A drone may have collided with a major airliner for the first time
A British Airways Airbus A320 carrying 137 people may have crashed into a drone as it made its final approach to London's Heathrow airport.
Captionbot is another AI from Microsoft, and it's not doing so hot either
Luckily for us, history has a tendency of repeating itself, and Microsoft's latest creation is a sometimes hilarious entity known as Captionbot.
Australia Post is set to test mail delivery by quadcopters
It's not the dog the mailman needs to be wary of any longer -- rather, it's the drone. Quadcopters might be taking over the mailman's job in Australia.
Weekly Rewind: Facebook's F8, your brain on LSD, and more
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it's almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything.
Dad pulls out daughter’s tooth with a Millennium Falcon drone
One fun-loving and innovative dad decided to help his daughter rid herself of a loose tooth by way of a Millennium Falcon drone.
Even if you’re bothered by that drone over your house, you can’t shoot it down
Since the FAA has defined drones as regulated aircraft, they are covered by the same aircraft sabotage law as commercial planes. Shooting drones is illegal.
This flexible camera takes crazy images
This video shows what pics might look like if you could bend your camera. A research team made a flexible camera lens array so, eventually, you can.
Oscar is a 3D-printed organic Lego set … and it’s creepy as hell
The Modular Body, a 56-video series, introduces Oscar as a 3D-printed modular body. There's no telling how long it would live, were it really alive.
Lockheed Martin's new magic school bus wants to virtually take kids to Mars
Lockheed Martin is bringing STEM education to the next level with its Generation Beyond program, a new national education initiative.
What happens in Zoe stays in Zoe — the privacy-oriented smart home hub
The smart home is taking off, but many still have a few big concerns - like that they send your data to the cloud. Zoe, however, keeps things offline.
This massive solar-powered computer can provide water for an entire village
Watly is the first, and largest, solar-powered water purifier and power generator.
Reservations for its eatery are sold out, but Google is giving away free donuts in NYC
Google is teasing its translation app through food, by opening a pop-up eatery for four days in New York City, Too bad reservations are already sold out.
Trends with Benefits: Is the Flyboard Air hoverboard legit, or a big hoax?
Is the Flyboard a real life hoverboard, or a hoax? Plus other top tech.
Say hello to FemtoSats — the tiny new satellites that could democratize space
Now, a team of researchers at Arizona State University are developing FemtoSats, a small satellite that is easy and inexpensive to launch.
These graphene-based nanobots suck up lead contamination to clean our oceans
Researchers have developed self-propelled and magnetically controlled nanobots capable of absorbing lead from wastewater
Could Ohio State University's super thin woven circuitry usher in a new era for wearable tech?
OSU's incredibly thin woven circuitry could usher in the future of truly wearable technology. It can be used to create embroidered broadband antennas.
NASA wants to reach the edge of our solar system with a 25 mile electrostatic solar sail
NASA is testing E-sail technology that will get spacecraft to the edge of the solar system faster than ever. The sail is almost 25 miles wide.
This ‘mechanical jellyfish’ could help us harvest tons of energy from the ocean
Engineers at Oscilla Power have created a unique device that can generate electricity from the ocean's waves.
DARPA’s new Gremlin drones fly back to their ‘mothership’ after completing recon missions
DARPA's Gremlin drones fly back to cargo ships for extraction after completing intelligence missions. The new tech will be approved by 2020.
Hovr leg-mover provides a seated desk-exercise alterative
Rather than getting desk-bound workers to stand up, crowdsourced desk exercise device Hovr lets users simulate walking while staying seated.
Weight, weight, don’t tell me: This mirror scans your body for better fitness data
Naked Labs' took body-scanning mirror pairs with a scale to give you all kinds of details about your body, and 3D images to show gradual change.
Fingerprints tapped for payments apps and more, biometrics firms say
Now, your fingerprint is unlocking smartphones, paying for purchases in Japan, and soon, Sweden's Fingerprint Cards hopes, even more.
This robot makes sure no drop is wasted when you water your lawn
There are two things wrong with watering your grass with a hose - it takes time and it takes water. Growver, however, is here to fix both of those things.
Physicists are building a quantum computer by studying how people play this odd puzzle game
Researchers at Aarhus University have developed an algorithm based on human intuition that tackles quantum problems more efficiently than supercomputers.
Move It wants to replace trips to the gym with a sensor-filled workout
Have trouble getting yourself to the gym? You may not need to anymore - Move It is a connected device that brings the gym to you.
These giant cyborg beetles can be controlled remotely, and could one day replace drones
By inserting electrodes into beetles' leg muscles, scientists say they can now control insect's walking speed, strides, and gait.
Facebook thinks its new antennas could help bring Internet to the masses
Facebook's next method of connecting the world is through massive antennas that could beam connectivity for miles around, even to rural areas beyond cities.