3-D photo booth makes a miniature you
By Heather Kelly, CNN If you've always wanted a smaller replica of yourself, but are hesitant to commit to the cost and stress of parenthood, there is now an alternative. If you're in Tokyo, you can...
View ArticleTesting touchscreen tables in classrooms
By Heather Kelly, CNN Forget tiny iPads - the classrooms of the future might turn entire tables into interactive touchscreens. Given that many children can sit rapturously before a glowing touchscreen...
View ArticleDrones: The future of disaster response
By Heather Kelly, CNN First responders to Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, were greeted with a blighted expanse of destroyed homes, blocked roads, downed power lines and a limited window of...
View ArticleControlling flying robots with your mind
By Heather Kelly, CNN A graduate student wearing a skull cap covered in wires sits perfectly still and thinks about making a fist with his right hand. Nearby, a small quadcopter - a flying drone with...
View ArticleMeet DARPA's 6'2" disaster-response robot
By Heather Kelly, CNN At six-foot-two and 330 pounds, this hulking first responder has all the qualities you'd want in the field after a disaster: strength, endurance and calm under pressure. Better...
View ArticleRobots: The future of elder care?
By Heather Kelly, CNN Would you let a robot take over as a live-in nurse for your aging parent or grandparent? In 2050, the elderly will account for 16 percent of the global population. That's 1.5...
View ArticleStudy: At-home 3-D printing could save consumers 'thousands'
By Heather Kelly, CNN Personal 3-D printers may sound like a pricey luxury or a niche product for geeks, but soon they could become a household appliance that saves people thousands of dollars a year....
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