Tag: robots

Collaborative Consumption is Overrated

By David Lang

01.31.13, 10:12am Comments (14)

Collaborative consumption is incredibly promising, but it doesn't have the potential to create high-skilled livelihoods for users like the maker movement. A participant in both movements shares his personal experience. Read more »

MIT's Robot-Fabricating 3D Printer [VIDEO]

By Paul M. Davis

04.06.12, 4:11pm Comments (0)

You don't get much more Future Now than this: a 3-D printer that prototypes and fabricates specialized robots within hours. Read more »

When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Drones

By Malcolm Harris

03.26.12, 10:14am Comments (0)

Not so long ago, you only heard about drones in the context of US military incursions across the Pakistani border. Now, I can't get through a day on the Internet without running into a half-dozen diverse stories about unmanned robot development. Read more »