CTRL XC sunglasses change tint in 1/10 of a second so you’re always glare-free
Meet the CTRL XC sunglasses, heralded as "the world's most advanced and fastest tint changing glasses for mountain biking, extreme sports, and leisure."
Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone could become the world’s largest solar farm
Canadian energy companies, U.S. investment firms, and Ukraine government negotiating to build a 1GWh solar plant at the site of the Chernobyl meltdown.
Mozilla is developing a kitchen bot to answer the question, ‘What’s for dinner?’
Mozilla is developing a smart kitchen bot to help consumers figure out what to cook for their meals. The project is still in an early validation stage.
Kickstarter is bringing more than projects to life — it’s bringing over 300,000 jobs to market too
Kickstarter has created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits, started 29,600 full-time jobs, and generated more than $5.3 billion in economic activity.
Waze beta feature reminds parents to take their kids out of the car
Waze is hoping to help reduce incidences of fatalities and heat stroke in children left in hot cars by reminding the driver to get them out.
NASA turns to SpaceX once again for its latest crew mission to ISS
As NASA continues to decrease its reliance on Russia, the agency orders a second SpaceX crew mission to the ISS.
Weekend Workshop: How to build a DIY wooden gramophone for your iPhone 6S
With summer in full swing, nothing says backyard BBQ quite like a solid smartphone speaker. To make you the envy of your block, here's how to make your own.
If this, then that: A beginner’s guide to the wonderful world of IFTTT
Trying to figure out what IFTTT is and how to use it to your advantage? Here's why you should give the service a shot, and some suggestions for doing so.
Meet Danger Drone – a flying computer designed to hack into all your unprotected devices
Security company Bishop Fox has created a flying hacker's laptop called Danger Drone. Here's everything you need to know.
Yes, selfies make your nose look big, but new software could change that
Ever notice how your nose looks bigger in selfies? A research team from Princeton and Adobe just developed an algorithm that could change that.
Ingenious new CYMK 3D printer blends filaments to create a full spectrum of color
Kickstarter campaign promises additive manufacturing fans the world's first affordable full color 3D printer.
How BMW’s self-driving car tech will give American swimmers a leg up in Rio
BMW is lending its automotive computer vision expertise to helping Team USA develop cutting-edge technology for improving their swimming.
The Perseus smart mirror shows you so much more than your reflection (Update)
Perseus is a smart mirror you can get on Kickstarter right now.
High-tech shirts change their pattern and color in response to pollution or radiation
Designer Nikolas Bentel’s new Aerochromics line of shirts change when they come into contact with different environmental factors.
Italian teens’ vending machine turns plastic bottles into cell phone cases
A group of Sicilian teens created a vending machine with a 3D printer that converts waste plastic bottles into cell phone cases.
Here are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2016, according to the WEF
What will be this year’s biggest technological breakthrough? The WEF recently tackled that question with a list of the top ten emerging technologies.
Americans are more worried than excited about biomechanical body augmentation
Most American adults are pretty worried about human enhancement technologies, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center.
The U.S. Navy is looking to mussels to help develop underwater glue
The Office of Naval Research is funding an investigation into the creation of underwater glue.
Mercedes-Benz's new augmented reality app will aid first responders
The Mercedes-Benz Rescue Assist app uses augmented reality to let first responders see inside vehicles and plot the best way to rescue occupants.
New beta software automatically tags and captions historic images
Gado Images is working to teach computers how to automatically tag and caption historic photos to give museums a leg up in digitizing big archives.
Like magic, Plotagraph Pro software creates animation from a single photo
Cinemagraphs are traditionally created from short videos, but one photographer has developed a way to craft them from a single image.
Watch a giant house-building robot lay 1,000 bricks per hour
Impressive time-lapse video shows off the Hadrian, an "end-to-end" bricklaying robot that automates the very labor intensive process of laying down bricks.
3D-printed 'Sovereign Armor' is the most amazing cosplay creation ever
Fantasy designer Melissa Ng has created an astonishing 3D-printed suit of Sovereign Armor, boasting 91 individually printed pieces with embedded LED lights.
PiBorg's Raspberry Pi racecars are built by you, powered by AI
A U.K. company called PiBorg is hosting the world’s first autonomous (toy) car racing international grand prix.
You can now pay off your Capital One card or even your mortgage with Alexa
Thanks to a new Capital One integration, Amazon Echo owners will now be able to pay off their debts, access account information, and make mortgage payments.
Study: Robot surgeons as good as humans, despite what your doc might say
New researcher on robotic prostate surgery suggests that humans and machines are pretty much equal when it comes to surgery.
US military may get hoverboards, jetbikes, and ‘floating rescue stations’
Zapata Racing, the company which brought us its jet-powered hoverboard, is being acquired by a major defense tech company.
FarmBot DIY agriculture robot promises to usher in the future of farming
FarmBot brings precision farming to individuals with a DIY, open source agriculture robot that is completely adaptable to any garden situation.
A plane just flew around the world without a single drop of fuel. Let that sink in for a minute
What's next for Solar Impulse now that it has completed its historic globe-circling, solar-powered flight? We will give you a hint --- it's not retirement.
Run your own backyard convention with the Parrot 2 smartphone teleprompter
Updated for today's larger smartphones, Parrot 2 looks to improve upon what was already the most portable and easiest-to-use teleprompter available.
New York’s Momofuku Nishi is the first restaurant to serve veggie burgers that ‘bleed’ like real beef
As of today, New York’s Momofuku Nishi restaurant has become the first eatery to serve Impossible Foods’ “animal-free” burger as part of its regular restaurant menu.