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Although city dwellers may not want to admit it, humans and pigeons (also known among detractors as "flying rats") have been intertwined since ancient times.

The Dog-Bark Snake Bot You've probably heard of robot snakes before, useful in search-and-rescue scenarios because they can worm their way into confined spaces--perhaps in collapsed buildings--that other machines can't match. You may also know SAR teams sometimes use sniffer dogs to help them locate victims trapped in rubble. But you've probably never conflated these two notions, and pictured a SAR dog that has a slave snake-bot that it can deploy and control with a bark.

Last year saw the explosion of deals companies trying to duplicate the success of first-mover Groupon.

Makerbot debuts it's first 3D printer for consumers.

Makerbot debuts it's first 3D printer for consumers.

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Survey shows business owners expect a hectic holiday season and 2012.

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When one product becomes more eco-friendly, benefits abound throughout the supply chain. Must a bottle be made of plastic? This fall, Seventh Generation began a new path: Its Natural 4X Laundry Detergent is shipping in recycled (and recyclable) bottles made of cardboard, manufactured by Ecologic Brands.

PETMAN Cometh Come on, Boston Dynamic! Who are you trying to kid? You tell us PETMAN is the latest evolution of your human-form android that uses similar tech to your military BigDog, and that he's a development from an earlier prototype that included just legs

PETMAN Cometh Come on, Boston Dynamic! Who are you trying to kid? You tell us PETMAN is the latest evolution of your human-form android that uses similar tech to your military BigDog, and that he's a development from an earlier prototype that included just legs. You point out that by adding a torso, arms, realistic walking, running, crawling, push-ups, and staggering motions (to avoid a fall if pushed) as well as synthetic sweat glands, he's perfectly designed to test out military clothing and hardware in lab situations

Anyone can be a tour guide--and redefine the term while they're at it--with this Japanese travel startup. Tatsuo Sato got the idea for his startup, Shiroube , during a trip to Eastern Europe. While in Belarus, Sato made a sort of barter arrangement with a local student.

The 34-year-old founder of this travel company is peddling the kind of getaway packages you might only dream of. Except many of them are discounted--in price, not service.

ASIMO Dances Honda's child-sized android may be the world's best-known real-world robot, even though his practical white paint job isn't as snazzy as C3PO's gold-plated goodness. Over the years, ASIMO's skills have gotten ever more spohisticated as Honda's research scientists look at improving his software, drive units, and sensors to give him better control over his body, and more artificial intelligence to let him manuever under his own control and navigate around unexpected objects (the kind of task androids will need to master if they're to help us in our homes or hospitals). But now the Automaton blog has seen a demonstration that ASIMO is now smart enough to copy your dance moves

Got a beef about the bathroom in your local Arby's? Tell John Sperry. He's up to his ears in customer complaints.