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The Invention area showcases advancements in robotics, drones, and cutting-edge devices, celebrating futuristic technology. It serves as a platform for innovative ideas that have the potential to completely alter how we work, live, and engage with the world.
The DARPA “Cheetah” is fast and freaky
There have been many innovations in recent months that have blown us away from the world of robotics. If there's...
Is this creepy android mannequin the future of retail merchandising?
If this is the future of retail, I'll be shopping online more often. Takashimaya, a department store in Tokyo, is...
Autonomous nano quadrotors amaze (and terrify) with complicated formation runs
Quadrotor technology developed at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) lab at the University of Pennsylvania is able...
Ericsson’s vision of a “Networked Society” is beautiful, terrifying
There's a fine line between technology that enables a better world and technology that makes us head in the wrong...
Flying robots that build things open doors to automated architecture
In the movies, it always start innocently. They are designed to help humans, to do the mundane or difficult tasks...
Minority Report (in real life)
The Tom Cruise-driven vision of a future (almost) completely without murder worked with the concept that if we could use...
The creepiest crawling robot you’ll see all day
Robotic science is intended to create devices that can aid humans in activities. In some case, it's to help perform...
Japan’s cure for snoring and sleep apnea – a robotic bear pillow
At some point, the sheer oddity of Japanese technological solutions to various problems will stop surprising us. That day may...
Asimo shows how he can be our servant (and eventually our overlord)
When Honda unveiled ASIMO a few years ago, most were amazed by its human-like movements. Some claimed there was a...
7 jobs that robots could probably do better (and cheaper)
Today's advancements in technology have made automation a part of our daily lives. Many of the tasks that were once...
Where tech is born – the MIT Media Lab approach
In the oft-siloed world of grad school, MIT's Media Lab leads the way when it comes to creating environments that...
Roger Ebert’s “voice” comes from Apple (with help from his friends)
The TED2011 Conference unveiled new technologies, encouraged imagination, and highlighted innovation as some of the most brilliant minds in the...
Ultimate geek gifts: 3D steampunk robot magnets
Every now and then you come across something that's, well, different. It's hard in today's world where so many products...
Jeopardy!-winning computer Watson “hired” to offer medical advice to doctors
It proved that it could beat the best Jeopardy! champions in the world at their own game. Now, IBM's Watson...
Cleverbot, squared
Cleverbot is a novelty AI program designed to mimic human interaction and allow people to "talk" to it conversationally. It...
Swarmanoid: The future of awesome gadgets
The dream of making the perfect robot that can do a lot of our human activities may have found a...
Microsoft envisions the “home of the future”
What if every wall in your home was a digital display? What if your kitchen table would set itself and...
Meet the robot that learns as it goes
The concept of robots that learn may seem relatively simply. We see robots and machines that are able to perform...
TED gives a first-hand glimpse of the Festo SmartBird in action
Man has possessed the power of technology-assisted flight for over a century now, but the way that birds are able...
Massive chicken de-boning machine pulls 1500 breasts per hour
Science has been solving life's little problems for centuries, but one task that has remained manual over the years has...