Russia Building Robots To Combat Terrorists

Leave it to Russia to come up with this. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has publicly revealed that Russian experts are developing robots designed specifically to minimize casualties in terrorist attacks. The birth of the Terminator?

These Drones Will Fly Into Tornadoes To Collect Data For Warning Systems

Storm tracking and real time weather data can save lives. The recent Oklahoma City tornado only had a warning of some 16 minutes. And it managed to save a few. Three teams of students have designed drones that are meant to fly into storm centers.

Looks Like Your Skype Messages Aren't Really That Private After All

According to a new report by Ars Technica, Skype messages may not be as secure as you think. Microsoft is often dipping into your communications.

Ars teamed up with security researcher Ashkan Soltani and sent fresh web links across Skype and found that half of them were accessed by a machine with an IP address belonging to Microsoft. This means that Skype messages are sent across the web in a way that allows Microsoft to study plaintext within them. According to Matt Green, a professor specializing in encryption at Johns Hopkins University:

NASA Is Delving Into 3D Printing Pizza

This new 3D printing development might just change the world. NASA is sinking a lot into 3D printing food, and they are starting with pizza. The project is aimed at evolving the future of food for both space and back here on Earth. It's not Star Trek's replicator, but it's probably just the beginning. Also, this could potentially end hunger around the world.

Disney Research Is Making Their Robots More 'Human' (Video)

Disney Research is working with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany to make robots move and interact with humans in a less awkward and uncomfortable way. They are developing a more natural approach to the problem by studying how humans interact.

IBM's Watson Takes A Job At Answering Phone Calls Now (Video)

From competing in Jeopardy to working in hospitals, now IBM's Watson is going to take your calls. He's got a job in customer service.

Companies including Australia’s ANZ Bank, Nielsen, and Royal Bank of Canada plan to put this supercomputer to work answering questions by SMS, online chat, email, or through a compatible app.

New Printer Produces 10 Meters of Solar Panel Every Minute (Video)

A recent study suggests that Australia could power its entire national domestic infrastructure using only solar power. The University of Melbourne has now introduced a new organic PV cell printer that rolls out a functional binder page sized sheet of solar panel every two seconds. Production has just gotten cheaper and a whole lot faster.

Former Thief Invents ATM Theft Proof Method From His Jail Cell

Romanian computer expert Valentin Boanta was caught in 2009 for supplying thieves with skimmers they used to gather information to create fake bank cards and steal cash from ATMs.

Six months into his five year sentence, the former thief has now developed a technology that would safeguard ATMs from the attacks he used to create.

Watch The Effect on Earth's Water Cycle And How It Could Affect You (Video)

This video created by Felix Pharand is for the opening of the Bonn meeting in Germany, where it is meant to highlight major global water research and track the shift in power and the unsettling consequences to come.

This Program Uses Google Maps to Find Hidden Faces on Earth

A new program by Onformative will give us a bird's eye view of every facial landform on Earth. You know, the kind that looks like a face.

The program uses openFrameworks and Google Maps and it scans satellite image after satellite image with a facial detection algorithm to pick out any potential new geological "faces". Onformative hopes to explore this general phenomenon:

New Kinect So Sensitive It Can Read Your Heartbeat

According to Microsoft, the new Kinect is so sensitive that it can see the slightest movement of your wrists and fingers and can amazingly sense your heartbeat too.

Perhaps some kind of fitness game will come measuring your calorie burn? Let's hope so!

How Microsoft Designed the Xbox of the Future (Video)

It took nearly eight years for Microsoft to come up with another iteration for the Xbox. So how do you something that fans are able to recognize and are inspired by?

Here's a video from Wired where they got some exclusive time with the people who brought the Xbox One to life. [Wired]

Steven Spielberg Directing Live-Action Halo Series

The Xbox One announcement didn't only include the console, but news that a new installment of the Halo franchise is making its way to you in the form of a live action television series. Steven Spielberg will be directing.

Researchers Develop Artificial Insect Eye For Drones (Video)

Insects rely on compound eyes that have lower resolution but offer a much wider distortion free field of view that's better suited for lightning fast motion perception. Researchers are working to design autonomous drones that will behave like futuristic artificial bugs.

This Sweat-Draining Fabric Will Literally Leave Your Shirt Dry (Video)

When you perspire, your shirt tends to get drench in sweat. But there are fabrics that are designed to wick the sweat away. To feel really dry, researchers at UC Davis have created a fabric that literally drains the sweat away.

18 Year Old Develops Computer Algorithm to Diagnose Leukemia

Brittany Wenger is 18 years old. And she just taught the computer to diagnose leukemia. She built a custom, cloud based "artificial neural network" to find patterns in genetic expression profiles to diagnose patients with a form of cancer called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL).

'Wired' Completely Overhauls Print Magazine Design

Wired has a new look for its June issue, and the magazine has been completely made over by Scott Dadich.

The new edition, feels like the New York Times Style Magazine meets The New Yorker. It's got a more modern, muted aesthetic to it and it feels more like a lifestyle magazine. The redesign began with an idea and a problem to solve.

Microsoft Announces the Xbox One

Microsoft has detailed its next generation console - the Xbox One. Described by Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment business for Microsoft, the Xbox One was designed and built as an all in one system to align games, TV and entertainment.