A robotic arm cooks hamburgers, a face scanner clinches sales and a connected car links to our social lives. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with billionaire professor David Cheriton about automating computer networking...

An algorithm designs the perfect website, an exoskeleton puts a spring in your step and a scanner sees inside your food. Plus, the entrepreneur who invented the mouse reveals his next big idea.



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Mr. Clifford's 60 second explanation of Constant and Increasing Opportunity Cost.

AI learns to brew beer, robots run an indoor farm and technology starves cancer cells into submission. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with a LinkedIn co-founder about platforms transforming everyday tasks.



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Visit Dennis Hong's lab and you'll see robots climbing walls, negotiating bumpy uneven terrain, even typing a letter. One has a human-like hand, another slithers like a snake, another has human-like legs that it used to stand up and...

These college students from across the U.S. are getting an opportunity that is unavailable to many of them on their own campuses - the chance to program robots. This is a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, or SURE for...

Assembly line workers won't be swapping stories with their robotic counterparts any time soon, but future robots will be more aware of the humans they're working alongside. With support from the National Science Foundation), roboticist...

An algorithm becomes a book critic, a robot imitates a fruit fly and a startup pioneers a new way to fight cancer. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with prolific inventor Nathan Myhrvold about metamaterials that possess strange yet...

Harvard team is advancing soft, wearable robots with embedded sensors for hand and arm rehabilitation



Tim Gatautis suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident nearly a decade ago, and he's had to use a...

A venture capitalist bets big on cryptocurrency, a realistic robot mimics medical patients and a special pesticide saves bumble bees. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with NBA star Jeremy Lin about a smartphone app that’s the perfect...

Rotifers don’t really get a lot of love when it comes to microscopic animals. At least as far as the public imagination goes, the rotifer is overshadowed by its fellow metazoan of the microcosmos: the tardigrade. And we might be part of...

In episode 35, Charlie and Jordan explore new open-source medical capsule robots' hardware and software. Researchers around the globe who want to customize medical capsule robots won't have to start from scratch anymore.

Humanity has done a pretty good job recently of creating robots to perform things we really don't want to do. But there is certainly potential for this to include decisions that have pretty dire consequences. Here's 10 Ways AI Could Ruin...

From disaster recovery to caring for the elderly in the home, NSF-funded scientists and engineers are developing robots that can handle critical tasks in close proximity to humans, safely and with greater resilience than previous...

Innovation expert Charles Leadbeater says people should not be frightened by AI's rise. For him, the danger of AI is that we’ll become more like second-rate robots. He believes education needs to produces first-rate humans, able to work...

Literary critics, writers, philosophers, bloggers--all have tried to tackle where and why and how an author may strike such lightning in a bottle that their works enter the pantheon of “Classical Literature”. Why this book is required...

The FT gets hands on with smaller bots that promise to protect soil quality, reduce the use of pesticides and boost agricultural productivity. They could eventually change the industry and the landscape beyond recognition.

Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group has been commissioned by Toyota to build a prototype futuristic city called Woven City at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.<br/>

The Internet-of-Things connects everything, nanotechnology heals damaged brains and a venture capitalist spots medical breakthroughs. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with David Hanson, the pioneering roboticist behind some of the most...

This video explores the journey of LEGO's resurgence under CEO Knudstorp's leadership, focusing on customer engagement, innovation, and global expansion. Through collaboration with adult fans, extensive market research, and a commitment...

This video showcases the use of robotic surgery and augmented reality in cancer treatment. The video also discusses the future advancements in robotic surgery, including smaller devices and potentially even autonomous movement.

In this video, Thomas Friedman, an internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist, discusses the impact of globalization on education, emphasizing the need for individuals to acquire higher skills to compete in a rapidly...

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American manufacturing, once seen as the world’s icon of industrialization and then as a symbol of decline, is once again changing. Rethinking Manufacturing is the story of two young individuals who are on the cutting edge of that...