Motoko Kusanagi, better known as “the Major,” is the cyborg hero of the famous manga, anime, and soon-to-be live-action film, Ghost in the Shell. The title itself refers to the idea that the Major was ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed an innovative cyborg by integrating robotic parts with living organisms, specifically using a mushroom brain and fungal self-healing skin. This ...

Much will be made this week of the poor box-office showing of “RoboCop,” the $130 million remake about a human-machine hybrid that sputtered to a weekend opening gross of about $21.5 million. On ...

Ghost in the Shell is next in a long line of human looking machines in movies. Take a look at some of our favorites.

From the silent era to the present, robots have fascinated filmmakers, who have portrayed the mechanical beings in every conceivable way — as allies, antagonists, victims, predators, quipsters, ...

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