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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

  • Sex Tech: Reddit vs. Romney, Sex Addiction, Spankable Robot, Tumblr Sued

    Tumblr sued by Perfect 10, Reddit vs. Mitt Romney, Japanese robot butt for spanking, no science for sex addiction.

    Blog posts | May 11, 2012 2:09pm 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

  • Robotic jellyfish runs off renewable energy

    Researchers at the University of Texas (Dallas) and Virginia Tech experiment with a robot that runs of hydrogen and oxygen.

    Blog posts | March 26, 2012 12:49pm 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.

  • 'Cheetah' sets land speed record for legged robots

    Created by Boston Dynamics and funded by DARPA, Cheetah is allegedly now the fastest legged robot on the planet.

    Blog posts | March 5, 2012 7:06pm PST

  • 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.

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