Author: Matt Simon

Want to create machines that move more naturally? Maybe start by replicating the spinal cord.

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.