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Your Next New Best Friend Might Be a Robot

Meet Xiaoice. She’s empathic, caring, and always available—just not human.

January 28, 2016

Ingenious: Ken Perlin

We sit down with the virtual reality expert.

January 21, 2016

The Space Shuttle’s Last Launch

A portrait of the NASA program’s last days.

January 12, 2016

These Tricks Make Virtual Reality Feel Real

Realistic digital spaces need delusions as much as they need detail.

December 23, 2015

Why Alien Life Will Be Robotic

If life off Earth exists it has probably transitioned to machine intelligence.

October 15, 2015

This Used To Be the Future

A look inside NASA’s Ames Research Center.

September 9, 2015

Don’t Worry, Smart Machines Will Take Us With Them

Why human intelligence and AI will co-evolve.

August 31, 2015