Author: Matt Simon

Sea levels are rising. But the San Francisco Bay Area has another problem: It's sinking. By 2100, it could lose 165 square miles to the sea.

Sea levels are rising. But the San Francisco Bay Area has another problem: It's sinking. By 2100, it could lose 165 square miles to the sea.

A clever system uses lasers and algorithms to map out-of-sight objects in 3-D. That could be great news for self-driving cars.

We can't trust robots to learn everything on their own. For one startup, the solution is a very human touch.

A heaving robotic platform adapted from the tech that powers flight simulators could help train other robots to do surgery.

Too much weed = a very bad time. But companies making cannabis devices are figuring out ways to tackle the dosing problem.

Too much weed = a very bad time. But companies making cannabis devices are figuring out ways to tackle the dosing problem.

Too much weed = a very bad time. But companies making cannabis devices are figuring out ways to tackle the dosing problem.

In a chilly basement room sits a giant dome that looks like part physics experiment and part like that chamber Darth Vader kicks back in.

Researchers report today that they’ve designed an inflatable robot with its own scales that automatically pop out to get a grip.