See the faces of our future robot overlords. Science fiction is now science.

Quoted: TED Talks David Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an "emotional" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots are more human.

Uh-oh, it's the birth of blob-bot. I pity the humans who will be alive a hundred years from now.

Quoted: We're getting a first glimpse of that shape-shifting ChemBot we first told you about last year, and all we can say is, please keep it away from us. Read this blog post by Leslie Katz on Crave.

Wow... this is an incredibly fascinating and well articulated talk on visual hallucinations. I feel smarter just watching. 20 minutes well spent.

Quoted: TED Talks Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnett syndrome -- when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon.

Wow, now that's talent.

Quoted: This young Ukrainian girl tells an entire story by pushing around sand on a table. She uses nothing but sand and her hands to create these images.

Our robot overlords are coming.

Quoted: I have included this video below, which shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone!

Dan Roam (Back of the Napkin) explains the healthcare debate on napkins. It helped me understand it a lot better!

Quoted: This contains the entire 4-napkin health care series in one file. It makes more sense to read this one now than the othe

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Humanity is sooo doomed.

Quoted: See more at http://smart-machines.blogspot.comToyota humanoid robot running at 7km/h.

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The Bolt strikes again! :)

Quoted: Usain Bolt 100 meters World Record 9.58 at the World Championships in Berlin

Evolution continues.

Quoted: Researchers have found a genetic mutation in two people who need far less sleep than average.