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LAS VEGAS, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia Motors America (KMA) and DC Entertainment kicked off the 2012 SEMA Show today in superhero style with five radical machines inspired by the members of the Justice League: The Flash Forte Koup, Aquaman Rio 5-door, Cyborg Forte 5-door, Green Lantern Soul and the previously unveiled Batman Optima. Built by West Coast Customs, RIDES and Super Street, each of the vehicles feature custom artwork by legendary comic book artist and DC...

Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. Professor Khalil Najafi, the chair of electrical and computer engineering, and doctoral student Erkan Aktakka are finding ways to harvest energy from insects, and take the utility of the miniature cyborgs to the next level. "Through energy scavenging, we could potentially power cameras, microphones and other sensors and...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced that award-winning author Marv Wolfman has joined the SOE team to write the historic fiction for the upcoming massively multiplayer online first person shooter (MMOFPS), PlanetSide®2. This will be the first time the PlanetSide franchise narrative has been detailed. "Marv is an extremely talented writer and was an instrumental partner in the creation of DC Universe(TM) Online; we are thrilled to...

CHICAGO, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sterling Trader is pleased to announce certification with Cyborg Trading Systems' Excel Add-In, a real-time trading tool designed to bridge the gap between developing trading models in Excel and automating them on live markets. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091015/CG92768LOGO) The Cyborg Excel Add-In allows traders to create trading strategies from an Excel spreadsheet, and then execute these strategies through the Sterling Trader API....

Simplifying cyborg circuitry using human bloodCould electronic components made from human blood be the key to creating cyborg interfaces? Circuitry that links human tissues and nerve cells directly to an electronic device, such as a robotic limb or artificial eye might one day be possible thanks to the development of biological components.Writing in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, a team in India describes how a "memristor" can be made using human...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OVERVIEW: She can jump to the top of high buildings, single-handedly battle vicious thugs, run down high-speed vehicles and hear top-secret codes. Primetime Emmy® Award-winner Lindsay Wagner is Jaime Sommers, "The Bionic Woman," and she's back for more thrilling adventures in the gripping second season. Now the world's first female cyborg is on her own to test the limits of her incredible state-of-the-art bionic limbs on...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cash4Gold, the world's #1 gold buyer direct from the general public, today announced that it is sponsoring Cris Cyborg in the first title fight in the history of women's mixed martial arts. Tomorrow's historic match will be the first time a women's fight has received top billing as the main event. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090727/LA52238LOGO-a) Cash4Gold is proud to sponsor Cyborg and hopes that she emerges victorious over...

Cornell University researchers have succeeded in implanting electronic circuit probes into tobacco hornworms as early pupae. The hornworms pass through the chrysalis stage to mature into long-lived moths whose muscles can be controlled with the implanted electronics. The research was showcased at MEMS 2008, an international academic conference on Micro-Electrico-Mechanical Systems that took place from January 13-17 in Tucson, AZ. The pupae insertion state was found to yield the best...

The dream of many planetary geologists is to have a robot on another world making decisions about where it wants to go and what it wants to look closer at. One step towards that dream is a cybernetics experiment venturing into the Spanish cliffs.Astrobiology Magazine -- Most observers of the Mars missions think the rovers are driven, like a car, but in fact they are commanded.While using a joystick or wheel to drive a rover might at first seem appealing, the 20 minute delay in transmission of...