The 10 Coolest Things You Can 3-D Print Right Now
<!--paging_filter-->Cameras, guitars, RC aircraft and more! One survey of the 3-D printing landscape will quickly show you that it's brimming with novelty items and useless junk. But don't let...
View ArticleThe Future Of Flight: A Congestion-Killing Aircraft
<!--paging_filter-->Meet the 100-passenger plane that'll keep your flight running on time. Aircraft design is often overlooked in discussions of the FAA’s multibillion-dollar NextGen initiative,...
View ArticleWatch A Robot Crack A Smartphone Passcode Using Brute Force
<!--paging_filter-->Next up: ATM PINs. A team of engineers attending next week's Black Hat hacking conference created R2B2, the incredibly patient Robotic Reconfigurable Button Basher. The 'bot...
View ArticleNew Surveillance Blimp Stays Aloft For 30 Days Straight
<!--paging_filter-->A new U.S. Army project could make threat detection much more practical. The Army may have a new radar-carrying, unmanned blimp by 2017. Made by Raytheon, the...
View ArticleVintage Big Pic: The Cameras That Captured The First Men On The Moon
<!--paging_filter-->Yep, these are photos of cameras. Enjoy! This smooth and shiny camera captured the video that folks at home watched live on TV during Neil Armstrong's moonwalk. It's called...
View ArticleNew For Space Tourists: A Light, Comfy Space Suit
<!--paging_filter-->Private space company Final Frontier Design shows off the latest orbital fashion. Final Frontier Design, a Brooklyn, NY-based space company, unveiled their new "3G" space suit...
View ArticleThe Three Biggest Aviation Advances From This Year
<!--paging_filter-->How RFID tags, carbon-fiber airframes, and battery sensors will change the course of flight. RFID Tags A regular addition to cellphones and bank cards, radio frequency...
View ArticleHoneycomb Drone Swarm Can Fly In Any Shape
<!--paging_filter-->Happily, these drones are for educational (not killer) purposes. These honeycomb-like drones use advanced networking technology to fly smoothly in large formations. Created as...
View ArticleWatch The First Fully 3-D Printed Rifle Break On Camera
<!--paging_filter-->This gun is just a few improvements away from being terrifying. Just a few months after the first 3-D printed gun caused plastic panic around the globe, there is now a 3-D...
View ArticleTurn Any Bike Into An Electric Bike, No Installation Necessary
<!--paging_filter-->Hook Rubbee on to the back of your pedal-powered bicycle, and let the machine do all the work. So you want to bike, but, ugh, pedaling, right? Get an electric bike instead!...
View Article4 Smart Textiles You’ve Yet To See
<!--paging_filter-->Self-repairing fabric, leather grown from microbes, and more You've probably seen water-repellant textiles where droplets of water miraculously bubble upon contact with the...
View ArticleNew Tactile Sensor Is Lighter Than A Feather
<!--paging_filter-->This device could lead to advances in wearable technology, embedded medical sensors, flexible electronics, and more. Researchers at the Someya-Sekitani Lab in Japan have...
View ArticleHermit Crab Architecture And Other Amazing Images From This Week
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View ArticleShanghai Company Claims It Delivered Cakes With Drones
<!--paging_filter-->Pie in the sky A Shanghai company is using drones to deliver cakes. According to the Shanghai Daily, Incake Company delivered cakes by flying robot, then suspended the service...
View ArticleHacker Barnaby Jack Dead At 35
<!--paging_filter--> Hacker Barnaby Jack, perhaps best known for discovering insecurities in pacemakers that could be exploited with fatal results, has died in San Francisco, Reuters reports. He...
View ArticleNew From Dyson: A Tiny Vacuum For City People
<!--paging_filter-->Have a tiny apartment, city-dweller? You will want a tiny vacuum for cleaning up tiny messes. Sir James Dyson, Inventor General of all the gadgets you didn't realize you...
View ArticleThe Biggest Data Thefts In Recent History [Infographic]
<!--paging_filter-->It's a big-data look at the loss of lots of big data. That's pretty big. The internet is a giant vault where people store some of their most private information, trusting that...
View ArticleSatellite Photos Reveal Construction At Iran’s Island Drone Base
<!--paging_filter-->What is Iran up to in the Strait of Hormuz? On the island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf, on the northern-most end of the narrow Strait of Hormuz, Iran is making improvements to...
View ArticleHow NASA Would Wrangle An Asteroid [Video]
<!--paging_filter-->The agency released an Armageddon-style video to explain New telescope technology is helping scientists better detect asteroids, but what happens after we find them? One of...
View ArticleWatch A Giant Hovercraft Land On A Crowded Russian Beach
<!--paging_filter-->Just out enjoying your day at the beach when, boom, giant military hovercraft. The worst. This 5.5-ton Russian military hovercraft landed on the beach of the Baltic Sea port...
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