Friday, June 8, 2012 - 7:01am
It's here. The self-making bed. Whether it is because you don't have time to make things tidy, or you can't be bothered to do it yourself it doesn't really matter. This bed will make itself in a mere 50 seconds.
automation stories
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 1:32pm
New Orleans, LA — AT&T wants to make home automation a no-brainer and cheap with a new line of products under the Digital Life family name, unveiled here at the CTIA spring show.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 11:47am
UC Berkeley student Derek Low lives with BRAD, but BRAD's not his roommate. BRAD is the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dormroom that Low built for himself to live in while attending the university, and it's got everything from voice-activated lights to separate modes for different moods.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 6:46am
Amazon recently announced it purchased robot maker Kiva Systems for $775 million. The move will bring an army of little orange robots into Amazon's warehouse-sized fulfillment centers in move that will have the 'bots working alongside humans.
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 11:30am
The process of cell research is a delicate, hands-on technique critical to the study of human disease and drug research. Until now, the hands have been those of scientists, but now a series of robots have successfully created its first culture in the lab. This huge step forward now frees up scientists to perform new experiments and other tasks, so why hasn't it happened before now?
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 2:03pm
Ed Rogers lives in an apartment that would be a dream for train watchers, but nightmarish for fans of sleeping. He lives right up against the tracks, and sometimes really long, noisy trains come rolling by. His solution? Automatically closing windows, with the help of some tech-savvy know-how and a 3D printer.
Monday, January 12, 2009 - 1:04pm
A Chinese farmer by the name of Wu Yulu travels around his hometown exclusively by rickshaw — and one pulled by a robot, no less. It's his own creation that he calls the "30 Second Son" for its operating time....
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 1:55pm
The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan earned "The Robot Award 2008" for its automated rice planter, which can work a field all on its own without the help of humans. As is usually stated, Japan faces...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 2:03pm
A team of four engineering students from Michigan State University have created — and won an award for — an automated window cleaner that requires a human to do no more than push a button to get it started....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 12:08pm
A buildup of snow can be dangerous for large, flat-roofed structures like super markets and office buildings. All of that snow is usually removed by freezing hands and snow shovels, but, if designer Michal Glogowski's dreams ever come true,...
