Microscopic robots walk autonomously using simple 'brains'Robots could one day treat health issues from inside your body.By J. Fingas, 09.22.2022
Researchers made a sonar-equipped earphone that can capture facial expressionsThe 'earable' bounces sound off the inside of the wearer's cheeks to detect face movements.By K. Holt, 07.19.2022
Cornell researchers taught a robot to take Airbnb photosHumanity has taken its first tentative steps towards a future with robo-realtors.By A. Tarantola, 03.16.2022
Hitting the Books: How Bitcoin is somehow worth more than the paper it's printed onEconomist Eswar Prasad argues the cryptocurrency's value is a matter of faith. By A. Tarantola, 09.25.2021
Why every robot needs a spiffy hatIf you thought the classic ‘pants on a dog’ problem was tricky, try doing it with treads!By A. Tarantola, 07.26.2021
Researchers built an AI that plays chess like a person, not a super computerThey trained Maia on millions of online games played by humans.By K. Holt, 01.26.2021
Stretchable skin sensor could help you touch things in VRIt could also help robots interact with the outside world.By J. Fingas, 11.13.2020
Cornell researchers created an earphone that can track facial expressionsThe team says C-Face works even when the subject is wearing a mask.By K. Holt, 10.12.2020
Cornell's VibroSense makes appliances 'smart' by tracking their vibrationsIt can identify up to 17 different household activities.By I. Bonifacic, 09.09.2020
Cornell University's laser-activated robot is smaller than a parameciumThey could one day crawl through our bloodstreams.By A. Tarantola, 08.26.2020
Wrist-mounted wearable tracks your hand in 3D using thermal sensorsThe device can make sense of the hand even when it's holding something. By I. Bonifacic, 07.20.2020
Intel’s neuromorphic chip learns to ‘smell’ 10 hazardous chemicalsIt could help ‘electronic noses’ detect weapons, narcotics and disease.By C. Fisher, 03.16.2020
Researchers create bone-inspired 3D-printed building materialsThe strong, lightweight polymers have an internal structure similar to bone.By C. Fisher, 12.06.2019
Tipping point: The gig economy hits delivery drivers in their walletsGreat, now millennials are killing tips.By A. Tarantola, 10.31.2019
Scientists created a CRISPR tool that can wipe out longer pieces of DNAIt could allow researchers to delete long stretches of genetic code to better understand diseases.By C. Fisher, 04.17.2019
Watson is helping heal America's broken criminal-sentencing systemJudges could soon be assisted by AI legal advisersBy A. Tarantola, 08.25.2017
Ancient mega-tsunamis hint at cold Martian oceansAnd where there were cold oceans, there could well have been life. By A. Tarantola, 05.19.2016