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When There's Not Enough Time to (Celtic) Rock
Amanda Aronczyk Nov 3, 2011
Yesterday, we aired a story about Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator, an alternative economic index that factors in hard-to-calculate variables...
Feeling Relaxed? Now Put a Price On It
Amanda Aronczyk Nov 3, 2011
Let's say you're outside, it's a warm summer afternoon, you're sipping an iced tea... no wait that has too much caffeine, better make it a lemonade...
Robot jock attempts a triathlon
John Moe Sep 15, 2011
Tomotaka Takahashi's tiny, green and white robot has already scaled the Grand Canyon and raced for 24 hours at Le Mans. So why not modify the...
If Banks Win, Do You Win, Too?
David Brancaccio Nov 3, 2011
Which of these competing arguments do you believe? You might think that banks should stockpile bigger cushions of capital so that taxpayers will...
VIDEO: Two Chatbots talk about God, unicorns, and truth
John Moe Aug 30, 2011
Researchers at Cornell have been working on a chatbot called Cleverbot. A chatbot is a piece of software or a robot or something designed to hold...
The Top Five Films of the Financial Crisis
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
We're headed for another recession! Or maybe we're just still in a contraction. Whatever you call it (the Great Integration?), the tumultuous eco...
Credit Where Credit is Due
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
Saran Sholar invested in her education and thought she was a shoe-in for the job. Having spent many years as a human resources professional, she...
The Recession's Consumer Paradox
Dash Wasserman Nov 3, 2011
David Brancaccio was in Los Angeles last week to guest host Marketplace Money. The theme: Borrow or spend? If we don't spend, life gets drained...
Robots can learn, and there's no way this will ever go wrong.
Adriene Hill Aug 3, 2011
In a move that has absolutely no downsides, scientists in Japan have built a robot that can think, learn and do things it hasn't been programmed to...
The robots are coming! Or, how to spoil a pefectly nice dance party.
Adriene Hill Aug 1, 2011
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and iPads, is reportedly planning to "hire" 1 million robots to take on the boring,...
