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Making Robots Throw Punches Across the Web

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 – running time 07:29

A concept for a transparent mobile phone, the world's first bionic eye, more jobs for robots in hospitals, sign-spinners get automated, controlling fighting robots across the web, and a bike that cleans the air its rider breathes.

On today's GeekBeat, we check out a transparent cellphone concept, the world's first bionic eye, fighting robots you can control from the internet and a bike that cleans the air that the rider breathes! Plus, automated sign-spinners and robots in hospitals!

The See-Through Mobile Phone

Polytron Technologies is showing off a concept for a transparent phone. Do you want a phone you can see through?

00:22 | Play

World's First Bionic Eye Implanted

Bionic Vision Australia has implanted the world’s first bionic eye. A woman named Dianne Ashworth has the early prototype attached to her retina.

01:31 | Play

More Robots in the Operating Room

Robots are used in operating rooms for tasks that require extreme precision, but General Electric has visions of their roles expanding to sterilizing, sorting, and delivering the proper instruments to the O.R.

02:07 | Play

Robot Sign-Spinners Hit the Streets

In California, not even the street-side sign-spinners' jobs are safe from robots! That's right, human sign-spinners are being replaced by robots.

03:44 | Play

Real Rock-Em Sock-Em Robots

Cloudrobots takes the idea of robot boxers and allows you to battle it out with people all over the world with real robots.

04:38 | Play

Breathing Bike Has it's Own Air Filter System

Matt Hope, an artist living in China, was worried about all of the pollution he was sucking in while pedaling through the streets so he invented something called The Breathing Bike.

05:28 | Play

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GeekBeat.TV presents the day's hottest stories, tips, trends, and news all in one place. It's the next can't-miss show for anyone looking to keep their finger on the pulse of the wired world.
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