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Motion-triggered monster heads, a witches' brew of liquid nitrogen, a projector rigged for fright, and more. Our favorite high-tech haunting tricks made easy.

Hands-on with the email-friendliest cellphone

Poor cell reception at home? Install a cellular amplifier, and put an end to frustrated redials

Gas prices are up, fuel economy is down—but the brightest minds in auto technology are about to do something about it

Futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how the boundary between man and machine is quickly disappearing. PLUS: A gallery of today's most mind-blowing 'bots

Embryologist Irina Polejaeva talks about the successes and challenges of cloning performance horses

Our ancient quest to create androids is about to destroy the boundary between humans and machines. Futurist, author and inventor Ray Kurzweil explains how

Sex-and-tech writer Annalee Newitz explores the pop-culture fascination with female robots

Design trend alert: turning scrapped airplanes into architectural marvels

With its rocket-engine tail and fuel-packed fuselage, this modified business jet might be the first private craft to launch tourists into space

Dust off that old Xbox, add a little free software, and get your movies and songs into the living room where they belong.

With a shift of its wing, the Pentagon’s next attack drone goes from long-range endurance flyer to Mach-speed assassin

The next generation of artificial limbs-fused directly to human bone and commanded by the brain-promises effortless, natural motion. It can't come soon enough for the newest group of prosthetics wearers: U.S. soldiers

A rundown of what's hot in the world of GPS navigation, including one device with a photographic memory. Launch Photo Gallery.

Surf the web from the hammock out back (or the park down the block) with this solar-powered WiFi extender.

Software will allow you to easily carry years’ worth of searchable memories—in your pocket