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What Colour are Action Man’s Pants? If You Know, You’ll Probably Want One of These

07/04/2016

Touching this robot can elicit physiological arousal in humans ...

Technoboffins Rejoice! Phone-based laser rangefinder works outdoors

29/03/2016

Depth sensor built from off-the-shelf parts filters out ambient infrared light...

A Computational Tool to Tame Golf’s SCARIEST Drive

21/03/2016

Computer simulations may help golfers tame the sport's 'scariest 155 yards' ...

Caliban’s Rage at the Blank Touchscreen: On Becoming a 21st Century Savage

21/03/2016

The acceleration of technology beyond the layman's ken makes us little more than blissfully ignorant slaves - should we not be noble savages instead? ...

Can the Clean Fuel Movement Ketch Up With Florida’s Tomato Battery?

18/03/2016

Creative thinkers in Florida develop an innovative use for waste material - the tomato battery...

Come to the Dark Side with Turnable Windows

15/03/2016

Inspired by frozen ponds, Harvard becomes the latest Ivy League powerhouse to address the always-vexing problem of window light...

Screw Your Noisy Drone, We’ve Got Electric Bubbles! MIT Make Ultra Lightweight Solar Cell

29/02/2016

MIT develop thinnest and lightest solar cells ever ...

It’s Balls, Not Smears. New Experiment Plots Quantum Surrealism

23/02/2016

Scientists succeed at measuring the unmeasurable - demonstrating quantum forces without disturbing them. ...

Stimulating the Simulcra. Can Humans be Trusted With Artificial Intelligence?

22/02/2016

Can such a flawed race create anything but accelerated evil? Examining free will, AI technology, and addictive stimulus....

First Look at the Stretchable nano-scale device That’ll Soon Be in Your Contact Lenses

21/02/2016

Researchers create a stretchable nano-scale device to manipulate light...

Digital Practise Makes Reality Perfect. Yes, motion-controlled video games help you learn.

20/02/2016

Motion-controlled video games may improve real world skills ...

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Fracking Earthquakes are Only the Start – Wait Till You See What it Does to Your Water Supply

17/02/2016

Stanford University expert on the health impacts of fossil fuels studies groundwater quality at oil and gas fields...

Are You Being Servo’d? Cybathlon: The Olympics of Assistive Technologies

16/02/2016

A global Olympic-style competition to advance assistive & robotic technologies...

I Can’t Do that, Dave. Artificial Intelligence, Dada and the Ethics of Perception

16/02/2016

Are humans worthy to create more powerful beings 'in our own image'? Essay....

What do People Think About Climate Engineering? The answer may surprise you

09/02/2016

New tool for gauging public opinion reveals skepticism of climate engineering ...

Could This Be the Invention that Fixes Everything? CO2 as Sustainable Fuel

08/02/2016

Carbon dioxide captured from air converted directly to methanol fuel for the first time ...

Sure we can, but SHOULD we? Digital Head and the Ethics of Intelligence

05/02/2016

Examining the unpredictable and disruptive possibilities contained within new technologies...

Want Lightspeed Internet? You need NASA’s integrated-photonics modem

03/02/2016

NASA engineers tapped to build first integrated-photonics modem ...

Swiss Scientists Beat Off Rivals to Develop ‘Soft Gripper’

01/02/2016

Technologists in Lausanne develop robotic fingers with a gentle touch ...

Thwack! Feel the Flow with Pressure-Sensitive Rubber Gloves

27/01/2016

More than mere Marigolds, Tokyo University researchers develop pressure-sensitive rubber gloves for medical workers....

Wanna Swap some Cells? Get Some Acoustic Tweezers in Your Handbag

26/01/2016

Acoustic tweezers provide much needed pluck for 3-D bioprinting. But what do they do? Report...

Ink Levels Low? Fill it up with Rust! 3D Printing Advances

14/01/2016

New rapid method expands the types of metals, alloys, and architectures that can be additively manufactured...

Make Better Music 80: The Art of Remixing (Part Two)

13/01/2016

Be careful to maintain the integrity of the original piece, while at all times striving to produce something new. ...

Is There Just Too Much of Everything?

25/12/2015

Our digital world of abundance and choice might be shortening our attention spans...

Lo-Tech Innovation Proves Grate news for the Environment

18/12/2015

Small metal grate makes big impact on environment and health ...

How to Use Wee Wee For Wi-Fi Enabled Socks

16/12/2015

Wearable energy generator uses urine to power wireless transmitter ...

Who’s the Innovator When it Comes To Scratch? Pimp Your Toothbrush.

15/12/2015

How satisfied we are with our toothbrush depends a lot on the sound of the bristles scrubbing against the enamel....

We Shall Overmeme: Why Slacktivists Make a Difference

11/12/2015

A new study of Twitter use during social protests finds that a critical periphery of 'slacktivists' greatly amplify a movement's message...

Heads Up! Ways to Recognise Phonebies and Digital Deadwalkers

05/12/2015

Distracted Walking: a Serious Issue for You, not Me...

How Did You Expect to Die, and Did it Involve a Floating Hoover? (Row-Bot)

26/11/2015

Academics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. ...

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