This robot is like a Skype call with hands
For the last six years, a Singaporean couple has been developing a robot, which lets people in different locations transmit hand movements and facial expressions to each other for work and play. Rough ...
Woman has part of her living brain removed for science
The Allen Institute for Brain Research is working to map the human brain. It's using live samples donated by patients undergoing brain surgery which are kept 'alive' for several days during scientific ...
Creepy or cute? Robot pals for you and your dog
Virtual assistants and robot toys are nothing new. But at a Berlin tech expo some companies are trying to push the envelope a bit further.
The robot companion designed to combat loneliness
A South Korean start-up is looking to technology to solve the problem of loneliness - their answer: piBo the robot companion.
U.S. states launch Google antitrust probe
Attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico joined together to launch a probe of Google, questioning whether the search giant is abusing its dominance in an anticompetit ...
Special gloves claim to stop hand tremors
Gloves with built-in spinning gyroscopes are helping people with Parkinson's disease and "essential tremor" regain control of their hands. Emily Wither reports.