For most of us, slogging through the work week requires mental concentration, focus and a ton of coffee. Unfortunately, we don't know how much caffeine is actually in our bloodstream at any given moment in the day. Enter Caffeine Zone, an iPhone app that can track your…
Combining all of the coolest and favorite toy elements from my epic youth into one giant fun-ball would still fall short (just barely though) of the potential that Mantzel’s robot has for thrills. Watch out before turning the corner at the kitchen door. A…
For all the things the Dutch are known for, being bicycle fanatics is definitely one of them, so it should come as no surprise that there is now an invention that introduces children to the world of bicycles in the form of a... buscycle. The buscycle works…
We are watching you! Stop Google, Facebook, and every other servant to advertisers from collecting your personal information now! The cameras are on, the eyes in the painting move to follow us as we traipse about the bedroom, and even our search – for which…
MariClaRo Sustainable Designs have a new venture to offer up consumers in their EXPERIMENTS section: a large backpack made entirely from recycled (and already exploded) airbags. So you realize the mountain bike ride through Central Park was a bad idea when the…
Kinetic energy is perhaps the most abundant energy on Earth. Almost everything is moving, and in large cities, there is so much wasted energy not being harnessed. PaveGen, a UK based company, has created a way to capture energy from each passing footstep and convert it…
The Changers Starter Kit provides technophiles with every possible connection to charge super gadgets galore via the sun! The camping trip always looms large as a battery-sucking deterrent. I’ve personally had friends running parked cars for hours just to keep…
Popular Science’s Best of What’s New in 2011, and a fan favorite at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, the Sphero rolls on down the avenue of robotic innovation. And that’s without a robot! Sphero is a ball, about the size of a Magic 8-ball, that moves…
I know, I know, it's like something out a dream. Finally, there's a robot that can grab a beer out of the fridge. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the future. Robots have been around for quite some time, but it isn't until now that many people are beginning to…
For everyone who enjoys any type of arcade game (or using the D-pad at all), the Street Fighter controller is here as a savior. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has become a champion of the next generation video game consoles, but avid and amateur gamers alike have always…
The polished silver cufflinks from Brookstone offer up style and suave, but since when do they also wield a 2GB USB flash drive and Wi-Fi hot spot? Daniel Craig, also known as James Bond in certain diplomatic spy circles, wants his prototype ASAP! The sexy…
Once a niche product for corporate presentation rooms and college lecture halls, mini Bluetooth keyboards have also become indispensable gadgets for gamer and home theater enthusiasts alike. Portable, versatile, and- best of all- cordless, these pocket input devices…