Innovation

Researchers invent interactive 3D holograms you can touch

Using a system of lasers, mirrors and cameras, researchers at the Digital Nature Group (DNG) have invented a way to project three-dimensional holograms made…

Samsung develops new battery tech based on silicon, graphene

The one issue that marred the otherwise stellar Samsung Galaxy S6 was its paltry battery life, but it seems that the company responsible has…

Fujitsu explores the possibility of liquid-cooled smartphones

We’ve all experienced heat emanating from our cellphones when held against our ears too long and that warm, tingling sensation from laptops when resting…

These spinal cord implants feature stretchy silicon-like circuitry

As you near the age of 40, subtle signs of aging begin to reveal themselves: an aching back, sudden movements you once thought harmless…

New breakthrough in levitation allows for greater ease of movement

Levitating objects and yourself up off the ground is the fantasy of, well, damn near everyone. It’s an idea that has captivated the imagination…

DARPA creates first ever self-guiding bullets

Camouflaged snipers are some of the most feared soldiers on any battlefield. From great distances and behind unseen barriers, sniper units can take their…

Hemingwrite is the typewriter for the modern age

The Hemingwrite is a portable typewriter that features a large e-ink display and the ability to upload your work to the cloud via WiFi. It’s also a…

Today’s WTF moment: IBM’s TrueNorth superprocessor copies human brain, ushers in robot apocalypse

Creating a synthetic brain has long been the stuff of engineering fantasy and steep scientific challenge, but IBM has developed what could be an…

Newly minted 802.22 Wi-Fi standard has insane 100km range

The days of inadvertently maxing out your cellular data plan because your smartphone happens to be a few inches outside of your Wi-Fi network’s…

Puffing power: cigarette butts to revolutionise electronics industry

Cigarettes are dirty, toxic creatures. After they’ve been liberally smoked, their remains are tossed aside into street corners and flower pots to pollute and…

MIT boffins create visual microphone with packet of chips

Here’s an age old conundrum: If a tree falls in a forest, and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?…

This production-ready robotic exoskeleton gives shipbuilders superhuman strength

Superhuman robotic exoskeletons are the stuff of legend. Tony Stark, the World Cup and even the U.S. Military have explored the possibilities that a…

13 incredible inventions that show off their makers’ insane intelligence

Technology is undeniably beautiful. The way humans have shaped even the ugliest devices into eye-pleasing shapes amuses me to no end. And like many…

US inventor 3D-prints castle in his backyard

3D printing will undoubtedly change the world in a big way. The technology allows for the easy creation of rather complex structures, so one…

Russian engineers create Chernobyl on a stick, blow up tech, laugh about it

If you’re willing to spend some time traveling the depths of YouTube, you’re bound to discover plenty of individuals engaged in activities both reckless…

This handmade silk leaf produces oxygen and is ideal for space travel

Plants are those useful green things humans cultivate from seed for food, or chop down to provide materials like paper. Most importantly, we also…

Nanospheres to make lithium batteries four times juicier

Batteries are wonderful creatures, powering our digital lives for days at a time. But as thirsty mobile devices’ need for power grows, the current…

128GB? No thanks: ‘RRAM’ offers terabytes of storage for future smartphones

Data researchers based at Rice University, Texas, have developed a breakthrough storage technology that could bring terabytes to smartphone within the very near future….

Retro awesome: Tumblr artist give 300 iconic game, TV and film characters an 80s-style makeover

Paul Robertson could be a genius. Over on his Tumblr page, Robertson has completed (we believe) a series of gaming, TV and film drawings…

The human factor: Japan’s hyper-realistic androids breach the digital divide

The idea of human-like robots have always been the stuff of tech legend. The theme of robots acting as humans and containing a consciousness,…

Google’s new pupil: diabetes-detecting contact lenses

Is this smart wearables gone mad? Google’s latest venture, teaming up with a Swiss biomedical firm, may send alarm bells ringing in the minds…

WiFi-controlled drug delivery microchip could be ultimate morning-after pill

The future of female contraception, diabetes and practically any condition that requires timed injections is a no-nonsense, automated injection system embedded in a tiny WiFi…

Tetris-playing T-shirt brings games and garments together

Tetris has been around since the mid-eighties, but has never been played quite like this before. Marc Kerger, a techie hailing from the tiny…

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