Bionic Penguins: Our future robot overlords?
Festo's Bionic Learning Network demonstrates some very cool tech in a video that feels like a segment out of a science fiction film.
Robots will aid in health care as population ages
An aging population will spur the use of robots in health care, but only after funding and interface issues are resolved, said a robotics conference presenter.
OLED screens, Blu-ray players and brain control
January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a great place to see new gadgets but they're not always available right away. A couple of the coolest gadgets from this year's CES, Sony's OLED-based Walkman and Samsung's slim Blu-ray Disk player, are now on their way.
Wii hack makes light work of mowing the grass
Researchers modify a Wii remote control so that it can control an industrial lawn mower.
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