From real estate to medicine to retail, practically every industry is seeing a rise in machines entering the futuristic field. Here's why that's a good thing (for the most part).READ»
Kids have unbridled imaginations and a healthy dose of optimism about what the future might hold. When they were asked about how robots might help them learn and work better, they had some potentially prescient answers.READ»
Whether you like it or not, little robots are going to be part of lives sooner than we think, and we'll need these apps to make them do what we want--from getting beer to more important tasks.READ»
Would you let a robot chauffeur you around town, twirl its arms violently as it worked on a production line, or even perform surgery on you? Say yes--because the future is now.READ»
Why is Honda's lovable child-sized android Asimo so damn adorable despite having a darkened, astronaut-mask-like visage? This and other important questions answered right here, right now in TWIB. READ»
Robots are swiftly moving from the realm of fantasy into our living rooms, our news reports, and our office spaces, while influencing our laws and our collective consciousness. The future was yesterday.READ»
The Kilobot, a little robot that can coordinate with other Kilobots to perform simple tasks, is now available for purchase by anyone, from curious computer programmers to evil geniuses.READ»
Okay, yes, these amazing machines were not exactly made for turkey day. But that doesn't mean they couldn't make the holiday more fun--with fewer dishes to do.READ»
Foxconn, Apple's main supplier, keeps getting bad press for how badly it treats its workers. The solution: replace workers with robots who you can mistreat, guilt free.READ»
But could it have been? Narrative Science, a company whose algorithm turns data into narrative (and a Chicago Innovation Award winner), is being used more and more to write simple stories quicker and more cheaply than humans. Will ...READ»
