Let there be light! Compact sterilizing pod uses UV light to kill bacteria
The compact sterilizing pod, which uses ultraviolet light to eliminate harmful bacteria, was recently launched in an Indiegogo campaign.
Rent the Runway is opening up a new flagship location, and it’s all about tech
Rent the Runway first became popular for bringing the catwalk onto your computer, but now, it's taking things offline again -- into its first flagship store
Use this tool to help you decide if the news you're reading is the real deal
Notim.press/ed is a tool that lets you type in a URL and determine just how trustworthy your source is.
Paper is so last century — reMarkable tablet aims to make it obsolete
Meet the reMarkable, a rather self-confidently named tablet geared towards folks who want the feel of paper, and the convenience of a tablet
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo makes a successful debut solo flight
The second SpaceShipTwo from Virgin Galactic flew solo on Saturday, marking another milestone for suborbital flight.
Buzz Aldrin still recovering after emergency airlift from the South Pole
The second man to step foot on the moon is recovering after he was rescued from the South Pole with fluid in his lungs.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Smart glasses and a bed that makes itself
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but there's no denying that it's fun to gawk!
Olympic giant Michael Phelps takes aim at Silicon Valley
Olympic hero Michael Phelps has made his mark in the pool, now he's aiming at tech.
Phantom limb pain may be addressed by computer games
As per a new study, amputees who engaged in computer games with a virtual on-screen arm reported relief from phantom pain.
Haiku is a gesture controlled navigation system for your bike
Haiku is an electronic navigation system for your bike that pairs with your smartphone to provide directions and is controlled by simple gestures.
Smart sensor can tell you exactly which devices are wasting power in your home
Researchers have developed a smart sensor able to tell users the precise amount of electricity used by everyday household appliances.
They’re real. We slipped on Nike’s HyperAdapt 1.0 self-lacing sneakers
We take a walk in Nike's first ever self-lacing sneakers, the Hyperadapt 1.0 and speak with Tiffany Beers, senior innovator at Nike about how it came about.
Like parents from the 1950s, AI still can’t understand comics. Here’s why
Researchers at the University of Maryland and University of Colorado have trained an AI to read and understand comic books. Here's how well it managed.
Weekly Rewind: The top Kickstarter projects, clairvoyant computers, and a potential AirPods launch
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.
Panasonic says it’s broken the LCD black level barrier, ready to battle OLED
Looking to dethrone OLED as the king of contrast and brightness, Panasonic has unveiled a new LCD panel with contrast 600 times that of standard LCDs.
Like a flying hamster ball, Droneball soars around in a cage to protect it from crashes
Droneball is a “crash-proof” drone that flies in its own smart cage -- letting it bounce off walls and obstacles that may well wreck other UAVs.
Kickstarter ‘Wonder Wallet’ is a smart device that will hold your cash, too
Wonder Wallet is a can hold all your regular banknotes and credit cards, but also offers a customizable epaper display, time/location functions, and more.
Scientists witness evolution in progress, create new species in a test tube
A groundbreaking lab experiment proves that speciation, in which one species splits into two distinct ones, is most definitely a real thing.
Cartography neural network generates realistic maps of imagined places
Artists have trained a neural network to generate its own hyperdetailed satellite image maps, based on nothing more than a quickly drawn doodle.
QuadBot is the 3D-printed, customizable crab robot that will teach you to code
QuadBot is a 3D-printed, 100 percent programmable, Arduino-powered walking crab robot; designed to transform you from zero to robotics hero.
Kickstarter 'universe in a sphere' is a desk ornament designed to awe you
This Kickstarter campaign hopes to create a glass sphere containing a hyper-detailed 3D representation of much of the observable universe as we know it.
New technology turns every flush of yours into usable biocrude oil
By utilizing a new sewage treatment technology called hydrothermal liquefaction, researchers have found a way to turn human waste into usable biocrude oil.
Homebuying startup makes it easy to buy a house with your friends
Buying a home gets incredibly complex when there are multiple purchasers, like a group of friends buying a house together. This new startup wants to help.
The US Department of Veteran Affairs is using Artificial Intelligence to supercharge its healthcare services
Flow Health and the VA are building a medical knowledge graph with deep learning to inform medical decision-making and train AI to personalize care plans.
Bitcoin anonymity no longer guaranteed; summons served to U.S. exchange
Coinbase, the largest U.S. Bitcoin exchange, has been served with a John Doe summons demanding 2014 to 2015 transaction records of all customers.
Watch this terrifying robotic LaserSnake destroy a nuclear power cell
What kind of hardware do you call in to help decommission an old nuclear power plant in England? A laser-wielding giant robot snake, obviously.
Take off a few strokes with PuttView's augmented reality putting solution
Have you ever spent time lining up your putting line, only to have the ball miss the hole? Thanks to a German company, that might be a thing of the past.
H2 … oh my! MIT researchers just discovered a strange new property of water
The discovery came as a surprise to the team of chemical engineers who’d been trying to send electric currents through water in nanotubes.
Apple may deploy drones to monitor street signs and construction in Maps
Apple is reportedly making use of drones to populate its map data more efficiently and effectively than its more traditional crew of minivans.
Smartduvet doesn't think you should make your bed and will do it for you
A company has finally automated the most mundane chore around the house, making your bed. Smartduvet is the self-making bed you have been waiting for.