German Student Builds Electromagnetic Harvester
A student at the University of the Arts in Bremen, Germany has built the holy grail in charging technology. Dennis Siegel has created an “electromagnetic harvester” that is capable of plucking energy...
View ArticleScientist Creates Electronic Telepathy
If you read our post the other day about the MYO armband you saw a piece of consumer tech that would allow you to control just about anything – in this case an aerial drone – with the movements of your...
View Article5 Inventions That Were Before Their Time
Having alternative news sources is important with today’s hyper-focused (some would say myopic) and highly biased news organizations. Sometimes you’ve got to follow a link trail to somewhere totally...
View Article42 Floors Shows Off Extreme Rapid Prototyping
Commercial real estate shopping firm 42Floors recently released a mobile app that looks as beautiful and modern as any of their swanky listings. Obviously, before they could release this app they had...
View ArticleLeoNovus Turns An Entire Town Into A Data Center
VentureBeat today reported on a startup that aims to create the world’s first distributed data center by utilizing a small Canadian town’s unused computing power. LeoNovus is the company behind this...
View ArticleThe Quantified Home: CubeSensors Aim To Monitor Your Environment
Personal trackers have been all the rage for some time now – so much so that it seems we get a new Kickstarter announcement every day now showcasing a bit that clips to our phone/belt/shoe/hair. It...
View ArticleGrowing Nanomaterials Like the Gumboot
Lithium-Ion batteries, solar cells, aircraft frames, and abrasion-resistant clothing might all get a huge boost soon because of the teeth of the monstrosity you see above. What you are attempting to...
View ArticleLubricheck’s Oil Testing Device Will “Blood Test” Your Car
Everyone knows you should change your car’s oil every 3 months or 3,000 miles. This has always been a quick and easy way to remember when to show your vehicle a little love. The problem is, what...
View ArticleQuantum Computer Now Being Sold By Lockheed Martin
The quantum computer was supposed to be a long way off. It was supposed to be confined to scribblings on a white board and hacked together non-functioning prototypes in university labs. Lockheed Martin...
View ArticleFail: When Innovation Goes Awry
Innovation isn’t always pretty. It takes hard work, perfect timing and a clear market strategy. Unfortunately lining up a new product fails more often than not – and some of those failures are truly...
View ArticleDNA Transistors Open Door to Biological Computing
****Not an April Fool’s Day joke**** A team of scientist at Stanford have created the last piece of the puzzle that enables us as a species to create biological computers. Recently we have seen...
View ArticleSoon We Will All Be Great Actors
As communicating through video becomes more and more mainstream, we as a society are becoming more comfortable in front of cameras. This in turns leads some of us to learning the ins and outs of...
View ArticleNew Photon 3D Scanner Makes CAD Drawing Unnecessary
Don’t have the technical skill or software required to create a 3D CAD model of that iPhone case or dress you’ve been dying to copy? Well not to worry, as the Photon 3D scanner is here to take all the...
View ArticleMorbid Monday and the Screw-in Coffin
Happy Monday! Here’s your screw-in coffin! Given that the first day of the week always seems to be the craziest, we thought we’d give you a little respite from this busy world. If you’re looking for...
View ArticleDelphi Releases Vehicle Diagnostics Tool
What do you do when your check engine light suddenly flashes on to your dashboard? Like most people you probably head to a local tire shop or dealer to ask them why it came on. If you are especially...
View ArticleBitcoin, and Its Possible Bubble Explained
The anonymous little Bitcoin has been getting a lot of press recently. For an internet currency that has been around since 2009 it is suddenly very popular – and worth a lot of real actual money....
View ArticleDuPont Innovation Center Set To Launch In Turkey
A new DuPont Innovation Center has been announced to open in Turkey to leverage a key growth market for the company. As DuPont responds to some of the biggest challenges facing an increasingly crowded...
View ArticleAston Martin Hydrogen Racer To Prove Technology
The Aston Martin hydrogen Rapide S is set compete at the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring in Germany next month. Showcasing the technology at the famous 24 hour race – acknowledged as one of...
View ArticleThe First Lab-Grown Organ Transplant
For the first time in medical history, scientists have transplanted a fully functioning lab-grown organ into a living animal. Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital accomplished the tasks using a...
View ArticleFujitsu Concept Bridges Digital and Real World
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of a next-generation user interface technology that enables intuitive, fingertip operations. This new technology is purported to accurately...
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