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Robotic Contact Lens Lets You Zoom In on Objects by Blinking Twice

Anyone who’s hoping some version of our species will manage to survive the coming climate crisis through transhumanism might be interested to learn about this recent breakthrough: a robotic ...

IKEA Unveils Robotic Furniture, The Urban Village of the Future & More

How can we make housing more affordable, livable and sustainable in the face of climate change, rapid urbanization and other pressing issues? IKEA has some ideas. The Swedish retailer just ...

Augmented Nature: 6 Ways Robotics Are Aiding Conservation Efforts

Does the idea of deploying robotic plants and animals in natural habitats to help save threatened species and reduce pollution make you feel better or worse about the state of the world? On the ...

Constructing the Future: 13 Recent Advances in Robotic Building Technology

The buildings and infrastructure of the not-so-distant future might look like they were dropped here from an alien planet thanks to the complex geometries and curvaceous surfaces robotic building ...

The Heron’s Tree: The World’s Largest Hanging Garden Since Ancient Babylon

An island in France populated by ‘living machines’ that seem to be torn straight from the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Les Machines de L’ile has delighted visitors since 2007, and now ...

Days after Gucci’s Severed Head Stunt, Drones Model Handbags at Milan Fashion Week

Robots: they took'r jerbs! Or at least, drones stood in for live models at Dolce & Gabbana’s runway during Milan fashion week, floating handbags above the heads of awed onlookers. The ...

Self-Parking Slippers: Nissan Surprises Hotel Guests with Unexpected Tech

Guests at a Japanese inn in Hakone were shocked when they removed their hotel-provided slippers only to watch them roll away and self-park in a neat row. Later, taking a seat at the traditional ...

Robot Who ‘Wants to Destroy Humans’ Granted Citizenship by Saudi Arabia

Sophia, a semi-realistic humanoid robot with a range of uncanny facial expressions, has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia in a global first. Created by Hong Kong-based firm Hanson ...

3D-Printed Muscle Straight Out of ‘Westworld’ Makes Robots More Realistic

If you watched HBO’s ‘Westworld’ earlier this year, you probably remember the scenes where the nascent humanoid robots were strung up on circular frames like Leonardo da Vinci’s ...

Robot Fails: 12 Times Supposedly Intelligent Machines Screwed Up

If you’re down about the oncoming dystopia in which robots take all of our jobs before we’ve structurally reorganized society to support ourselves, enjoy a few moments of smug comfort in ...

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