From laundry-folding robot butlers to fancy alarm clocks and lollipops that play music in your head, here’s a rundown of some ...

Take two UC San Diego alums, a century-old sci-fi play and an adventurous theater/music company, and what do you get? Project BLANK’s “The Robots,” a humorous and dystopian — or is it dystopian but ...

VARIOUS OF CLEANING ROBOT "FRANZISKA" AT HOSPITAL, SPEAKING (German): "Hi, my name is Franziska. Nice to meet you. You want to know my birthday, how my day was? I had a very productive day, I have ...

You might’ve seen yesterday’s divabot, the singing HRP-4C popstar. Using the same voice synthesizer technology, these cute-as-animals PaPeRo ‘bots can sing the Ponyo theme tune, and take other ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- In 2002, Vanessa Carlton rocketed to fame with her hit "A Thousand Miles" and the accompanying video showing her singing while playing a piano through the streets of Los Angeles. More ...

With an instantly recognizable hook and effervescent melody, Vanessa Carlton’s debut single A Thousand Miles hit the 2002 Billboard Charts like a neutron bomb, earning nominations for the Grammy Award ...

Cross-posted at LA Observed. Were they deliberately fooled or just foolish? Three months ago, LA Observed has learned, California state officials toured the Solyndra, Inc. plant in Fremont to see what ...