No, this is not a video from Deus Ex—though it certainly looks and sounds like one to me. Scientists from the US, UK, and Israel have developed a minimally invasive procedure to implant a chip that restores vision to people suffering from macular degeneration. ‘Bio-Retina incorporates various nano-
Big things come in small packages, they say. And as it turns out, toymaker littleBits won’t be so little for much longer. They’ve just secured $3.65 million in funding and will soon be ramping up production. The toys are as easy to assemble as Legos—but as sophisticated as you would expect from the
Research earlier this year from the Advanced Virtuality Lab at the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel demonstrated that it is possible to control a virtual or robotic avatar with only your mind. While EEG human-computer interaction—like Emotiv—as well as eye-tracking and neural implants have been in
NASA has just released a new game for the Xbox 360 that lets you simulate a landing on the Martian surface—the same landing that the Mars Rover ‘Curiosity’ will be making early next month. It may seem strange to hear that NASA is in the videogame business, but it’s not all that surprising. In fact,
As if it weren’t clear by now, we love talking about gender and race issues in videogames. Recently, people like Anita Sarkeesian have shown us that the greater gaming community is simultaneously willing and unwilling to discuss these issues seriously. In addition to all the sideline commentary, th
