In the age of e-commerce, does a storefront really matter anymore? One tech retailer is betting big that it still does.

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+ has improved smart home controls and conversation abilities, but the Alexa app is still buggy.

Amazon's huge voice assistant upgrade is conversational, connected and well-suited for Prime users. I enjoy it, but still ...

A tiny robot explorer traversed the vast, frigid waters of Antarctica—even diving under the ice at one point. After miraculously surviving all that, the robot brought back souvenirs for scientists. In ...

What if the future of industrial automation could fit in the palm of your hand? Imagine a robot arm so compact it could rest on your desk, yet so precise it operates with sub-micrometer accuracy, a ...

A tiny spider inspired soft robot designed at the University of Macau can roll, climb, and even move upside down inside the digestive tract. Guided by magnetic fields and real time imaging, it may one ...

Vehicles and buildings designed to enable survival in extreme environments, such as spacecraft, submarines and sealed shelters, heavily rely on systems for the management of carbon dioxide (CO 2).

Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents.

OUROBOT combines ChatGPT’s conversational capabilities with a playful design to be a desktop companion that you can treat as a pet to share your feelings with. It learns from your preferences, ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. On a languid summer afternoon, I drive to Milton Keynes, a midsize city 60 miles northwest of London and a few miles ...