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Business
Makin' It: Maurice Leacock, Robot Builder
"There is still a little backyard inventor/sci-fi geek in many of the folks here, for sure."
Technology
Intermission: The Navy's Super Smart Robots
These robots can tell who you are, what you're holding, and even hold a conversation with you. What's next?
Lifestyle
Robots Cook German Sausage Breakfast
Best roommates ever? Two German robots prepare breakfast for a group of researchers.
Culture
GOOD Books for Summer: Four Not-Too-Trashy Beach Reads
From sex on the moon to globe-trotting fashion editors to robot revolutions, this week's GOOD Books have oceanside appeal but won't dumb you down.
Education
Could This $99 Robot Transform Computer Science Education?
This plug-and-play robot could be a revolutionary way of teaching coding and programming.
Education
Video: These Sixth Grade Girls Might Fix the Next Oil Spill
An all-girls school takes on robotics, and they're starting out building robots based on the model that capped the Deepwater Horizon oil well.
Lifestyle
Feast Your Eyes: Robots Firing Ketchup
Watch. And laugh. And then enjoy the weekend!
Technology
Robots Making Movies at Bot and Dolly
Bot and Dolly is a San Francisco-based production company that uses recycled industrial robots to shoot their films. We'll find out more in one...
Business
Automation Insurance: Robots Are Replacing Middle Class Jobs
The middle class is disappearing and the problem is deeper than politics. How will we understand work in the coming age of robotics?
Culture
Frederico Diaz's New Sculpture Was Made Entirely by Robots. So Who's the Artist?
The 420,000 black spheres of the "Geometric Death Frequency-141" sculpture were organized and assembled by robots, with no human intervention.
Technology
Seven Creepy Robots with Useful Applications
Companies and institutions are working on remote controlled and autonomous robots to help a variety of people-from soldiers in war to the elderly.
Technology
The Robots Can Now Fetch You Beer
The robots are looking like cooler overlords all the time. The Willow Garage PR2, which recently learned to play pool, can now also get you a...
Culture
Where the Robots Came From
Exploring the sci-fi (and simply sci) roots of the word. Robots are in the air, and I don’t just mean flying robots like the self-assembling,...
Culture
Bend It Like R2D2: Welcome to the RoboCup
Soccer fans nationwide might lament the U.S. men’s performance at the FIFA World Cup, but patriotic football lovers can still root for an...
The Community Board
Terminator Scenario: The Dark Side of Neuroscience
Curtis Bell writes in the New Scientist: "War is becoming more and more dependent on robots such as the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles now...
Technology
Where Are All The Laser Guns?: A Lesson on Gadgets of the Future
Blame The Jetsons, repeated viewings of Star Wars (the good ones), and half of Will Smith's movies. Blame whomever you so choose for tricking us...
The Community Board
Chemical brain controls nanobots
A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented.Original Source: Chemical brain...
Technology
Oops: The Drones Got Hacked
This is a disturbing story. Those unmanned drones we've been using in Iraq and Afghanistan had some unforeseen security holes and got...
