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Technology

Who can you trust? How tech is reshaping what we believe

We've lost faith in experts, but increasingly rely on strangers we meet online. Is it wise to replace long-evolved instincts at the click of a button?

Features

The body suit and pack designed at Panasonic Research

Technology

Skin-tight exoskeleton is worn like Spanx and lets you turn left

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Technology

The stock market is run by wild robots we don't fully control

Insight

What is really missing from AI?

Technology

What is really missing from AI?

Culture

Workplace robots have had little impact on jobs in Germany

Technology

Workplace robots have had little impact on jobs in Germany

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Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Flying and rolling drone will map underground mines on its own

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Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk

Technology

Shape-shifting origami robot swaps bodies to roll, swim or walk

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The sharksucker’s modified dorsal fin allows it to clamp on to other sea creatures

Life

Robots can hitch-hike on sharks thanks to ultrastrong sucker

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Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

Technology

Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood

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Eerie-looking Japanese-style figure

Technology

Facebook AI learns human reactions after watching hours of Skype

People use their faces to communicate in subtle ways. A Facebook conversational bot trained on Skype chats had reactions indistinguishable from human ones

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Life

Lizard-bot spins its coiled tail to move easily through sand

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Technology

Lego-like vacuum robot climbs walls and sorts your containers

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Robot suit helps children with cerebral palsy to walk better

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Technology

Tesla boss leads 116 experts calling for UN ban on killer robots

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