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Your Next Home Will Be A Robot

Your next home may be more rammed with servos, sensors, and wireless than the average android. Bonus: As well as being more sci-fi, it will save you energy and money. The home automation field is about to explode.READ»

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This Week In Bots: The Emotional, Eyebrow-Raising, Singing Edition

Robots are getting more expressive, more than being mere lumps of plastic designed to do jobs for us in handy ways. They can now almost sing...READ»

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AIST's HRP4: Sci-Fi-Like Household Helper Robots Have Arrived

You've seen plenty of robots and androids in the news, but you've probably never seen anything as astonishing as HRP4, which promises to be cheap, powerful, and the most sci-fi-like bot built to date. READ»

Control Your House by iPhone?

Since the 1970s, computer nerds have been automating home control with gizmos based on the X-10 radio standard. A lot's changed since X-10 was cutting edge, and a few proprietary systems have come along with improvements, but none ...READ»

Stanford's Visible Energy UFO Remote-Controls Your Wall Warts

Stanford's just demonstrated a stylish way of managing the various wall chargers dotted around your home--and simultaneously created a convenient way to both kill the vampire power they draw from your electrical supply and ...READ»

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Black and Decker Car-Style Remote Opens Your Front Door

Black and Decker have taken a long hard look at the boring old front door lock, and added in some technology that takes it into the 21st Century. Namely a car-style remote key fob so you don't kave to fiddle with a physical key, and ...READ»