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WATCH: Robot Cheetah Built In US Lab

Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Tech

MIT has unveiled a beautiful, efficient and only mildly terrifying robotic cheetah. Like the version built by Boston Dynamics last year, the metal ...

The Future of Education is Now

Christina Robert | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Christina Robert

In an effort to get out of the house and away from the blood vessel popping effort to keep my mouth shut, I recently went to hear the wunderkind of modern education speak at Portcullis House. In case you are old and backward like me, his name is Salman Khan.

Does Mobile Phone Location Data Makes Anonymity Impossible?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Tech

Guaranteeing your anonymity is basically impossible if you use a mobile phone according to a new study. Researchers say that a mobile user can be i...

Transparent Desktop Computer Unveiled At TED

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Tech

A 3D see-through computer which lets you reach through your screen has been unveiled. Jinha Lee, a student at MIT, worked with Microsoft on the new...

MIT Complicit In Web Activist's Suicide, Family Claims

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.03.2013 | UK Tech

The family of an internet activist who killed himself on Friday have accused prosecutors and officials at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of...

PICS: Spikey Robot Hedgehogs Built For Mission To Martian Moon

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nasa has designed a spacecraft filled with robotic hedgehogs that could be used to explore the moons of Mars. Created by researchers at Stanford an...

Physicists May Have Created A 'New Form Of Matter'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Tech

Physicists have created what appears to be a new form of matter. Labelled "colour-glass condensate", it has been identified as a "swarm" of sub-ato...

Kickstarter Sued: Formlabs 3D Printer Accused Of Patent Breach

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Tech

Kickstarter has reportedly been sued for promoting a 3D printer which it is argued may violate another company's patent. The crowdsource funding we...

Harvard Goes Viral: Free Courses To 'Anyone With An Internet Connection'

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 21.06.2012 | UK Universities & Education

One of the America’s most prestigious universities is offering free online courses to anyone in the world, providing they have an Internet connectio...

Scientists Predict Robot Revolution

PA | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK Tech

An Ikea-like robotics revolution could see DIY devices being built for a wide range of functions, scientists predict. Researchers in the US have la...

Cool Or Terrifying? Robot Cubes Can Self-Assemble 3D Objects

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.06.2012 | UK Tech

Imagine designing a prototype toy car on a computer, reaching over into a box of 'sand' and pulling out the freshly assembled model. That's just w...

MIT Student Creates 'Almost Self-Balancing' Electric Unicycle (VIDEO)

Simon Crisp | Posted 01.01.2012 | UK

A student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has created an 'almost self-balancing' electric unicycle which he uses to zip around the MIT ca...