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Robots get personal
David Brancaccio Mar 29, 2012
Even creative work -- like journalism -- is up for robotization.
A trip across the country with no human contact
John Moe Mar 28, 2012
Fight it if you want, but the robots are coming. Marketplace’s David Brancaccio is embarking on a deep investigative experiment on how robots are taking over. Plus, what is the Instagrammiest Instagram photo?
Robots and the hourglass economy
David Brancaccio Mar 29, 2012
Technology is -- by some economists' accounts -- causing a hollowing out of middle income jobs.
Robots ate my road trip, day three
David Brancaccio Mar 27, 2012
Almost halfway through his coast to coast, robot-fueled journey, David Brancaccio has to heat up dinner on his car's exhaust.
Good robots make jobs
David Brancaccio Mar 27, 2012
Robots have come a long way -- from factories and into homes -- and jobs for robot makers and minders are on the upswing.
Robots everywhere
David Brancaccio Mar 26, 2012
From grocery self-checkout to your home accounting software to "Godzillas" working the assembly lines, technology is fundamentally changing the American workforce.
ISPs to take on illegal downloading, politely
John Moe Mar 19, 2012
Several Internet service providers are set to take on a graduated approach to combating online piracy starting this summer, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Facebook treats brands like they're people
John Moe Mar 1, 2012
Facebook has always had a bit of a slippery relationship to words as we understand them in the English language. Now, brands can chat and have Timelines but still lack corporeal form.
In the future, you'll take medicine without taking medicine
John Moe Feb 17, 2012
Scientists working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully tested a system to deliver medicine into a patient's body thought an implanted chip.
Microsoft developer builds robot to keep his dog company during the day
Jeff Horwich Feb 10, 2012
Rover, meet R2
