Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. In good ...

The T-1000 in Terminator 2 is pretty much nightmare fuel. Created by Skynet, the android is able to blend in with its surroundings by taking the appearance of objects or even actual human beings ...

(Nanowerk News) Pu Zhang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York, likes to compare his team’s research on liquid metals to the ...

It’s the 35th anniversary of Industrial Light & Magic, the company George Lucas founded to help create Star Wars’ ambitious special effects, and there’s a new documentary. You may never have ...

(Nanowerk News) In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition.

With the rapidly-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, most of us joke about SkyNet rising before too long at all. As it turns out, part of the Terminator franchise may already be here. Last ...

Researchers are studying how self-propelled liquid metals might move around, eventually creating a revolution in electronics...or an apocalypse. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric ...

BINGHAMTON, NY -- Pu Zhang likes to compare his team's research on liquid metals to the Terminator -- specifically 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which a killer robot sent from a grim future ...