispense treats on Halloween.

Originally posted at Crave

Winking robot nav head knows where you're going

Wayne Cunningham — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:05:00 PDT

MIT and Volkswagen develop the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA), a friendly and predictive robot to assist drivers with daily navigation.

Originally posted at The Car Tech blog