robotics

Tech

Scientists Created a Shape-Shifting Robot Made of Triangles for Future Space Missions

06.12.23

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

William Shatner Introduces the ‘Future’ of Robotics In Rarely Seen 1984 Video

07.06.22

By Samantha Cole
News

This Star Wars-Inspired E-Skin Lets Robots ‘Feel’ Objects

07.07.21

By Gavin Butler
Tech

Progress on Russian’s ‘Anti-Mosquito Laser Turret’ Halted by Winter

03.09.21

By Samantha Cole
News

Sex Robots Should Target the Elderly and the Disabled, Experts Say

11.17.20

By Gavin Butler
Tech

Where Did That Horrifying Malfunctioning Dental School Robot Come From?

10.07.20

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog is Now Available for Purchase at $74,500

06.16.20

By Kevin Truong
Tech

Spot is a Cop

11.25.19

By Samantha Cole
Tech

This Startup Wants the Rights to Your Face in Perpetuity for $127,000

10.16.19

By Samantha Cole
Tech

The Internet Has Spent Three Years Taking Care Of This Guy’s Plants

07.18.19

By Madeleine Gregory
Tech

This Programmer Turned the 36-Year-Old Apple IIe into a Robot

02.20.19

By Jason Koebler
Tech

How Robotics Are Transforming the Lives of Greece’s Underprivileged Kids

12.25.18

By Kostas Koukoumakas

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Life

NYC Homeless Student Program Funds Diverted for Staff Disney Trips

Education officials used money meant for students in temporary housing on trips for their families instead.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada
Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas. Photo by Kevin McKiernan/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock.

News

Cult Members Who Forced Kids to Work 16-Hour Days Convicted in Kansas

Members of the former United Nation of Islam (UNOI) told children they would burn in “eternal hellfire” if they tried to escape their inhumane conditions.

09.18.24

By Sammi Caramela
Courtesy St. Bonaventure University.

Life

Woj’s Last Bomb: NBA Insider Trades Breaking News for College Hoops

Longtime NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is leaving ESPN to manage college basketball at St. Bonaventure University.

09.18.24
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Shopping

I Laid on 6,000 Plastic Spikes Every Day for a Week. Here’s What Happened.

TL;DR; absurdly vivid dreams, feeling all of my organs, and curing my mom’s insomnia.

09.18.24

By Natalli Amato
International Overdose Awareness Day 2023. Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterstock.

Life

US Overdose Deaths Declined for the First Time in Decades

Provisional drug overdose death counts by the CDC show a 10.6 percent decline in overdose deaths in the 12-month ending period in April 2024.

09.18.24

By Luis Prada