Weekend Workshop: How to install LED joystick lights on a PlayStation controller
Jazz up your boring Sony-issued DualShock controller with this easy walkthrough on how to install LED lights on each of the controller's joysticks.
This may sting: Google's new patent describes a smart lens injected right into your eyeball
Smart lenses may be making headlines, but Google wants to take things further. The company just filed a patent for a lens that is injected in your eyeball.
One small animal is apparently all it takes to shut down the Large Hadron Collider
It's a $7 billion dollar piece of machinery, but even the Large Hadron Collider is no match for a small mammal.
Cyrano is an air freshener that wants to give your videos smell-o-vision
Cyrano is a scented speaker that emits scents depending on the type of music.
Double whammy: These odd new beads could be used in both contraceptives and infertility treatments
Lab-developed beads are coated in a peptide called ZP2, and surprisingly could be used in both contraceptive methods and infertility treatments.
Daimler's yet-unnamed home battery unit looks to spoil Tesla's Powerwall party
Looking to take a bite out of the home battery pie, Mercedes parent company Daimler is readying its own energy storage unit to take on Tesla's Powerwall.
Chemists create a DNA thermometer 20,000 times smaller than a human hair
Scientists at the University of Montreal made a nanothermometer of DNA that uncurls to tell the temperature. It's totally invisible to the naked eye.
Could these electronic glasses change a blind person’s life?
12 year old Christopher Ward Jr. was born sight-impaired, but his life changed after trying a pair of eSight glasses. There was only one catch.
Fat Battery would add more juice to iPhone, but it requires third-party installation
Fat Battery is a Kickstarter project that aims to double the size of your iPhone 6S, in exchange for four times the battery capacity.
Sony developing smart contact lens that does more than let you see
A Sony patent application describes a contact lens straight from the pages of Mission Impossible. The proposed lens embeds sensors, a camera, and more.
Mad scientist Colin Furze built a hoverbike and (somehow) didn’t lose his limbs
Backyard inventor and Yotuber Colin Furze made a hoverbike in his garage, flew it around the British countryside, and somehow didn't die.
Sci-Hub offers Pirate Bay-like simplicity to researchers around the world
If you're a scientist who doesn't want to pay for access to a research paper, you can head to Sci-Hub (more or less) guilt-free -- everyone's doing it.
SpaceX wins $83M Air Force satellite launch contract, ending Lockheed/Boeing monopoly
SpaceX won an $83 million GPS satellite launch contract from the US Air Force, bringing an end to the decade-old Lockheed and Boeing monopoly.
Glassouse lets users control a mouse cursor with their eyes — and mouth
Inspired by his disabled friend's difficulty with using technology, Mehmet Nemo created Glassouse, a device that lets users control a cursor hands free.
The super rich don’t burn cash, they sink it into these insane personal submarines
Ever wanted to explore the open ocean? With these personal submarines, now you can.
This creepy snake-like robot is designed to fix equipment on the ocean floor
Eelume, the snakelike robot, will live on the ocean floor and help maintain deep sea equipment.
A German designer’s AR pingpong table reacts to every shot
One interaction designer has created an augmented reality tool that can take your ping pong game to the next level.
Bioluminescent sharks use their glow to communicate in the deep, dark ocean
Bioluminescent sharks use their green glow to communicate with each other at extreme ocean depths, intensifying brightness the deeper they swim.
Incredible DIY synesthesia mask gives you the ability to smell colors — without taking drugs
Zachary Howard invented a synesthesia mask that lets you experience what it's like to smell color, and you can make your own with step-by-step instructions.
Heliofloat is a flexible, football-field-sized solar panel that floats in the ocean
The latest idea for green power is the Heliofloat, a floating platform that would function as a sea-based solar power station.
Humanoid robot can dive to great depths while human operator stays safe and dry
Developed and built by scientists at Stanford University, the OceanOne humanoid robot can navigate underwater with or without the help of a human pilot.
The University of Florida just held the world’s first mind-controlled drone race
The University of Florida has held the world's first brain-controlled drone race – on a ten-yard, indoor course – to test and refine BCI technology.
Worried about breaking your Surface Book? This case can survive a 4-foot drop
Wish your Surface Book had a thicker skin? Urban Armor Gear has a new case for Microsoft's laptop that should protect it from drops up to 48 inches.
Don't be fooled by its cute exterior; This robotic guard can tase people who get unruly
The National Defense University in China unveiled the country's first "intelligent security guard," equipped with on-board cameras and a taser
Elon Musk wants to send a rocket to Mars — and he wants to do it before 2018
SpaceX officially announces its plans for 2018 mission to Mars.