Robotic Plant Ushers in New Age of Unnecessary Robotics
Not content to robotically emulate any and all members of the animal kingdom, humanity has turned to another branch of the Tree of Life for inspiration: that…
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How to Pop Popcorn... With Lasers!
In case you had no idea what you were going to do this weekend, here's a suggestion: popcorn. With lasers .
Japanese Robot Can (Almost) Run - We Are So Doomed
BigDog The bot, called Athlete, is the brainchild of Ryuma Niiyama, a post-doctorate student at MIT, and uses pneumatic artificial muscles to simulate human…
Another Apple Prototype Leaked: the iBox!!
Illustrator James Gurney has found a prototype of Apple's next big release: the iBox. This is big, guys.
Windows Calculator: I Am Error
I've been using PCs for the better part of two decades, and in all that time, I've used Windows' calculator maybe four times.
How To Fix An Xbox 360's RRoD, As Told by Marines
I'm gonna come right out and admit I've never owned an Xbox 360 - but most of my friends have one, so I've still experienced second-hand the Red Ring of...
Rock-em, Sock-em Robot Beats Up Volunteers In the Name of Science
Six Slovenian volunteers have been undergoing a bizarre test: being punched in the arm over, and over, and over, and over again by a robot. A researcher...
Apple's Antenna Lab - One Malevolent Female Robot Away From Being Portal
As Toby mentioned yesterday, Apple is pretty adamant that the signal problem isn't their fault, citing in yesterday's press conference that the problem is...
Death-Fearing Millionaire Commissions Immortal Robot - No, Really
If you're not good and rested, take a nap before continuing with this article - because you're never gonna sleep again. Bina and Martine Rothblatt are an...
Beer with Robots: The Best Thing Since Beer without Robots
Concerned less with bettering mankind so much as revelry, the team at Willow Garage has spent what I can only assume must've been an enormous amount of...
'Aggressive' Helicopter is Possibly the Scariest Flying Robot Ever
Huh. Well this sure is scary as hell. Remember Big Dog? This is every bit as terrifying, only this one flies....
The Cutest Robot You've Ever Feared
Hey, y'know Bait Car? Bait Car is great. Bait Car is frequently hilarious. Bait Car comes from Canada. Bait Car has a website. If you're still lost, just...
Robotic Pancreas Makes Diabetes Sufferers Into Cyborgs
I've always been terrified by diabetes. Not that I'm at any risk or anything, it's just the thought of living your life on this weird insulin countdown...
This Week in Robots: Japanese Couple Says 'iDo'
Techi is honor-bound to offer you totally rad (and routinely bizarre) things to read about, and I for one don't like to disappoint, so check this out. In...
Tiniest. Robots. EVER
I've been hearing this concept tossed around for years now, but apparently, it has now happened: Science (and may I point out that I capitalize 'Science'...
Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable
Robots, man. Freaking robots. Your robotic fix today comes from PhD student Ji-Dong Yim, who has built two cell phone robots, Callo and Cally (get it?...
Severed Biomechanical Arm Gives New Meaning to 'Robot Rock'
Chris Conte knows how to rock and roll. Or at least how to build machines that can assist in the task. Having been commissioned by Adam Gontier, lead...
Robotic Suit Grants Superhuman Strength, Possibly Revolutionizes... Radish Farming?
You may have heard about Shigeki Toyama and his Power Assist Suit before. Of course, there's every likelihood you haven't. Let's rap about it, let me...
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569 articles from Ty Dunitz's earlier editorial era on TECHi. These remain available at their original URLs but aren't part of the current beat.
Facebook gets literal
Word on the tubes is that Facebook is about to drop live, in-browser video chat next week. According to Zuck, Facebook will be unveiling an...
GPS tech turns on a light for the blind
The visually impaired don't get a lot of help when it comes to next-gen tech to help them better live autonomous lives. For generations, the most...
Valve + Nintendo = Gaming heaven?
Valve and Nintendo have sort of been gaming chalk and cheese in the past - but that may not be so forever! Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has whispered what...
Foursquare hits the big one-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Your service is probably pretty fly if you've hit ten million users, and Foursquare as of Monday has become such a service. Foursquare, in case you're...
Maybe Jobs was right when he used the term 'magic' after all...
Magician Marco Tempest has coined possibly the coolest term you're gonna hear all week: technoillusionist. What is a technoillusionist? Why, a magician...
Where 'toy' ends, and 'badass' begins
Add to your personal list of things that don't need to exist (everyone keeps one of those, right?) this remote-controlled car, which has the singular...
Driving to a different tune with Soundtracks
Are you about ready to throw your car stereo in the trash? You're about to be. Students Robbin Ingvarsson and Waldemar Wegelin have designed what they...
Twitter hops into bed with iOS 5 for some 'deep integration'
Monday is going to be an interesting day, to say the least. Rumours surrounding WWDC '11 concern all sorts of neat stuff, including but not limited to...
Photography past meets present - best iPhone accessory ever?
It doesn't get more awesome than this. It does not get more awesome than this. I don't think anyone can argue that the iPhone already takes pretty swell...
Location-based album launches musical elitism to new heights
Do you exist? Do you like music? If you answered yes to both questions, you'll likely find this pretty neat. Bluebrain, a band based out of Washington DC,...
Interaction design taken way, way, way too far
I'm not trying to say the folks at the Hasso-Plattner Institute are crazy, but guys: the folks at the Hasso-Plattner Institute are crazy. Introducing the...
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