Beyond Human: Can a Robot Be a Person?

Part 7 of 9. As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them: as property like automobiles, or as individuals with rights and responsibilities? Can a thing [...]

Beyond Human: Emotional Robots

Part 6 of 9. If tomorrow’s robots are going to share our world, they will have to have something extra: an emotional and psychological dimension to help them communicate and [...]

Beyond Human: How to Design a Humanoid

Part 5 of 9. To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the world. Researchers are infusing [...]

Beyond Human: The Age of Androids

Part 4 of 9. Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are breathing intelligence, even life, into creatures of silicon and [...]

Future of Google Glasses: The Cyborg Mind

Beyond Human, Part 3. As we steadily merge with our technology, the focus is on devices that enhance our senses and minds and knit us together in new ways. Members [...]