This picture of the bucket-headed Willie Vocalite appeared in the September 6, 1931 San Antonio Light. Designed by Westinghouse engineer Joseph Barnett, Willie appears to have been programmed with a ...

The Wyss Institute at Harvard created a smoking ‘robot’ to help them understand how cigarette smoke affects the lungs. The Wyss Institute at Harvard created a smoking ‘robot’ to help them understand ...

Robots are great at a lot of things---brute force, repetition, and speed, for instance (though maybe not walking). Now add to that list one of the most human of human endeavors: smoking. That’s right, ...

MIAMI. (KFSN) -- Electronic cigarettes were designed overseas as a tool to help smokers kick the habit. US health experts say these days E-Cigs, as they're called, are more often in the hands of teens ...

Officials from the Federal Trade Commission tell Congress that the machines used to measure chemicals in cigarettes don't "smoke" the way humans do, and thus don't accurately reflect the chemicals ...