Swarms of autonomous, solar-powered towel-bots, based on a nanowire mesh, could help those oil-eating microbes clean up the Gulf of Mexico. The "Seaswarm" robot moves like a tank in water, using
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Everyone loves the beer-fetching Willow Garage PR2 robot. Evidently, it even loves itself. When developers at Bosch Research gave it a pen, it drew a handsome self-portrait.
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Human pluripotent stem cells - the kind that can become any kind of specialized cell and therefore be used to treat pretty much any kind of cellular damage - hold seemingly limitless promise if only we could manipulate them in useful quantities. Now, researchers at
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A new generation of e-nose uses a DNA scaffolding and molecular fluorescence to distinguish among various vapours, in a breakthrough that could make electronic sniffers more
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This spooky image of a tiny nebula known as IRAS 05437+2502 was recently released by the Hubble Space Telescope, but perhaps even more eerie than the wispy, ghost-like appearance
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The last time we saw Surena-2 (aka Sorina-2), it was hanging out with Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in its first public appearance last month. Now it has made its debut on television. In the somewhat mystifying clip below, it bops past silent humans seated at brightly
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The Internet seems to offer countless chances to win -- "You're Our Lucky 10,000 Visitor!!! Click Here to Claim Your Free iPod!!!" -- but this month you really could be the lucky winner. According to IMS Research, sometime this month the 5
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He has been crated up and shipped to Kennedy Space Center. At the Space Station Processing Facility there, he is going to be carefully packed into his SLEEPR -- the Structural Launch Enclosure to Effectively Protect Robonaut.
At over 220 kilograms, the
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Tagging trees with embedded RFID tags not only helps logging companies keep track of the origin and destination of timber on the truck, but it helps keep companies honest and aids in the prosecution of illegal logging operations. But those RFID chips, unless they're expensively
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Japanese researchers, never at a loss for concepts mashing up domestic and medical care with the best in robotics, has developed a robotic wheelchair that automatically
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Liquid armor has been shown to stop bullets more effectively than plain Kevlar, according to British firm BAE Systems. The material could be used to make thinner, lighter armor for military personnel and police officers,
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The compact camera to sell you on compact cameras
Earlier this year, I bought my first DSLR, and took it (and its gigantic lens) everywhere. My vacation photos and day-to-day snaps never looked better. But I couldn't say the same for my left (A.K.A. my bag-carrying)
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Human pluripotent stem cells - the kind that can become any kind of specialized cell and therefore be used to treat pretty much any kind of cellular damage - hold seemingly limitless promise if only we could manipulate them in useful quantities. Now, researchers at
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It wasn’t so long ago that we reported the news of the first royalties being paid to the Australian patent-holder of Wi-Fi technology. Considering that Wi-Fi is now a standard technology in many computers and mobile devices, it’s not difficult to see how important it is to respect the patent
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A sharp-looking tabletop touchscreen can be used to command robots and combine data from various sources, potentially improving military planning,
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A Lego fan with a deficit of office equipment has created a fully functioning printer, complete with little plastic workers. The printer, which is able to print at 75 dots per inch and 1 page per minute, is a feat worthy of installation at the plastic cube company's Legoland
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As any astute computer owner would know, particularly those who are of the gamer variety, there are many possible bottlenecks when it comes to getting the most out of your computer hardware. Video cards, random access memory (RAM) and hard drives are but a few of the main hurdles to super-efficient
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Tired of waking up in the morning only to find yourself in the same lame place you woke up in yesterday (and the day before that)? Winscape is a DIY project for you: install two HD plasmas in faux window frames that display whatever scene
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Dreaming of running up Mt. Kilimanjaro? Do it today. The NordicTrack X7i Incline Trainer raises and lowers itself to mimic the dips and hills of real-world topography.
The X7i downloads maps over Wi-Fi from a Web site called iFit, which lets you pick popular routes like San Francisco's
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At PopSci we're comfortable with the concept of time travel, but this story is perhaps a bit more than we can wrap our heads around. The Saudi Arabian city of Mecca is building the biggest clock in the world -- a massive 600-metre tower sporting four timekeeping faces
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Humans have been observing sunspots for over 2,000 years, but never has it been as
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Can the search giant make sense of foreign menus?
The Google Goggles Android
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The technology heralds ad hoc mobile networks for phones
Smart phones have become
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Unleash your inner geek artiste
MIT chemists cover the whiteboards and even windows of their
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Do you think your connection speed is fast? Do you tout your torrent bit rate? Perhaps your
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By this point, we're all familiar with augmented reality, but Swedish
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It wasn't that long ago that the T1i first brought 1080p video to an entry-level digital SLR--albeit
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A glimpse of the post-silicon age; how does Graphene Valley sound to you?
Silicon
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Bringing a new connotation to the term "verbal contract," researchers
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It's the saving grace of every slow news day: you flip on the cable news networks during
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