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The Easy Way Up: An Escalator for Firemen
An escalator-like ladder for faster fire rescues
Test Flight: These Tiny R/C Choppers Are Like Pocket Dogfighters
Gyroscopes and infrared blasters ready radio-controlled helicopters for midair battle
Almost a Mile Below South Dakota, A Race to Find Dark Matter
One of the biggest mysteries of physics could end with what scientists find 4,850 feet below the Black Hills of South Dakota
NASA’s 3,500-Ton Deep-Space Antenna Repair
How NASA repaired the seven-million-pound antenna it uses to track deep-space probes
The Goods: January 2011’s Hottest Gadgets
Start the new year off right with a pocket camcorder toting a projector, a garbage bag that's green, an all-in-one Bluetooth adapter for your car and more
Behind the Scenes of Bose’s TV With Built-In Surround Sound
How Bose squeezed a full surround-sound system into a flat-panel TV
January 2011: Robots Bite Back
What happens when machines start making their own decisions?
FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold?
Almost nothing looks more orderly than chess pieces before a match starts. The first move, however, begins a spiral into...
Do All Blu-ray Players Produce the Same Picture Quality?
Like all A/V gear, dirt-cheap Blu-ray players can suffer from flaws caused by poor construction and cheap components. Once you’ve...
Repurposed Tech: Don’t Throw Your Old iPhone Away
There are a lot of ways to use your old iPhone around the house, even without a contract
