Photos of the Day: Taxing Arguments

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New to DVD: 'Real Steel' '50/50' and 'Paranormal Activity 3'

Robots long have been movie mainstays, whether they're mismatched as in "Star Wars," gentle visitors from outer space discovering their humanity as in "Iron Giant" or handling man's menial or unpleasant chores as in "I, Robot."

Drones in the hands of the paparazzi? It's an ethics and privacy minefield | Becky Hogge

America's use of drones for targeted killings is serious enough. But commercial and law enforcement uses are on the horizon Whether you view them as model aeroplanes for grown-ups or the handmaidens of the killer robot, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are taking off in earnest. In the 1930s and 1940s the UK developed an unmanned, radio-controlled "Queen Bee" drone, a ...

HHS sends robotics competitors to Oklahoma

Hillsboro High School isn’t engaged in a titanic sci-fi battle of machines taking over the planet, but six Trojan students and their advisers got a taste Saturday of the real world of robotics competition at the VEX Wildcat Robotics Roundup in Ponca City, Okla.

Road rage at driverless cars? It's possible

The road to a future where we jump in our cars, enter a destination, and leave the driving to the car could be filled with rage, according to an expert on driverless car technology. For starters, driverless cars will likely be programmed to obey all traffic laws.