By John Glenday

This week gets off to the cutest possible start as Toyota unleashes a doe-eyed baby robot on unsuspecting would-be Japanese parents in a bid to reverse the country’s demographic decline. Elsewhere we look at Google’s latest initiative to block would-be jihadists and the evaporation of the once all-powerful ‘kettle surge’.

Toyota has engineered a ‘robot baby’ which has been conceived as an artificial alternative to the real thing. The palm-sized bot comes with doe-eyes and unsteady gait in a bid to stimulate an emotional reaction from Japanese owners – who it is hoped may consider having an actual baby Read full story ›

Source: The Drum