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Reported elsewhere

Colin Angle interviewed | International Business Times

The Teletank: A remotely operated tank deployed in 1939-40 | Popular Science

10 inspirational women engineers and scientists

Judge rules commercial drones are legal, undoing six-year ban | The Verge

SwitchScience – RAPIRO – Adorable humanoid robot to assemble

Patent pending for 43 years | Slashdot

Facebook In Talks To Acquire Drone Maker Titan Aerospace | TechCrunch

Onboard quadrocopter failsafe: flight after actuator failure

Busting Myths about the FAA and Unmanned Aircraft

Robots in the Japanese garden | I Programmer

Aleph Objects 3D printer factory

Tracking great white sharks with drones right from an iPhone

ISS SPHERES to see upgrade | Gizmag

Rolls-Royce Drone Ships Challenge $375 Billion Industry: Freight

NASA’s Buckminster Fuller-inspired Super Ball Bot

Artificial muscles from fishing line and sewing thread | Science

Journalist sues police who questioned drone use | ABC News

Drone journalism: Is Canada ready? | CBC’s The Current

Google introduces project tango, a smartphone that creates 3D environments | designboom

Preliminary 2012 Ag Census numbers tell a complex story | Civil Eats

3D-printed exoskeleton helps paralyzed skier walk again

Stretchable optical circuits could find use in robot skin | Gizmag

Becoming better cyborgs | O’Reilly Radar

Massage Robot – YouTube

Teen Crafts 3D-Printed ‘Robohand’ for Fingerless Boy

Why drones are the future of sports photography | The Atlantic

New laser 25X more powerful in mid-infrared | Gizmag

Runaway Drones Map Land, Film ‘Wolf,’ Knock Down People, as FAA Gives Chase

Strange robot band Z-machines and Squarepusher

Study of ant necks could help develop stronger robots | Gizmag

KUKA Robot vs. Timo Boll: The Duel

Brain powered quadcopter | Science Nation

The Beginning of a Drone Revolution

UAE offers $1m prize to drive drones programme

Remote Controlled Robots To Roam Tate Britain Gallery After Hours | TechCrunch

Dyson invests £5m in robot lab

Becky Stern on conductive fiber, thread, and fabric available from Adafruit

u-blox 3D Automotive Dead Reckoning | YouTube

Lockheed Martin successfully tests autonomous convoy | Popular Science

Who Is SCHAFT, the Robot Company Bought by Google and Winner of the DRC by IEEE Spectrum