In what is either a truly genius or entirely creepy move, a collaboration between the Boston Children's Hospital and M.I.T. has combined the nostalgic comfort of the teddy bear with the technological ...

He sings, he plays games -- and Huggable the "social robot" teddy bear could be good medicine for kids in the hospital. In a study of 50 children, aged 3 to 10 years, the plush bear boosted spirits, ...

After flooding devasted central Texas in July, a North Jersey rotary club went to work bringing comfort to children affected by the storms. Their solution: hundreds of huggable teddy bears donated by ...