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Bizarre Living Art Project Put to Death

Bizarre Living Art Project Put to Death

When art, technology and science converge, sometimes things will go wrong — very wrong. An art piece ironically entitled “Victimless Leather” — a tiny living leather jacket created with embryonic stem cells of a mouse to grow into a stitch-less coat — was put to its death when it got out of control and began [...]

When Robots Invade Mother Nature

When Robots Invade Mother Nature

Though it may seem like something from out of a sci-fi movie, robots and robotics mimicking Mother Nature’s creatures and human talents in the vein of playing football and in rock bands are very real, and occurring today.

Rocky the ‘robo-squirrel’ at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass.
Photo AP / Nancy Palmieri
Robots in [...]