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Willow Garage's PR2 navigates crowded offices in its quest to find a power outlet

Willow Garage's PR2 navigates crowded offices in its quest to find a power outlet

Willow Garage, a group of 'bot builders who see "personal robots as the next paradigm shifting personal productivity tool for...
 
Eco-machine transforms office memos into toilet treats

Eco-machine transforms office memos into toilet treats

The current mainstream trend in Japan is to figure out how to label nearly every action, thing or event with...
 
MIT engineers file patent for <i>Get Smart's</i> 'Cone of Silence'

MIT engineers file patent for Get Smart's 'Cone of Silence'

A pair of MIT engineers are working on a real world Cone of Silence like the one in both the...
 
Ping-pong door: revolving in a different way

Ping-pong door: revolving in a different way

The DVICE office needs to get one of these immediately. The ping-pong door is a regular door on one side...
 
OfficePOD is a garden sanctuary for telecommuters

OfficePOD is a garden sanctuary for telecommuters

As companies look for every possible way to save money, more office workers than ever are being asked to...
 
Pizza-making vending machine serves fresh pies in three minutes

Pizza-making vending machine serves fresh pies in three minutes

Let's play some word association. If I say "pizza vending machine," what's the first thing that pops into your mind?...
 
USB hub with clock and cup warmer: It's coffee time

USB hub with clock and cup warmer: It's coffee time

There are tons of USB gadgets devices, some more useful than others. Many force you to waste a valuable USB...
 
Locus 3WAY pen has ink, pencil, eraser for $55; sleek clip is free

Locus 3WAY pen has ink, pencil, eraser for $55; sleek clip is free

I don't know about you, but when I was in junior high school, those big honking pens that would change...
 
Microsoft's 2nd gen Surface, SecondLight, gets a second projector

Microsoft's 2nd gen Surface, SecondLight, gets a second projector

Microsoft is playing it straight with the next generation of its Surface table. Called SecondLight, it will be just that...
 
'Pillows for working late' makes your desk better than your bed

'Pillows for working late' makes your desk better than your bed

From Polish product designer Maja Ganszyniec comes a boon for late workers: "Pillows for working late." The three-piece set includes...
 
Robot Money Box wants you to save — and will lock you out if you don't

Robot Money Box wants you to save — and will lock you out if you don't

I had a jovial-looking robot for a piggy bank when I was a youngster, and it'd read me out the...
 
Paperless fax machine is a good idea, in theory

Paperless fax machine is a good idea, in theory

In this day and age, it's kind of shocking that fax machines still exist. But exist they do, and some...
 
14 examples of cutting-edge lighting design

14 examples of cutting-edge lighting design

From holes in rooftops to flickering torches to glowing light bulbs — the world of household lighting has come...
 
Robotic office chair is the height of luxury for an executive bum

Robotic office chair is the height of luxury for an executive bum

Called the Leopard, Japan's Oki Electric Industry Company and Okamura Corporation have developed a robotic chair that will rise...
 
Tikitags turn any real-world object into a hyperlink

Tikitags turn any real-world object into a hyperlink

Pretty soon you may have to add one more peripheral to your computer desk: a Tikitag scanner. The scanner...
 

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