This Robot Changes How It Looks at You to Match Your Personality

This Robot Changes How It Looks at You to Match Your Personality
Sean Andrist, a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been researching social gaze with robots. He’s developed algorithms that help robots look at people at the right times and in the right ways. It’s not just making the robots less creepy, but more helpful as well.

January 29, 2016 at 05:15PM
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A Fashion Entrepreneur at Home in Brooklyn

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During Men’s Fashion, Flocks of Peacocks Descend on Florence

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NASA’s Latest Rover Concept Is Inspired by Worms and Amoebas

NASA’s Latest Rover Concept Is Inspired by Worms and Amoebas
A new wormlike rover concept, dubbed the “amorphous surface robot,” is an attempt to overcome some of the difficulties experienced by traditional rovers, which are large, heavy, and vulnerable to the harsh conditions of other planets.

January 12, 2016 at 07:09PM
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The Science Behind Period Underwear

The Science Behind Period Underwear
How female entrepreneurs are confronting the social stigma around menstruation.

January 6, 2016 at 04:52AM
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Reagan’s Impossible Dream: The X-30 National Aerospace Plane

Reagan’s Impossible Dream: The X-30 National Aerospace Plane
Reagan dreamt of and announced plans for a space plane that could take off and land from an airport. Here's an inside look at how far it got and why it failed.

January 4, 2016 at 09:02AM
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