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iCandy: Robots Analyze, Imitate, and Satiate

Scanning delicate works of art and delivering cupcakes are just two tasks that robots handle well

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This credit-card-size computer, whose main components are an ARM processor, a USB port, and an HDMI connection, is one of the hottest products available for geeks. It was designed by volunteers at the behest of the Raspberry Pi Foundation in Cambridge, England, to help teach kids how to code. Demand for the computer has outstripped supply to the point that would-be buyers have caused one supplier’s website to crash.

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An illustration of a mouse wearing oversized glasses like device which show an owl swooping towards it.
BiomedicalTopicTypeNews

VR Goggles for Mice. Wait, What?

3 min read
An animated gif showing a small flat blue and black rectangular sheet slowly and repeatedly flopping forwards.
RoboticsTopicTypeNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Floppybot

2 min read
Two long thin robotic objects on a surface, each turned towards a light on the side.
RoboticsTopicTypeNewsConsumer Electronics

Self-Driven “Vine” Seeks Light and Heat

2 min read