Personal Robot For Sale. Needs Some Training. $400,000 To Good Home [Video].

Willow Garage puts its PR2 personal robot on sale to the general public. Don't expect Roomba sales t

Your own PR2 personal bot--for just $400,000

But if you're an open-source rock star, Willow Garage might grant you a $120,000 discount.

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Electric vehicles: What you need to know about home charging

Electric vehicles go on sale this month -- electricians, rejoice. More about green energy

50 side businesses to set up from home

If you are one of the rising number of people working part-time, earn some extra cash in dog walking or rampant veg growing Happy days are here again – or so you might assume from a recent wave of optimistic reports about the economic outlook and rising consumer confidence . But while unemployment is down, the latest labour market figures reveal a surge in part-time jobs as employers remain ...