This automated restaurant in San Francisco doesn’t have waiters or cashiers — just iPads
San Francisco is home to Eatsa, a new fast food joint that serves up healthy meals using an automated process that replaces servers with self-serve cubbies.
According to a new study, almost all common hangover cures aren’t actually effective
Bad news for those who hope to prevent a hangover with a heavy meal or a several glasses of water. A new study suggests these common cures are ineffective.
Japan is building a fully-automated indoor farm capable of producing 30,000 heads of lettuce per day
Japan's Spread Vegetable Factory is working on a novel way of producing high quantities of lettuce using factory automation starting in 2017.
Buzz Aldrin opens Florida institute dedicated to colonizing Mars
The race to Mars is heating up with Florida's new Buzz Aldrin Space Institute, whose primary goal is to encourage research for future settlement on Mars.
Ingenious 3D printed wheelchair lever makes pushing more efficient
Student team develop the Hand Drive, an affordable 3D printed attachment that turns any wheelchair into an efficient lever-powered chair.
Boeing’s newest laser cannon can destroy a UAV in two seconds flat
Boeing unveiled its latest military project -- a drone-targeting laser cannon. The Compact Laser Weapon System can incinerate a UAV in just a few seconds.
Mutation-tracking blood test offers early detection of breast cancer relapse
Scientists have developed a DNA blood test that can determine whether a breast cancer patient is at risk for relapse even before physical signs are evident.
Like AirBnB for solar power, Yeloha lets you use other people’s rooftops for energy
Yeloha has a novel idea for expanding solar power in cities -- sharing. We already share apartments, cars, and bikes, so why not solar panels, too.
Vivid 3D model shows how cancer cells multiply and migrate in a tumor
Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, Harvard, and John Hopkins use 3D models to visualize the growth and differentiation of cancer cells in a tumor.
Hawaii’s new OTEC power plant harvests energy stored in warm ocean water
Hawaii became the first US state to harvest electricity from oceanic thermal energy using a new 105-kilowatt ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plant.
The Kick Varibike is a weird new ‘bicycle’ that you pedal with your hands
Varibike unveils Kick, a new hybrid scooter bicycle that uses arm power to supplement the bike's traditional kick mechanism of propulsion.
Researchers develop artificial microfish to detect and neutralize toxins
Nanoengineers at the UC San Diego have created synthetic swimming microfish, smaller than a human hair, which can sense chemicals in their environment.
