actuator A simple smartphone controlled wireless button-pushing robot Jason Weisberger

Gadgets Become a master of Raspberry Pi and Arduino with the help of this training Boing Boing's Shop

robots Very weird faceless robot baby for elderly people David Pescovitz

security My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of "cyberwarfare" Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Make: a robotic xenomorph candy collector for Halloween Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 10 essential pocket-sized tech items you'll use everyday Boing Boing's Shop

security Nest's "ease of use" imperative plus poor integration with Google security has turned it into a hacker's playground Cory Doctorow

happy mutants A glowing, 3D printed rose that "blooms" when you touch its petals Cory Doctorow

robots Shapeshifting microrobots to travel through your bloodstream David Pescovitz

Science Embodied logic: Using stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles to create smart objects Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Learn to build robots (mad scientist's lab not included) Boing Boing's Shop

robots Electromechanical "skin" turns everyday objects into robots David Pescovitz

Robots powered by popcorn? David Pescovitz

Gadgets Machine learning may be most useful in tiny, embedded, offline processors Cory Doctorow

music Amputee drummer with bionic playing arm launches Kickstarter David Pescovitz

Kids Watch this robotic fish frolic in the deep Andrea James

artbots A dot-matrix printer that taps out a picture using a pencil Clive Thompson

Science Syndaver: A $95K animatronic cadaver that's replacing med-school corpses Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Learn some of the science behind self-driving cars, and maybe build one yourself Boing Boing's Shop

robots This robot crawls up your butt to examine your colon David Pescovitz