If you're one of the thousands of gamers who purchased Battlefield 3, you'll get early access to the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer beta in January 2012.

No, we don't mean robots as in Daft Punk. EOL ("End of Life") is a band composed entirely of real robots. And they play Manson.

The latest advancement in robotics has come from Germany, where scientists have developed a new robotic model that has 'sensitive skin', allowing it to simulate the sensation of touch.

Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve, wants to make it so your kids can learn physics in school by playing Portal 2.

Remember how we used to say that when the machines start reproducing, we'll know we're in trouble"? Well maybe it's time for a gut-check on that one. Video after the jump.

A story about cheating in middle-eastern camel racing�and by the way, the jockeys are robots. Buried lede, or simply a case of the unevenly-distributed future?

3D printing and fab labs are cool, but what this guy can do with a bandsaw (and you cannot, so don't even try) is patently awesome. Video after the jump.

A mystery deepens as more redwing blackbirds turn up dead in the America South. It's likely not UFOs or secret weapons, but the birds' instinctual flocking behavior, that's to blame.

A robot that solves Rubik's cube with Sisyphean aplomb, an avatar of something like the opposite of the uncanny valley.

It's time to gather round the table and give thanks for the wonders of technology.