A surge of funding and federal action is giving the once-futuristic technology a more immediate role in everything from ...

Online volunteers can help spot blocked roads, damaged buildings and broken bridges in Venezuela.

TIANJIN, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Electrodes taped to her forearm and a sensor-studded cap on her head, a stroke patient watched a screen where a virtual hand slowly closed. She fixed her gaze on the image, ...