Nelson Bridwell points out a NASA article on the increasing autonomy of the Mars Exploration Rovers and also sent a link to an essay he wrote on NASA's future direction. If you're really interested in Mars, you may want to check a links JPL's Cassie Bowman sent for anyone who wants to be a Martian. Closer to Earth, Mark Miller will be showing off his android creations at the National High Magnetic Field Lab in Tallahassee, FL on April 2. Mark's androids are part robot and part artwork and they're well worth seeing if you're able to make it to the show. Travis Deyle writes, "thought you might like this new robot from our lab" Roschler sent us an article he's written on the Emotiv EPOC headset By the way, sorry for the slowdown in news lately, I've been doing a lot of work with my local robot group and it's eaten into my time for posting stories here. Hopefully I'll be able to work out a better balance of time soon. Know any other robot news, gossip, or amazing facts we should report? Send 'em our way please. And don't forget to follow us on twitter.