Sleep is one of the most fundamental parts of human life. As most mattress salesmen will remind you, we spend over a third of our lives in an unconscious, resting state. And regardless if we have the latest Tempur-Pedic that somehow magically allows us to doze off…
There is no doubt that 3D printing is going to take over the world in the next decade. I mean, being able to print out a pair of flip-flops is a whole lot better than going to the store or waiting a few days for them to ship, right? It took almost 30 years for…
Transform boring, poorly stapled business plans, press releases, marketing materials and other old fashioned paper artifacts to life using Fujitsu Laboratories’ touchscreen interface that can animate and bring a whole new dimension to real world objects. …
With a name befitting a Swiss adventurer, Bertrand Piccard – who was the first to make a non-stop balloon flight that circumvented the entire globe – is set to fly the first solar powered plane across the U.S. this May. Piccard comes from a long line of men…
How would you like to make a kill with micro-precision from up to 1000 yards away? Welcome to hunting in the 21st century with Austin, Texas based company Tracking Point’s new linux-powered rifles that can take down a target using one of the most complex combinations…
Who can forget Obi Wan Kenobi instructing Luke Skywalker with a floating Jedi remote, like a robotic softball? NASA has worked to recreate these functioning bots with miniature satellites called Spheres (Synchronized Position Hold Engage Reorient Experimental…
For first worlders it makes the perfect camping accessory, for paranoid preppers it is the perfect tool to have in case of an alien invasion, and for third worlders it can provide heat and, simultaneously, electricity for millions of impoverished people. The HomeStove…
There is something mysterious going on at The University of Iowa. Amidst the corn fields and the roads that stretch on to nowhere, scientists are replicating something that nature has taken billions of years to create. A new manufacturing division called Advanced…
Believe it or not, there are many places in the world that don’t get electricity, like Sub-Saharan Africa where less than 10% of homes (if you can call them that) get electricity. Moreover, many of these places have decreasing rates of electrification – meaning…
An Italian man is set to receive the first bionic hand that can actually feel the true sensation of touch. Over the last few years, prosthetic limb technology advanced remarkably; not only in biomechanics and movement, but also in that they have developed sensory…
If you don’t want to use a mouse to control your computer, you can go full Jedi with Thalmic Labs’ new gesture control armband called MYO. Developed in 2012 by three University of Waterloo Mechatronics Engineering graduates – Aaron Grant, Matthew Bailey,…
Shortly after roads were successfully printed using similar technologies to make an enduring product, WobbleWorks LLC. began a Kickstarter campaign for their inexpensive 3-D printer product the 3Doodler pen, and they are over $1.75 million so far! 3-D printers…