MIT researchers take a cue from color-changing beetles in quest to 3D print robot skin

 When Subramanian Sundaram’s team hit a roadblock in its quest to build a 3D printed robot,…

Causes of the global water crisis and 12 companies trying to solve it

 It’s World Water Day. Time to wake up and take shorter showers. That is, if we’re fortunate…

Behold the robo-fruit

 Perhaps you’ve been watching the BBC’s Spy in the Wild, in which meticulously recreated robotic animals…

The Mednet launches its ‘Quora for cancer,’ an online medical knowledge base

 A New York City startup called The Mednet today launched a platform that gives physicians a…

NASA’s pop-up robot can tackle tight spots where rovers can’t reach

 NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is pretty much a non-stop source of amazing things, and the…

WebMD taps Apple’s ResearchKit for study on factors contributing to healthy pregnancies

 There are still a lot of unknowns in the medical world when it comes to pregnancy…

OceanGate plans an expedition to 3D scan the Titanic

 Seattle-based OceanGate Inc. this week announced plans for a manned expedition to study the R.M.S. Titanic,…

Seriously, this skull-drilling robot is good news for humanity

 When someone invents a robot specifically made to drill into the skulls of unconscious, immobile humans,…