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A Portable Battery That Runs on Saltwater – or Urine
Technology

A Portable Battery That Runs on Saltwater – or Urine

By Clay Dillow

Video: Augmented Reality Billboard Installed in Amsterdam, to Educate and Shame Passers-By
Technology

Video: Augmented Reality Billboard Installed in Amsterdam, to Educate and Shame Passers-By

By Clay Dillow

Does the Future of the Car Live in China?
Technology

Does the Future of the Car Live in China?

By Corey Binns

Virginia Tech Students Unveil Nation’s First Full-Height, Free-Walking Humanoid Robot
Technology

Virginia Tech Students Unveil Nation’s First Full-Height, Free-Walking Humanoid Robot

By Denise Ngo

Yves Behar, Designer of the OLPC, is Making DIY Glasses for Kids, for Free
Technology

Yves Behar, Designer of the OLPC, is Making DIY Glasses for Kids, for Free

By Denise Ngo

Giant Gravel Batteries Could Make Wind Power a Reliable Energy Option
Energy

Giant Gravel Batteries Could Make Wind Power a Reliable Energy Option

By Clay Dillow

Electric Taxis With Switchable Batteries Debut in Japan
Electric Vehicles

Electric Taxis With Switchable Batteries Debut in Japan

By Denise Ngo

The Army Wants Olfactory Sensors That Can Smell Potential Perps At A Distance
DARPA

The Army Wants Olfactory Sensors That Can Smell Potential Perps At A Distance

By Clay Dillow

A Cheap, Thin Film Gives Portable Night Vision to Cell Phones and Eyeglasses
Gear

A Cheap, Thin Film Gives Portable Night Vision to Cell Phones and Eyeglasses

By Clay Dillow

A New Helmet Keeps Your Head On Straight
Technology

A New Helmet Keeps Your Head On Straight

By Matthew Cokeley

Japanese Government and Industry Aim for Mind-Controlled Robots and Electronics in 10 Years
Robots

Japanese Government and Industry Aim for Mind-Controlled Robots and Electronics in 10 Years

By Jeremy Hsu

New Software Processor Can Transcribe Music From Any Performance
Technology

New Software Processor Can Transcribe Music From Any Performance

By Rebecca Boyle

Three-Wheeled E. Rex, Three Times More Efficient Than Prius, Roars into Automotive X-Prize
Technology

Three-Wheeled E. Rex, Three Times More Efficient Than Prius, Roars into Automotive X-Prize

By Jeremy Hsu

100-Year-Old Trick Squeezes Fiber-Optic Speeds from Copper Wires
Internet

100-Year-Old Trick Squeezes Fiber-Optic Speeds from Copper Wires

By Jeremy Hsu

IBM Scientists Create Tiniest 3-D World Map
Science

IBM Scientists Create Tiniest 3-D World Map

By Rebecca Boyle

DARPA’s Mach 20 Hypersonic Glider and Air Force’s X-37B Space Plane Make Their Debuts
DARPA

DARPA’s Mach 20 Hypersonic Glider and Air Force’s X-37B Space Plane Make Their Debuts

By Jeremy Hsu

Dustbot Comes When You Call It, to Pick Up Your Garbage and Take It Away
Environment

Dustbot Comes When You Call It, to Pick Up Your Garbage and Take It Away

By Denise Ngo

Bio-Sensing Underwear Keeps Tabs on Your Body’s Chemistry
Health

Bio-Sensing Underwear Keeps Tabs on Your Body’s Chemistry

By Clay Dillow

Gold Nano-Bombs Deliver Bacteria-Killing Therapy Directly to Acne
Technology

Gold Nano-Bombs Deliver Bacteria-Killing Therapy Directly to Acne

By Jeremy Hsu

Spaceborne Speedtraps: Satellites Help Plate-Reading Cameras Continuously Track Speeding Drivers
Technology

Spaceborne Speedtraps: Satellites Help Plate-Reading Cameras Continuously Track Speeding Drivers

By Jeremy Hsu

Using Lasers to Steam-Clean Buildings After a Radioactive or Chemical Attack
Technology

Using Lasers to Steam-Clean Buildings After a Radioactive or Chemical Attack

By Clay Dillow

DARPA Plans Upgrades to SPHERES Satellites: Smart Visual Navigation, Force-Field Thrusters
Technology

DARPA Plans Upgrades to SPHERES Satellites: Smart Visual Navigation, Force-Field Thrusters

By Clay Dillow

South Korea Developing Underwater Search-and-Rescue Robot Crawlers
Aviation

South Korea Developing Underwater Search-and-Rescue Robot Crawlers

By Jeremy Hsu

Video: Moaning Rubber Robot Mouth Simulates Human Voices, Fuels Our Human Nightmares
Robots

Video: Moaning Rubber Robot Mouth Simulates Human Voices, Fuels Our Human Nightmares

By Denise Ngo

Video: World’s Fastest Pick-and-Place Robot Versus Human with Wiimote
Robots

Video: World’s Fastest Pick-and-Place Robot Versus Human with Wiimote

By Jeremy Hsu

Why Can’t Planes Fly Through Volcanic Ash? NASA Found Out the Hard Way
Aviation

Why Can’t Planes Fly Through Volcanic Ash? NASA Found Out the Hard Way

By Clay Dillow

Silicon Shrinkwrap Melts Smoothly Onto Cat Brain to Monitor Activity in Real Time
Technology

Silicon Shrinkwrap Melts Smoothly Onto Cat Brain to Monitor Activity in Real Time

By Jeremy Hsu

Memristors to Be Used by Military to Create Simulated Brains
DARPA

Memristors to Be Used by Military to Create Simulated Brains

By Jeremy Hsu

Archive Gallery: 137 Years of Robotic Fascination
Robots

Archive Gallery: 137 Years of Robotic Fascination

By Denise Ngo

Celebrating the Concept Car: 10 Legendary Successes and Failures
Concept Cars

Celebrating the Concept Car: 10 Legendary Successes and Failures

By Wes Siler

Odd Invention: Idle Livestock Hit the Treadmill to Generate Electricity For Farms
Agriculture

Odd Invention: Idle Livestock Hit the Treadmill to Generate Electricity For Farms

By Lynne Peeples

Lego Mindstorms Robot Sits at Computer, Plays Old-School Tetris, Wins
Robots

Lego Mindstorms Robot Sits at Computer, Plays Old-School Tetris, Wins

By Clay Dillow

Tattooing Patients With UV Ink Could Protect Pacemakers From Hackers
Health

Tattooing Patients With UV Ink Could Protect Pacemakers From Hackers

By Clay Dillow

Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes
Energy

Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes

By Jeremy Hsu

England’s Football Stars Sleeping in Oxygen Deprivation Tents to Prep for World Cup
Technology

England’s Football Stars Sleeping in Oxygen Deprivation Tents to Prep for World Cup

By Jeremy Hsu

Video: GM Goes Hands-Off With EN-V Robotic Pod Car
Technology

Video: GM Goes Hands-Off With EN-V Robotic Pod Car

By Jeremy Hsu

Skeeter-Zapping Laser Entrepreneur Turns Sights on Space Power
Technology

Skeeter-Zapping Laser Entrepreneur Turns Sights on Space Power

By Jeremy Hsu

DARPA Spills Details on its Plans for the Transformer TX Flying Car
DARPA

DARPA Spills Details on its Plans for the Transformer TX Flying Car

By Jeremy Hsu

Russia Plans Cupertino 2, a Scientific City Modeled on Silicon Valley
Technology

Russia Plans Cupertino 2, a Scientific City Modeled on Silicon Valley

By Jeremy Hsu

May 2010: The Future of the Car
Technology

May 2010: The Future of the Car

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Togolese Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts
DIY

Togolese Student Builds Humanoid Robot From Old TV Parts

By Stuart Fox

Multitoe Turns Floors Into Massive Multitouch Screens You Control With Your Feet
Technology

Multitoe Turns Floors Into Massive Multitouch Screens You Control With Your Feet

By Clay Dillow

Video: Navy Helicopter Drone Makes First Coke Bust on the High Seas
Aviation

Video: Navy Helicopter Drone Makes First Coke Bust on the High Seas

By Jeremy Hsu

The Price of Karma
Electric Vehicles

The Price of Karma

By Bill Gifford

When Robots Rule the Roads
Technology

When Robots Rule the Roads

By Lawrence Ulrich

Future Drive Concept: The Robotic Commuter Pod
Technology

Future Drive Concept: The Robotic Commuter Pod

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Video: Apocalypse-Fearing Folk Can Seek Shelter in Futuristic $10 Million Doomsday Bunker
Technology

Video: Apocalypse-Fearing Folk Can Seek Shelter in Futuristic $10 Million Doomsday Bunker

By Jeremy Hsu

Robo-Suit Will Help Aging Japanese Farmers Pick Crops with Ease
Agriculture

Robo-Suit Will Help Aging Japanese Farmers Pick Crops with Ease

By Denise Ngo

Molten Metal Batteries Yield 20 Times More Current Than Lithium-Ion
Technology

Molten Metal Batteries Yield 20 Times More Current Than Lithium-Ion

By Jeremy Hsu

Archive Gallery: Yesteryear’s Airports of the Future
Aviation

Archive Gallery: Yesteryear’s Airports of the Future

By Denise Ngo

Hewlett-Packard Unveils Real-World Memristor, Chip of the Future
Technology

Hewlett-Packard Unveils Real-World Memristor, Chip of the Future

By Stuart Fox

Chinese Government to Build 215-MPH Bullet Trains in California
Technology

Chinese Government to Build 215-MPH Bullet Trains in California

By Stuart Fox

California’s First Full-Scale Desalination Plant Lets Residents Drink the Pacific Ocean
Technology

California’s First Full-Scale Desalination Plant Lets Residents Drink the Pacific Ocean

By Jeremy Hsu

MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Muscles Could Power Tomorrow’s Robotic Gizmos
Robots

MIT’s Tiny Mechanical Muscles Could Power Tomorrow’s Robotic Gizmos

By Jeremy Hsu

NASA’s Hybrid Wing Drone Soars on First Flight Tests
Technology

NASA’s Hybrid Wing Drone Soars on First Flight Tests

By Jeremy Hsu

Swapping Graphite Anodes For Silicon Improves Li-ion Battery Capacity Five Times
Energy

Swapping Graphite Anodes For Silicon Improves Li-ion Battery Capacity Five Times

By Clay Dillow

Video: Dean Kamen High-Fives Colbert With Latest Revision of Prosthetic Luke Arm
DARPA

Video: Dean Kamen High-Fives Colbert With Latest Revision of Prosthetic Luke Arm

By Clay Dillow

Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors
Cancer

Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors

By Clay Dillow

NYPD And NYFD Super Boats To Replace Half-Century-Old Clunkers Patrolling New York Harbor
Technology

NYPD And NYFD Super Boats To Replace Half-Century-Old Clunkers Patrolling New York Harbor

By Stuart Fox

Solving the Mystery of the Green LED For Pure, Efficient White Light
Energy

Solving the Mystery of the Green LED For Pure, Efficient White Light

By Clay Dillow

Scientists Devise A Means For Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes
Health

Scientists Devise A Means For Human Bodies To Break Down Carbon Nanotubes

By Clay Dillow

Process That Converts Cotton to Boron Carbide Could Create Armored T-Shirts
Technology

Process That Converts Cotton to Boron Carbide Could Create Armored T-Shirts

By Jeremy Hsu

Active Robotic Skylight Pumps Natural Light Into Darkened Interior Spaces
Energy

Active Robotic Skylight Pumps Natural Light Into Darkened Interior Spaces

By Clay Dillow

Texas Town Installs a Monster Battery for Backup Power
Energy

Texas Town Installs a Monster Battery for Backup Power

By Jeremy Hsu

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