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  • Cloud meets hardware: The inevitable merger

    The evidence is piling up: Hardware systems will increasingly work in tandem with the cloud.

    Blog posts | May 18, 2012 3:01am PDT

  • Sensing systems for robots could help blind navigate

    Parisian researchers have developed a 3D navigation system for the blind using a pair of glasses equipped with cameras and sensors like those used in robot exploration.

    Blog posts | May 3, 2012 8:08am PDT

  • iRobot's military bots get smarter and more agile (photos)

    A look inside iRobot's workshop to build robots able to get home on their own, establish a mesh network, and pick up things without destroying them.

  • iRobot's Ava: She's got the touch (photos)

    Meet Ava, iRobot's prototype robot that can autonomously navigate a room and enable a videoconference with her tablet user interface.

  • Swarms of robots to mine space (photos)

    Planetary Resources plans to harvest water and other valuable natural resources from near-by asteroids.

  • Sex Tech: IsAnyoneUp, Robot Prostitutes, Dating Spreadsheet Disaster

    Revenge porn site becomes anti-bullying site, a dating spreadsheet goes viral, UK's largest abortion provider hacked, Kink sues a tube site and more.

    Blog posts | April 21, 2012 1:32pm PDT

  • One Laptop per Child: Disappointing results?

    Is the One Laptop per Child scheme producing the results we expected?

    Blog posts | April 9, 2012 5:16am PDT

  • Navy gets on board with robots (photos)

    The Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research signals the Navy's desire to speed up development of autonomous robots with a testing lab that simulates a range of natural environments.

  • Rethinking the robot through history (images)

    The early days of automatons and robots were often viewed as mechanized humans, but today's robots come in a wide variety of shapes and address a growing number of very specialized tasks.

  • 2012's top ten tech. April Fools' Day stories

    There were some great April Fools' Day tech. stories this year, The grand champion this year though was a political blog post claiming that Mitt Romney had dropped out the Presidential race......

    Blog posts | April 1, 2012 5:27pm PDT

  • Hulu Plus hits the Android tablet

    The Hulu Plus monthly video streaming service is now available for certain Android tablets.

    Blog posts | March 29, 2012 1:10pm PDT

  • Fraunhofer's artistic robot at CeBIT (photos)

    The Fraunhofer Institute shows off a robot that could take a digital photo and convert it into a drawing at CeBIT. Its day job is measuring the performance of reflective materials.

  • March of the humanoid robots

    As robotics researchers meet to gauge the industry's progress, a look back at some of the more eye-catching humanoid robots to strut their stuff recently.

  • Robots look for real-world jobs (photos)

    At the Human-Robot Interaction conference, industrial and research robots show off what they can do.

  • The Robotation Academy at CeBIT (photos)

    Automated manufacturing is a big theme at CeBIT, a mammoth technology show in Germany, and the Robotation Acedemy is designed to school industrialists to become robot operators -- and owners.

  • Toy Fair 2012 (photos)

    iPad accessories, dancing robots, kid DVRs, helicopters, and more: the best of Toy Fair 2012.

  • Getting creative with littleBits (photos)

    What can you make with a bunch of littleBits circuit boards and office supplies? A pretty cute CNET-loving robot, it turns out.

  • Electric autos--from Edison to robots (images)

    Take a tour of the past, present, and future of electric vehicles to see the multiple waves of electric cars in years past and a hint at future directions.

  • Robot breakdancing brings in the Chinese New Year (video)

    China's New Year celebrations are very impressive. This year, the organisers decided that synchronised dancing robots should join in their broadcast.

    Blog posts | January 24, 2012 5:29am PST

  • Eliza Dushku and Wayne Brady chat with The 404 Podcast

    LAS VEGAS--It's a big day for The 404 as we welcome two big Hollywood names to the CES stage--Eliza Dushku and Wayne Brady drop by for a chat about video games, robots, gadgets, and more!

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