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India Bans Self-Driving Cars

Jul 26th 2017

India Bans Self-Driving Cars

It seems that there are more than technology barriers to deploying driverless cars. A full 75% of people polled by IBM across India indicated that they were in favor of self-driving cars due to t …

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The Automated Chicken Coop

Jul 24th 2017

The Automated Chicken Coop

Tell some farmers that they can leave town for a week and not have to put their lives on hold to go home and feed, they will jump for joy. Daniel Badiou has invented a robotic chicken coop, Rova, …

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A Robot with Whiskers

Jul 21st 2017

A Robot with Whiskers

Regardless of your feelings toward facial hair, whiskers are a feature among nearly all mammals – mice, cats, sea lions – and each animal may use them in a slightly different capacity whether to …

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TechCrunch Hosts MIT Robotics Conference

Jul 17th 2017

TechCrunch Hosts MIT Robotics Conference

In Boston today, TechCrunch is hosting its “The Minds Behind the Machines” robotics meeting to foster comprehensive discussion and networking with the entire robotics community from researchers t …

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The Total Package

Jul 14th 2017

The Total Package

The first book I ever read about package design was The Total Package: The Evolution and Secret Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans and Tubes, by Thomas Hine, a Philadelphia-based author, as …

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