Podcast Apr 26, 2023 AGI Toddlers and their “Soul Chips” | Highlights: Episode 1 of the Mindplex Pubcast Ben Goertzel explains “AGI Toddler” upgrade concept of replacing its “soul chip” every year, while David Brin explains Moore’s Law’s “Big Flip” from hardware to software development. Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Mindbytes Nov 28, 2023 Meet Marty the Robot: Revolutionizing Retail Service "? Meet Marty, the supermarket robot! ? Helping make shopping safer and smoother ??, he's revolutionizing retail with tech flair! ??️ Say hello next time you shop! #MartyTheRobot Lewis Farrell 2 min read
News Apr 30, 2026 New aquatic robot advances environmental DNA monitoring in water bodies Autonomous device developed through lab-industry partnership enables continuous, low-impact sampling and real-time analysis of genetic traces from aquatic life at reduced cost. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Apr 29, 2026 Engineers develop soft magnetic gel for microscopic robots The new hydrogel can be shaped into complex tiny structures that respond instantly to magnets, enabling future uses in targeted medicine and miniature devices. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Dec 11, 2024 Bioresorbable acoustic microrobots for precision drug delivery A research team led by Caltech has made bioresorbable acoustic microrobots and successfully used these bots to shrink bladder tumors in mice. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Jul 11, 2025 Sensory input helps LLMs understand concepts Exploring the role of sensory experience in AI and human cognition. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Dec 3, 2024 Micron-sized robot acts like a walking microscope A micron-sized robot can reach and study tiny places, like inside tissue samples, to take pictures and measure tiny forces. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Nov 29, 2024 Hand-inspired DNA nanobot grabs viruses A DNA nanobot called NanoGripper, inspired by human hands and bird claws, can interact with biological entities on a very small scale. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
News Jul 1, 2025 Creating digital room twins AI turns short videos into interactive 3D room models for games, robot training, and real-world simulations. Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Article Mar 28, 2025 Optimus robots on Mars, powered by Grok AI Optimus robots on Mars, driven by Grok, would run on a state-of-the-art AI more sophisticated than the necessarily limited on-board AI. AI-driven robots that explore Mars and chat with us from there would help us make peace with the still radical idea that the AIs will go to the stars for us and we should be happy. Giulio Prisco 6 min read