A disappearing sink and more badass kitchens from Milan Design Week
Milan Design Week featured some truly futuristic kitchen tech, like a gesture-controlled sink and a 6mm-thick table that keeps your food warm.
Researchers create technology that’s powered by thin air
The Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform is a combination sensor and computing chip that requires neither a battery nor a wired power source.
Weekend Workshop: Piece together the Triforce with this Zelda coffee table
Honor Shigeru Miyamoto's iconic Legend of Zelda franchise the right way by building this DIY mosaic-tiled and Zelda-inspired coffee table this weekend.
China is building floating nuclear power stations
According to new reports, China is working on floating nuclear power plants that will provide power to its manmade chain of islands.
Use only clean energy with the flip of a switch thanks to WattTime’s new system
Wish you could choose where your energy comes from? Soon you might be able to! WattTime is launching a new pilot that allows users to use only clean energy.
China’s National Space Administration just announced plans to land on Mars by 2020
In a rare news conference, Xu Dazhe, the head of the China National Space Administration, has reiterated the country's plan to land on Mars by 2020.
Ingenious Brazilian billboards use fake sweat to attract and kill Zika-carrying mosquitos
Two Brazilian advertising agencies have designed Mosquito Killer Billboards that attract and kill the Aedes Aegypti mosquito that carries the Zika virus.
UCI scientists stumble upon the key to never-ending batteries
While messing around in a UCI lab, a university doctoral candidate discovered that an electrolyte gel allows li-ion batteries to sustain 200,000 cycles.
Two weeks on the road with digital ear plugs made me want to ditch foam forever
I spent two weeks playing drums on the road with the Here Active Listening System, and I'll never look at earplugs the same way again.
Legless duck walks again with 3D printed prosthetic feet built by middle schoolers
Philip the duck is learning to walk again with a pair of 3D printed prosthetic feet created by a Wisconsin middle school class.
MIT student designs gardening robots that could grow produce for astronauts on Mars
A NASA fellow and PhD student has developed a system of robots and AI that can autonomously grow crops in the harsh environments of space, including on Mars
Researchers discover the key to OLED efficiency: a firefly butt
Fireflies have proved to be the inspiration for a brand new type of OLED, which could improve efficiency by as much as 60 percent.
Air Force builds rocket-powered maglev sled capable of traveling at speeds up to 633 mph
A US Air Force team at the Holloman Air Force Base ran a rocket-propelled maglev sled up to 633MPH, setting a new world record for maglev vehicles.
10 billion articles of clothing and footwear are going to go smart
Avery Dennison and Internet of Things startup Evrythng are partnering to bring 10 billion smart items of apparel to market.
Aerotain’s blimp-inspired Skye drone won’t injure people if it crash lands
Aerotain's Skye drone is a blimp-inspired UAV that is safe to touch and won't injure people if it crash lands in a crowd.
Zilker is a smart irrigation system you hook up to your hose
Zilker has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its smart irrigation device, which controls water use based on weather and other factors.
Elon Musk is looking into self-driving buses
On Thursday, Musk made an appearance at a transportation conference in Norway where he suggested self-driving buses as a solution to traffic congestion.
Don’t throw away those Livestrong bracelets — they may still come in handy
Livestrong bracelets may seem like the ultimate throwback, but thanks to an injection of some pretty interesting low tech, they're making quite the comeback
Prisma promises to cut the time it takes to make cold brew from 12 hours to 10 minutes (Update)
Love cold-brew coffee but don't have a lot of time? GE's subsidiary FirstBuild promises a cold-brew coffee maker that yields a full pot in 10 minutes.
Turn your patio any crazy color you want with iLumi’s new outdoor LED
The ilumi smart light bulb is a Bluetooth-compatible bulb that can be controlled via an app.
The U.S. Army looks to anti-missile technology to help protect its fleet of tanks
To help protect its tanks without adding more cumbersome armor, the U.S. Army and Marine Corps plan to test an anti-missile technology system called Trophy.
There’s a new blood test for Parkinson’s disease
A new blood test "will enable doctors to detect with unprecedented reliability the abnormal metabolism of blood cells in people with Parkinson's."
Acer’s Xplova S5 biking computer records video when your heart starts racing
Acer announced an update to the Xplova biking computer, this version being called the Xplova S5 and featuring a built-in camera.
In-mask thermal imaging helps firefighters find victims trapped in burning buildings
Scott Sight is a firefighter mask with a built-in peripheral thermal imaging display to help firefighters find victims trapped in burning buildings faster.
Brilliant new T-shirt lets travelers communicate with anyone, regardless of the language they speak
Iconspeak offers the "ultimate functional wear for the modern traveller" -- a T-shirt that features 40 of the most commonly asked-for signs when traveling.
A city on Mars? Elon Musk and SpaceX say absolutely
Elon Musk, the ambitious SpaceX founder and CEO, is known for his (literally) out of this world ideas, and the latest is a city on Mars.
Activist trolls patent trolls, builds algorithm that publishes ideas for all possible inventions
Using a mathematical algorithm, Internet artist and activist Alexander Reben hopes to generate every possible idea to undermine the US patent system.
Diavelo Zeitgeist is an electric bike, but you wouldn’t know just from looking at it
The latest bike to enter the electric market is the Diavelo Zeitgeist, a lightweight bike with the styling of a performance cycle, rather than armored tank.
NASA successfully tests a drone traffic control system
NASA's drone traffic control system is undergoing its largest test to date, with 24 remote flights planned across all six FAA test sites this week.