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Venus flytrap cyborg snaps shut with commands from a smartphone

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Venus flytrap cyborg snaps shut with commands from a smartphone

Researchers created a plant-based robotic arm by connecting a Venus flytrap equipped with soft electrodes to a metallic structure and wirelessly commanding it to grab things

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Stuffed dead birds made into drones could spy on animals or humans

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Stuffed dead birds made into drones could spy on animals or humans

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Cyborg cockroach with camera ‘backpack’ can be steered remotely

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Cyborg cockroach with camera ‘backpack’ can be steered remotely

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Cyborg jellyfish

Life

Cyborg jellyfish that swim at triple speed could help protect oceans

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Exoskeleton users

Technology

People in Japan are wearing exoskeletons to keep working as they age

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Earth from the moon

Earth

Is our technology shifting us and the planet into a different era?

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A hand up close

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The pigment in our skin could be used to make electrical body implants

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photo of Mark O'Connell

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Evading death and mind-uploading: The ambition of transhumanism

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