On many sneakers, uppers look like a single piece of material with no visible stitching, but they can actually be made of as many as 40 pieces that are stacked up just so and then heated so they fuse.

One of the most problematic issues with robots is their ability to be flexible when grasping an object. I mean, have you ever tried that children's claw toy game? Well, a new kind of robot solves that ...

Flying is an energy-intensive activity. The birds and the bees don’t hover around incessantly like your little sister’s quadcopter. They flit to and fro, perching on branches and leaves while they ...

All demand is preceded by the supply. To write what is so obvious seems a waste of words, but it’s necessary in the age of the robot. Economist Steve Horwitz sums up the previous point rather well: ...

Did you know that the same forces that generate static electricity can be strong enough to pick up and move boxes, crates, and other objects? A robot startup named GrabIt is making mechanical “hands” ...

The most labor intensive part of putting together a pair of Nikes is assembling the "upper” -- the flexible part of the shoe that sits on top of your foot. On many sneakers, uppers look like a single ...