• Cars

    A Wearable Motorcycle

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 8.18.2008 55 Comments

    The transportation program at the Art Center College of Design has produced legendary car designers, including BMW chief of design Chris Bangle and Henrik Fisker, the creator of the Fisker Karma electric supercar. But this year, after professor Bumsuk Lim’s inaugural motorcycle-design class, the buzz is all about bikes, especially Jake Loniak’s exoskeleton motorcycle concept Deus Ex Machina.

  • Events and Promotions

    PopSci Photo Contest

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 9.12.2008 0 Comments

    Another awesome set of entries to the PopSci photo contest. Thanks to everyone who entered and congrats to this week's winner for the theme "Technology We Love": Phillip Evans (via our Flickr pool). For all of you photogs, another contest is in the works. After the jump, get the low down. And as always, happy shooting!

  • Science

    Building the Real Iron Man

    By John Mahoney Posted on 4.9.2008 63 Comments

    Afghanistan. A hidden bunker. Four men with rifles guard a thick, rusted steel door. Bam! A huge fist pounds against it—from inside. Bam! More blows dent the steel. The hinges strain. The guards cower, inching backward. Whatever's trying to break out is big. And angry.

  • Science

    Breaking Open the Unknown Universe

    By Paul Adams Posted on 9.10.2008 7 Comments

    The proton is a persistent thing. The first one crystallized out of the universe's chaotic froth just 0.00001 of a second after the big bang, when existence was squeezed into a space about the size of the solar system. The rest quickly followed. Protons for the most part have survived unchanged through the intervening 13.8 billion years—joining with electrons to make hydrogen gas, fusing in stars to form the heavier elements, but all the while remaining protons. And they will continue to remain protons for billions of years to come.

  • Cars

    Toyota Winglet to Challenge the Segway

    By Abby Seiff Posted on 8.13.2008 14 Comments

    Segway users, look behind your shoulder. Another “personal transport assistant” is waiting in the wings.

  • Technology

    How Long Would it Take to Walk a Light-Year?

    By taylorhengen Posted on 8.26.2008 3 Comments

    If you started just before the first dinosaurs appeared, you’d probably be finishing your hike just about now.


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