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 ...

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LEGO's new Mindstorms robotics kit is powerful and complex. Here's how we got started, and some tips along the way. I’m PCMag’s home theater and AR/VR expert, and your go-to source of information and ...

A talented teenager from the UK has built a four-fingered robotic hand from standard Lego parts that performs almost as well ...

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 ...

Nearly everyone has played with Legos at some point in their lives. But with the advent of smartphones and tablets, the Denmark-based company has had to think beyond its blocks, creating apps and game ...

An Italian designer has used Lego to a robot which can be wirelessly controlled with an exoskeleton;every movement Danny Benedettelli makes with his upper body, encased in the homemade exoskeleton, is ...

Artificial intelligence researchers are developing a digital version of a worm brain that can be uploaded into a LEGO robot and reproduce the creature's thoughts and actions. The OpenWorm project is ...

LEGO Boost is our new favorite LEGO set—building robots and programming them with the tablet app is just too much fun. Build really cool Lego robots, and then control them with your tablet? Yes, ...

It’s no secret that we at GeekTech are fans of both Lego and robots. So when the two can come together in the form of a Lego Mindstorm NXT kit, color us interested. Lego’s robot creating kit (and ...

With a dancing robot that dispenses medication, Nordstrom beat out six other Seattle companies at yesterday’s Lego Build 4 Good Challenge, which asked teams to build life-improving robots out of Lego ...