Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Researchers at MIT have created a tiny, cucumber-inspired soft robot ...

A humble roundworm is leading the race in artificial intelligence, showing that it may be possible one day to upload our brains to a computer. Called the Open Worm Project, the research brings ...

There are currently several ongoing initiatives that aim to map the synapse connections in the human brain, operating under the assumption that cataloging those signals could allow one to emulate the ...

In a breakthrough for artificial intelligence research, a digital clone of the mind of a roundworm (C. Elegans) has been uploaded into a robotic body made from LEGO, as part of the Open Worm Project.

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks ...

Walking, jumping, rolling, flying, swimming – robotic locomotion is limited only by the imagination of the inventor. [Roger Rabbit] apparently has a pretty vivid imagination, because he’s building ...

If you’re searching for a unique robot concept, look no further than the new Single-Actuator Wave robot created by researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. They’ve built a ...

It's estimated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that some 23 million Americans have not been screened for colorectal cancer—and should be. A colonoscopy can catch cancer early ...

The Open Worm Project aims to recreate the behavior of the common roundworm in a machine The open source project has taken four years to model 302 of the worm's neurons in its software It had its ...

Individually, California blackworms live an unremarkable life eating microorganisms in ponds and serving as tropical fish food for aquarium enthusiasts. But together, tens, hundreds, or thousands of ...