cyborgs Engineers design a robotic tail for people to assist with balance and movement Mark Frauenfelder

cyborgs Weed wacker achieves level 99 Mark Frauenfelder

speech Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech David Pescovitz

Technology Bees wearing wireless sensors create a "living Internet of Things platform" David Pescovitz

Technology Robot that uses living muscle tissue David Pescovitz

music Amputee drummer with bionic playing arm launches Kickstarter David Pescovitz

video Watch this nuanced analysis of sci-fi film Ex Machina Andrea James

science fiction Fiction: Sgt. Augmento, Bruce Sterling's robots-take-our-jobs story Cory Doctorow

video games Stunning cyberpunky short film shows off Unity engine Gareth Branwyn

Science Flexible circuit injected into living animals' brains David Pescovitz

Art and Design How to draw robots – excellent instructional book Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction A new blog post series exploring the history and import of cyberpunk launches on Adafruit Gareth Branwyn

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books What do reverse cyborgs want? A review of David Marusek's Glassing the Orgachine Eric Heyne

Dungeons & Dragons Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2018 Gareth Branwyn

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