futurescope: The Breakfast Machine by Simone Giertz I, for one, welcome our new service-robot overloards. [how-to guide by Simone]

popmech: Why This Robot Is Using 3-Million-Year-Old Hand ToolsIf you want to do a caveman’s job, just hire a robot. That’s what researchers at Monrepos Research Center in Neuwied, Germany are trying to do as they research Stone Age tools. They’re using robots to take...

Meet The Scientist Who Never Sleeps

txchnologist: by Michael Keller An infectious disease researcher named Eve has made a surprising discovery—a compound named TNP-470 that stops tumors from growing also shows promise in fighting malaria. It’s an important early-stage drug development find. Around 200...