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Spot gets a face-arm, and ATLAS goes jogging outside

Can we send humans to Mars by 2027 with $6 billion? MIT engineers say no

A plastic metamaterial could make electronics better able to detect voice commands in noisy environments

They promise to fix VR's bugaboos, including visual discomfort and fatigue, eyestrain, and nausea

The week's best robot videos are here

A new tiny device will allow a laser to send signals on over 40 channels simultaneously

The beta testers are scheduled to begin uploading the latest version of the company's Autopilot

System will use inductive coils buried under the pavement, much like a Korean tram system we detailed two years ago

One thing's for sure: robots are about to be a big thing in Chinese manufacturing

Scalable bottom-up production technique is more compatible with semiconductor manufacturing than other methods

North Carolina State University undergrads create a tool that guesses what an offense with do with the ball with up to 91.6% accuracy

Cybersecurity researchers in Poland and Italy are trying to out-smart steganographers at hiding their malware

A multi-robot planning algorithm makes sure that you and your friends get the beer deliveries that you need

A reusable spaceplane could be putting satellites into orbit every single day by 2018

Thirty years after its introduction, the Amiga is still influencing computing

We need more robotics engineers starting companies focused on driverless car technology

Integration of quantum dots and photonic crystals produce brighter, more efficient light at a lower cost

Iron Man's alma mater has a design for a realistic ARC fusion reactor

The latest 2-D challenger can have metallic and semiconducting parts

A new teleoperation system allows humans to lend their balancing skills to a bipedal robot

Simulations may lead to materials with higher melting points for better energy production

Doppler shifts in Wi-Fi and mobile radio signals pinpoint people through 25-cm brick walls

The easiest way to test how humans react to autonomous cars is by fooling them into thinking they're in one

Mobile communications technology developers demonstrate FD-MIMO and 73-GHz transmissions.

Computer engineers created algorithms that can predict if a patient will have septic shock with time to spare

Companies can switch to fiber lines, but they have to give customers fair warning

Graphene allows thermoelectric material to operate at room temperatures and increases its energy conversion efficiency

No more killer robots debate today, let's just relax with a bunch of fun videos

Experimental techniques could make dim objects far easier to see

Japanese researchers show that children can act like horrible little brats towards robots

Hybrid material produces a switch ratio orders of magnitude higher than graphene alone

Miller and Valasek reveal some of the details of their car hacking at Blackhat

Japanese researchers teach a little humanoid how to play Wii tennis

Physicists propose a simple device design that emits tunable THz radiation when a DC current passes through it

Electronics that can operate at 500 degrees Celsius are in the works for a Venus exploration robot

Search giant says French data agency order goes too far

Photon spin determines direction of current in silicon device

If autonomous weapons are capable of reducing casualties, there may exist a moral imperative for their use

Pulsed voltages add new wrinkle to electrochemical exfoliation of graphene

Finalized EPA rules announced by President Obama would reduce carbon emissions by shutting down coal-fired power plants, shifting U.S. energy mix by 2030

Billions for maps, but not one pfennig for steel

China puts export license restrictions on sales of its supercomputer and drone technologies overseas

Multicopter racing with first-person view camera systems is an increasingly popular sport—despite the FAA’s uncertain view of the activity

The slow commercial development of another nanomaterial appears to be creating some sweaty palms

For one thing, the car won't take over the wheel if it thinks you're too drunk to take it back again

It paid $250,000 for one but declined a $3.5 billion offer

Autonomous weapons could lead to low-cost micro-robots that can be deployed to anonymously kill thousands. That's just one reason why they should be banned

But engineers shouldn't worry too much

The week's best robot videos are here

Obama's executive order aims to achieve exascale supercomputing and pave future for computers