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In this 1987 cartoon by Bulgarian artist Milen Radev, an engineer operates a wireless remote control to command a towering robot-- but the robot's mechanical hands grip puppet strings attached directly to the engineer himself. Who's really in control ...

In 1962, MIT student Peter Samson transformed a hulking DEC PDP-1 computer into a musical instrument. His ingenious "Harmony Compiler" program converted the machine's four status lights into square-wave voices, with each flicker producing a distinct ...

California has become the first state to mandate a simple, one-click solution for residents to protect their personal data from being sold to third parties. Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Wednesday requiring web browsers to include an ...