Swiss design company Stadler Form has introduced what may be the coolest way to treat your personal air space with the new Fred humidifier. Shaped like a retro-futuristic UFO from the 50s, the device makes the perfect conversation piece for...

Bandit, a robotic personal trainer developed by students at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering, is designed to walk humans through beneficial workout routines using vocal "encouragement" and articulated arms. I write "encouragement" because, really, I think that our friend bandit...

Before we get our wish of fully automated humanoid robots, we're much more likely to see the first wave of mainstream robots come in the form of assistive devices like the RAPUD (Robotic Arm for Persons with Upper-limb Disabilities). Developed...

The last time we saw Smartfish, we were a little skeptical about the company's automatically adjusting Pro:Motion keyboard. We caught up with Alan Shafer, executive VP and CMO of Smartfish, who gave us another look at how things are shaping...