Tech these days is often accused of encouraging forms of addiction, but emerging "cyborg" technology may offer an answer for treating the opioid epidemic. Embedding microchips in the brains of addicts ...

Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made this technology a reality, and it could soon save millions of lives as people spend their ...

In a breakthrough that blends biology and robotics, researchers at the University of Osaka have created a new type of insect cyborg that can navigate autonomously—without wires, surgery, or ...

Although true 'cyborgs' are science fiction, researchers are moving toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor tumors or replace damaged tissues. But connecting ...

Fumbling for the glasses that transform the world from fuzzed-out buildings and obscure shapes to clean lines and legible text, I opened an email from Liviu Babitz. As I slipped the glasses behind my ...

Disaster victims trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed building or mine may one day be rescued by a tiny and unlikely savior: a beetle with a backpack. Researchers have made major strides in ...

Picture yourself in your kitchen on the third floor of an apartment building, when suddenly a drone flies by, with a GoPro camera capturing footage of the neighborhood. You run to shut your curtains, ...

We’re living in an age of what Mary Harrington calls “cyborg feminism.” This feminism, Harrington explains, “is a vision of what freedom is that’s inseparable from the technologies that make it ...