RIBA Robot for Interactive Body Assistance
This nursing assistant robot looks like a friendly bear; it can pick up and transfer patients weighing up to 135 pounds easily and safely. (re: Katsuhiro Otomo)

WAHHA GO GO Laughing Head
This baroque device recreates the sound of the human laugh by means of clever clockwork and reconstructions of human pipes and lips. Why make such a thing when synth chips cost nothing. (re: William Gibson)

Phasma Insect Robot Runs Like A Bug
This insectile remote-controlled robot is designed to run like an insect from the ground up; that's what makes the video a bit creepy. (re: Various)

MIT Robofish Now More Fishy
No longer mechanical contraptions with thousands of moving parts, these modern robotic fish are sleek imitations of life. (re: Michael Swanwick)

Theatrical Robots Kiss, Industrial Bots Scandalized
These robots diligently practice osculation. (re: Various)

Spray-On Nano-Ink Solar Cells
Solar cells in a convenient spray can? Not impossible, say University of Texas researchers. (re: Larry Niven)

Tooth Enamel Secret To Stronger Aircraft
Looking for a new composite to build stronger planes? Smile, aerospace engineers, new materials are on the way. (re: Dan Simmons)

Sentiment Analysis: Hypercorps Need Emotion Chips
It turns out that big companies really want to know how you feel about them. Really? (re: Gene Roddenberry)

Handbot Climbs Shelves, Has Rope Launcher
This robot has two remarkable features that I've never seen on any other robot. This is exactly what I need for my sf library. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Vecna BEAR's Latest Video Exploits
This Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot just gets better with each version. (re: Takazawa Kijuro)

Organovo Organ Printing Future Video
Very nicely done video shows the near, no longer entirely science-fictional future of medicine. (re: Philip K. Dick)

eniCycle Self-Balancing Tumblebug
Just the thing for engineers - if they're working on the rolling roads. (re: Robert Heinlein)

LG Watchphone Now Available
You read about it last year, but now you can buy one - if you live in Britain. (re: Chester Gould)

Eye-bot Lands On Your Ceiling
Yes, look up - what's that? A ceiling fan you didn't know you had? No, it's a surveillance drone with excellent autonomous capabilities. With video. Smile for the camera! (re: Jack Vance)

Magazine To Have Video-In-Print
Integration of video into print magazines creates bizarre hybrid; augurs newspaper-sized displays. (re: Philip K. Dick)

Solar Sail Craft Need Laminated Mouse Brains
We're going to need the best possible navigation computers for solar sail craft that start out near the sun and attain relativistic speeds. And you know what that means. (re: Cordwainer Smith)