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Virus-killing light machines disinfecting airplanes and hospitals

The GermFalcon from Dimer UVC Innovations uses ultraviolet light to kill germs on airplanes and in hospitals to keep high-traffic locations as sanitary as possible.

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Teach your kids to code with Botzees augmented reality robots, now on sale for $70

Imagine building robots with Lego-like bricks and then using them to solve puzzles in augmented reality. Your kids are living in the future.

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<p>Here are our picks for the best robot vacuums in 2019.</p>

Best robot vacuum of 2020: iRobot Roomba, Neato, to Eufy and many more vacuum models

Robot vacuums clean better, faster and are smarter than they've ever been. These are the best models for sale right now.

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<p>A patrol robot checks visitors' temperatures and identities, and disinfects people, at a Shenyang hospital China's northeast in late February.&nbsp;</p>

Coronavirus care at one hospital got totally taken over by robots

At a smart hospital in Wuhan, China, robots stepped in to take vital signs, deliver meds, disinfect the facility and entertain quarantined patients.

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Boston Dynamics robot has been put to work by Otto Motors

The teams are working together to show the efficiency of robots in a warehouse.

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<p>Unlike the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren, OnePlus' newest 5G device isn't a phone.&nbsp;</p>

OnePlus robots chuck snowballs at 120mph to show off 5G

It's all about exploring "true 5G potential."

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<p>The Tentacle Gripper (in blue) is a commercial prototype from Festo.</p>

Watch Harvard's wild octopus-inspired tentacle robot grab a live crab

Suckers.

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<p>Watch Boston Dynamics' Spot Mini robot give Adam Savage a ride in a rickshaw.</p>

Watch a Boston Dynamics robot dog pull a rickshaw

Victorian transportation meets high-tech robotics thanks to former MythBusters host Adam Savage.

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<p>Data trackers are everywhere on apps. These researchers take a look to see what they're sending behind your back.</p>

9 great reads from CNET this week

The origin of 11 tech terms we use every day, how robots are changing the future of farming and what if your plastic surgery records were leaked online?

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How cyborg jellyfish could someday patrol our oceans

Researchers from Stanford and Caltech have developed a way to control the swimming speed of live jellyfish using removable microelectronics. The intended goal of these first-of-their-kind cyborg jellyfish is to someday swim through our oceans measuring the impact and effects of climate change. Jellyfish were chosen for the experiment because of their energy-efficient way of swimming, their prevalence throughout various ocean ecosystems, and because they have no brains or known pain receptors.

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Nvidia, Amazon pull out of MWC, NASA and ESA launch new probe to study the sun

In today's top tech stories, Amazon and Nvidia pull out of MWC, Facebook and Twitter wrestle with misleading info and NASA launches new solar probe with the European Space Agency.

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<p>This prototype for the automated blood-drawing robot and testing device could end up saving doctors and nurses a lot of time trying to find your vein.&nbsp;</p>

This robot excels at drawing human blood

A new medical robot created specifically to take blood samples outperformed human health-care professionals in a clinical trial.

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