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There's a massive doctor shortage coming. One solution: develop artificial intelligence that is as good as a real physician at diagnosis. But even if this is possible, will patients be willing to trust robot doctors with their health?

The product: RoboMaid aka RoboMop The price: $7.49, plus $9.40 for shipping and handling, so the price really is $16.89 The claims: Dusts your floors for you so you don't have to The Buy-o-meter rating: 2 on a scale of 5 as a cleaner; 4 out of 5 as a toy With the iRobot Roomba becoming so...

To stem the tide of red ink around our household while I keep looking for a job, I recently picked up some magazine writing assignments, and one of them took me to Detroit, which is perhaps the one town, outside Port Au Prince, that could make me feel flush these days. The U.S. Bureau of Labor...