Weekend Workshop: Hit every PokéStop in town with this DIY bike phone mount
Finding Pokemon via your bike can as quickly spell disaster for your phone as it can produce a Charmander. Here's how to build your own bicycle phone mount.
Here’s a gadget that lets you activate your ‘dumb’ home products with your voice
To fill a gap in automation, an entrepreneur has developed Vome, a platform to allow for easy “turn on-turn off” functionality for electrical equipment.
MIT grads are out to prove the power of your inkjet with 3D-printing technology
Lumii is setting course to replace traditional optics with algorithms, to create high-quality, glasses-free 3D experiences using inkjet printers.
Augmented reality comes to neurosurgery with tech developed by Leica
A new technology from Leica displays virtual overlays within a surgical microscope to help guide a neurosurgeon’s hands. AR isn't just for Pokémon anymore.
This new Kickstarter will help you grow your own furniture
Got a green thumb and a passion for gardening? Tired of growing food and flower? Now you can grow your own outdoor furniture, thanks to Terra!
The chimeras are coming! NIH considers lifting ban on human-animal experiments
The National Institute of Health will reconsider its moratorium and potentially grant federal funds to human-animal chimera experiments as early as 2017.
Rubik’s Spark gives the classic children’s toy an injection of new technology
Between its LED squares and a sensor-based twisting mechanic, the Rubik's Spark is not your father's Rubik's Cube.
Here's all the tech that Luke Aikens used for that insane 25,000 foot skydive without a parachute
Luke Aikins successfully completed a skydive from 25,000 feet without a parachute on live TV. Here is the science behind how he did it.
'Smart bricks' that recycle wastewater, generate electricity being developed
Thanks to a new endeavor coordinated by Newcastle University, the materials with which we construct our buildings may be the future in green architecture.
IBM's "lab-on-a-chip" breakthrough brings ammo to the fight against cancer
Big things are happening at IBM, where researchers have just developed a new lab-on-a-chip that may help revolutionize how doctors diagnose disease.
At this restaurant the chef is a 3D printer
At Food Ink, the main draw isn’t even the food, but the way in which it’s made. You see, everything at this London concept restaurant is 3D-printed.
Finding an apartment to rent is as easy as hitting "Send" with Trulia's new Facebook Messenger bot
Facebook Messenger launches Trulia bot which lets users find apartments through direct messaging the bot exactly the same way they might message a friend.
Amazon expanding Dash with new partners that monitor and refill medication
Amazon DRS support already includes Brita, Brother printers, and Whirlpool. Today they announced they are adding several new brands to the DRS family.
Good vibrations: Surgical tool may increase surgeons' sensitivity during operations
A tiny, vibrating surgical tool has helped heighten surgeons' sensitivity -- and may enable them to sense a patient’s internal tissues and tumors.
A mezzo-soprano singing with a quantum computer is 2016's craziest duet
A Welsh mezzo-soprano in England recently performed a real-time duet with a quantum computer. Here's how it sounded.
Amazing new 3D food printer concept shows how we'll be cooking our meals in 2020
Researchers at Columbia University in New York City are developing a consumer 3D printer which will let people 3D print and cook meals in the comfort of their own home.
Geoscientist measures rocks to work out the immense energy in a lightning bolt
A new study carried out by researchers in Florida is measuring rocks to calculate the exact amount of energy released by a bolt of lightning bolt.
The Nucleus smart intercom lets the kids call grandma with the push of a button
Nucleus, an internet-connected intercom that supports voice and video calls, aims to address the shortcomings of its analog inspiration.
Welcome to Area 404, the hardware lab where Facebook is building the future
Facebook is offering the first extensive look inside its huge new hardware lab, where it will build everything from internet-delivering drones to VR tech.
U.S. government approves first-ever moon landing for a private venture
For the first time, the U.S. government has granted regulatory approval for a commercial company to travel beyond the Earth and land on the Moon.
3D-printed capsule opens the the door to designer supplements
Multiply Labs is developing a 3D-printed capsule that you can personalize with your favorite supplements for timed release according to your dietary needs.
YouTube video pits freeze ray vs. flamethrower. Need we say more?
Popular YouTuber The Backyard Scientist has pitted a homemade freeze gun against a flamethrower. The winner? All of us.
U.S. Air Force says first F-35 jets are combat-ready, 15 years after effort began
The U.S. Air Force has announced that its inaugural squadron of F-35 fighter jets is finally ready for combat.
Playing ‘Pokémon Go’ with a drone is the most 2016 thing ever
Feeling too lazy for Pokémon Go? DroneMonSpy lets you attach your smartphone to a drone and then fly it around looking for Pikachu and his chums.
Like a glowing Etch-a-Sketch, LumoPad lets you draw with light
LumoPad is the world's coolest Etch-a-Sketch, letting users draw with light using lasers, LEDs, or even regular flashlights.
'Revolutionary' QuadRKT drone can fly both vertically and horizontally
The QuadRKT is branded as a "revolutionary new drone" with both horizontal and vertical flight capabilities.
You’ve been invited to design a 3D-printed tool for the International Space Station
Have you dreamed of designing a 3D-printed tool for use by the astronauts on the International Space Station? Here is your chance.
Theranos, under fire for mail-order blood testing, launches a box to do it at home
Theranos has announced a new blood-testing device at the annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in Philadelphia.
