Many decades ago, IBM engineers developed the typeball. This semi-spherical hunk of metal would become the heart of the Selectric typewriter line. [James Brown] has now leveraged that very concept to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The edible agent in the study was made from edible materials and designed to sway from side to side in synchrony with ...

A robot dog that talks back may sound like a novelty. In this case, it is meant to solve a practical problem: guide dogs can lead, but they cannot explain. That gap is what researchers at Binghamton ...

A research group led by Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata from the Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering at the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in collaboration with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Friday marks the first day of the San Mateo County Fair, which opens with eating contests, carnival rides and concerts. Gym Class ...

EU researchers are testing a robot that can have basic conversations in busy surroundings, with the idea of assisting people arriving at hospitals. A hospital in central Paris has had an unexpected ...