Plenty of Aussies now have “smart homes” and automated appliances, but are they really making our lives easier?

For the past two months, a robot has been cleaning the windows of my home. If you weren't aware of the existence of robotic window cleaners, you're not alone. I'd never heard of them before I caught ...

If the rise of the robot vacuum taught us anything, it’s that the machines are not here to take our jobs: many are made to relieve us of the truly dreadful ones. Vacuuming under the sofa? A joyless ...