Awesome tech you can’t buy yet, for the week of November 1, 2013
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
Crowdfunded Play-i programmable robots reaches fundraising goal
Play-i, the maker of programmable robots aimed at kids, has reached its fundraising goal.
Play-i aims to make programming, robots, and engineering fun for children
Start-up Play-i aims to make engineering, robotics and programming fun and engaging for kids as young as five years old.
Meet South Korea’s autonomous jellyfish-murdering robots
A Korean robotics team has developed a swarm of giant jellyfish-eating robots that patrol the coastline without human intervention. Hit the jump to see!
Can robot soccer players generate interest in the sport for Americans?
If anything will help make soccer happen in the United States, then surely it's the RoboCup soccer tournament currently underway in the Netherlands.
Playing God: Meet the man who built the most lifelike android ever
Dr. David Hanson will unveil the world's most lifelike humanoid robot at the GF2045 conference in June.
Makr Shakr app-controlled robot bartender is boozing up Google I/O
Tech journalists and developers like alcohol as much as the next guy, but we like it even more when it comes from a robot bartender.
This wall-climbing Spider-Man robot has a serious case of sticky feet
Scientists have built a robot that can climb up walls simply by heating and cooling its meltible adhesive feet.
Despite their world domination, humans actually care about robots’ well-being
Artificial intelligence may not mean much to you, but if you saw a video of a robot getting abused, chances are you may actually empathize with them.
IKEA robot assembly assistant may just save you some blood, sweat, and tears
Italian researchers have decided enlisted the help of a robot assistant that can learn how to help build IKEA furniture without pre-programming movements.
Wild wild west in outer space: NASA to lasso an asteroid, park it near the moon
NASA has unveiled new plans to send a robot spaceship into deep space to lasso an asteroid and drag it back for exploration.
Scientists build robotic ant colony that learns from each other
New Jersey scientists have created robots that act (and learn from each other) as if they were members of a cybernetic ant colony.
The Twitternet of things? How robots use Twitter for good … or evil
When you think of robots on Twitter, you think of spambots. But Twitter and its users can benefit from automated accounts.
Forget Roomba, the window-washing Winbot is the Spider-Man of self-scrubbing automatons
Cleaning windows suck. If you hate said chore and have a home full of windows, the Winbot may be what you're looking for. Here's our sneak preview.
Portal fan Guillermo del Toro confirms GLaDOS/Pacific Rim connection
Director Guillermo del Toro's latest, Pacific Rim, features an AI that sounds suspiciously similar to GLaDOS, the malevolent star of Valve Software's Portal series. According to del Toro, this is all by design.
So a mood controlled kitten tail for people is now a thing
Jealous of your cat's wagging tail? Thanks to the people behind the necomimi ears, soon you may be able to own one just as functional.
Suzumo sushi robot can roll 3,600 pieces an hour
The SushiBot was unveiled at World Food and Beverage Great Expo in Tokyo, Japan last week. This countertop-sized contraption reportedly has the power to manufacture 1,000 rolls per hour, which can then be sliced into 3,600 pieces.
