Robots have been used for everything from disinfecting hospitals to walking the stage for graduation. Importantly, they’re not replacing people—they’re doing work people can no longer do safely. A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow healthcare workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a ventilator. Another robot that looks like a pair of large fluorescent lights rotated vertically travels throughout a hospital disinfecting with ultraviolet light . Meanwhile a cart-like robot brings food to people quarantined in a 16-story hotel. Outside, quadcopter drones ferry test samples to laboratories and watch for violations of stay-at-home restrictions . Read Full Story

As many as 8.7 billion ash trees are threatened by an invasive beetle, rendering the wood largely useless. We used 3D design and robotic fabrication to transform the wood waste into a sustainable building material. A large portion of North America’s 8.7 billion ash trees are now infested by a beetle called the emerald ash borer. Read Full Story

After launching its Cartology digital screen network across its supermarkets in 2019, Woolworths is now rolling out a new network in Dan Murphy’s nationwide.

It’s like a computer that you can slice in half, then just stick back together again. It’s impossible to forget the terrifying invincibility of the T-1000 liquid metal robot in Terminator 2 . Even when shot with bullets, or split apart by explosions, the robotic goop would slowly form itself back together, healing itself anew. Read Full Story

“iRobot Genius” makes the robotic sweeper better at cleaning the way you want it to and ushers in an era built more around software than hardware. After nearly two decades of selling Roombas, iRobot is looking beyond hardware to stand out from its rivals. Read Full Story

Cloudflare, which filters out attacks on websites, saw big jumps in digital attacks on advocacy groups after Floyd’s killing. Protests have emerged across the country after the death of George Floyd, who was pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer and died on May 25. Read Full Story

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just approved two Lysol products that can kill the coronavirus on surfaces. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just approved two Lysol products that can kill the coronavirus on surfaces. Read Full Story

“Insurtech” startup Lemonade saw its stock rise during its first day trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares hit $61 after the IPO. When life gives you lemons, make a killing on Wall Street. Read Full Story

A new tool from the Vera Institute for Justice shows how police departments spend their budgets—and lets you experiment with reallocating them. Calls to defund police departments intensified after George Floyd was killed in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. But just how big are these budgets? A new infographic looks at the actual cost to cities across the country—and it’s huge. Read Full Story

‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’ tracks the actor’s return to wrestling after his controversial career in the sport back in 2000. Back in 2017, David Arquette noticed that his breathing was more labored than it should’ve been. When his condition worsened to severe chest pains, he got a stress test that led to doctors placing two stents in his heart. Read Full Story