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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.
As Google makes driverless cars a reality, who will actually “drive” them?
While Google takes on the role of trailblazer in Nevada, there are questions that surround the technology behind their driverless...
Google’s Project Glass could change our views
Every time there is a new smart phone put on the market, millions of people flock to the release in...
Driverless technology: Google gets behind the wheel
The future is now. At least, that is what we will be saying when the driverless automobile takes to the...
BRAD: The ridiculously automated dorm room at Berkeley is much cooler than yours
The dorm rooms that are often the most visited by friends are the ones with a fridge, a Playstation, and...
Google’s driverless car comes with (satirical) consequences
With California having major financial woes, the Google Driverless Car may be enough to tank the entire state since ID...
Google’s self-driving car user #0000000001
Steve Mahan is just like everyone else with a car. He likes to hop in the driver's seat on a...
Can robotic supports replace wheelchairs for many?
The Tek Robotic Mobilization Device developed by Istanbul, Turkey-based AMS Mekatronic, bridges the gap between bulky wheelchairs with the...
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...