Robots may one day be "your plastic pal who's fun to be with" but today they're doing vital radiation-zone tasks, tweeting from space and prepping to assist soldiers, to dance, and to fold your sheets.READ»
The freakout over the global effects of Fukushima turned out to be a lot of hogwash, as we saw over and over again, yet the panic persists -- especially when you're talking about food contamination. Here to give those fears a big dose ...READ»
In an era when cars drive themselves and algorithms predict traffic, the robot as a guardian figure is rising: 'Bots are being used in Japan to measure radiation from crippled nuclear reactors, and the video games rating board is using automated systems to decide what rating a game gets. READ»
In a post-Fukushima world, there will be inevitable concerns about the safety of a nuclear rocket; here's why those concerns should be put to rest. READ»
As long as the situation at the Fukushima power plant remains out of control, people are going to keep on being worried about radiation exposure. Even though we're exposed to a fair amount of radiation in our daily lives (like every ...READ»
Japan's ongoing nuclear crisis has triggered radiation hysteria all over the world. Enter RDTN, a crowdsourced radiation site that aims to keep users up to date on exactly how high radiation levels are in Japan and on the West Coast of the U.S.READ»
Radiation is top of mind now, what with panicked Californians buying iodine tablets because of the (totally imagined) threat of fallout from the Fukushima meltdowns. You can kind of understand the panic: Whenever we hear "radiation," ...READ»
Should we add hybrid cars to the list of things that emit unsafe amounts of radiation? A research committee funded by Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection thinks so. The committee studied radiation emitted from various ...READ»
Most of us have heard about the myriad studies done over the past few years that claim cell phone use leads to a marked increase in salivary gland and brain tumors. And while none of these studies are conclusive--WHO, the FDA, and the ...READ»
