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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.
When Digital Distribution Becomes Art
You know what's too cool? This is. In an exploration of digital content delivery, record label Ghostly International is debuting...
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...
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...
Groping People In Second Life Is About To Get Way More Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlYY0xo4gk So, okay. It's possible that feeling up a virtual hottie is not quite what the designers of this incredible...
‘Aggressive’ Helicopter is Possibly the Scariest Flying Robot Ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM Huh. Well this sure is scary as hell. Remember Big Dog? This is every bit as terrifying, only this...
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...
The Nerf Sentry Gun: Because Real Guns Just Aren’t Safe Anymore
I'm really stoked about all the cool Arduino stuff I'm seeing lately. Remember the Twitter lamp I rapped about last...
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...
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...
Mini-ITX Test Bench Looks Like a Transformer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=052l5ESJDKQ&feature=player_embedded#! This robotic creature transforms into a Mini-ITX test bench. The four adjustable legs create a spider-like effect. Designer Lian...
Tiniest. Robots. EVER.
I've been hearing this concept tossed around for years now, but apparently, it has now happened: Science (and may I...
Fujitsu Bear Redefines Terror, Comforts Your Grandma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r0zSCVMaiM You know what? I think you've had enough sleep. In fact, I think you've had enough sleep for the...
Dancing Robots, Way Cooler Than It Sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMnbNoccgA I'll admit, I was skeptical when I saw the title of this video. I assumed I was in for...
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...
The Droid Really Is All That: Commands Lego, Solves Rubik’s Cube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWoAHS120g This isn't the first Rubik's-cube-solving Lego robot that's been viral in the last few months, nor is it the...
Stephen Hawking Tells Us How To Build A Time Machine
How many times have you wished you had a time machine so you could go back and do something a...
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...
Big Dog Robot Can Jog Up To 5mph With Your Groceries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ&feature=player_embedded Don’t feel like carrying all of your heavy bags anymore? Let Big Dog do it for you. Big Dog...
Farmer’s Homemade Robots Pour Drinks, Chop Food, Paint, and More
Chinese farmer turned inventor, Wu Yulu, is finally getting some recognition after designing and building homemade robots. Yulu has faced...
Robot Trainers Bring Hope to Stroke Patients
A study done by a group of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island showed that intensive therapy using a...