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Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin
Technik

Wound-Treating Jelly Regenerates Fresh, Scar-Free Skin

By Rebecca Boyle

Amateur Radio Balloon Flies From California to Algeria
Technologie

Amateur Radio Balloon Flies From California to Algeria

By Rebecca Boyle

Modified Cotton Cleans Itself When Exposed to Sunlight
Technologie

Modified Cotton Cleans Itself When Exposed to Sunlight

By Rebecca Boyle

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean
Conservation

Building a Massive Neutrino Hunter Beneath the Mediterranean

By Rebecca Boyle

Brand-New Stratolaunch, the Biggest Plane in the World, Could Replace the Space Shuttle
Aviation

Brand-New Stratolaunch, the Biggest Plane in the World, Could Replace the Space Shuttle

By Rebecca Boyle

Download Knowledge Directly to Your Brain, Matrix-Style
Technologie

Download Knowledge Directly to Your Brain, Matrix-Style

By Rebecca Boyle

The World’s Smallest Stirling Engine is a Single Particle, Just Three Micrometers Across
Technologie

The World’s Smallest Stirling Engine is a Single Particle, Just Three Micrometers Across

By Clay Dillow

For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil
Aviation

For the First Time, Predator Drones Participate in Civilian Arrests on U.S. Soil

By Clay Dillow

Video: Iran Puts Its Captured RQ-170 Drone on Display
Aviation

Video: Iran Puts Its Captured RQ-170 Drone on Display

By Clay Dillow

Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time
Diabetes

Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time

By Rebecca Boyle

The Army’s Latest Innnovation: A Sandwich That Stays Fresh for Two Years
Army

The Army’s Latest Innnovation: A Sandwich That Stays Fresh for Two Years

By Clay Dillow

A Surf Park High In the Pyrenees
Technologie

A Surf Park High In the Pyrenees

By Tetsuhiko Endo

Carbon Nanotube Stealth Paint Could Make Any Object Ultra-Black
Aviation

Carbon Nanotube Stealth Paint Could Make Any Object Ultra-Black

By Clay Dillow

Capturing Electricity with a Shoe
Technologie

Capturing Electricity with a Shoe

By Tom Krupenkin, engineer at the University of Wisconsin, as told to Flora Lichtman

Reports Indicate Iran Has America’s Missing RQ-170 Stealth Drone
Aviation

Reports Indicate Iran Has America’s Missing RQ-170 Stealth Drone

By Clay Dillow

DARPA’s Impossible-Sounding Shredder Challenge is Already Solved
DARPA

DARPA’s Impossible-Sounding Shredder Challenge is Already Solved

By Clay Dillow

New Map Imposes New York City Grid System on the World
Technologie

New Map Imposes New York City Grid System on the World

By Sean Kane

Look at This Giant Bug!
Animals

Look at This Giant Bug!

By Dan Nosowitz

China Daily: There Should Be a Beijing-Washington Hotline to Avoid Cyber-Misunderstandings
Military

China Daily: There Should Be a Beijing-Washington Hotline to Avoid Cyber-Misunderstandings

By Clay Dillow

Video: The World’s First Stretchable, Elastic Electrical Cord
Robots

Video: The World’s First Stretchable, Elastic Electrical Cord

By Clay Dillow

Algorithm Can Detect When Cars Are About to Run a Red Light
Technologie

Algorithm Can Detect When Cars Are About to Run a Red Light

By Rebecca Boyle

Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade
Aviation

Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade

By Clay Dillow

Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House
Energy

Bacterial Lamp Can Eat Your Sewage and Light Up Your House

By Rebecca Boyle

The Iguana 29: A Speed Boat That Morphs Into a Tank-Tracked Beach Lander
Technologie

The Iguana 29: A Speed Boat That Morphs Into a Tank-Tracked Beach Lander

By Clay Dillow

An Art Installation Sculpted by a Team of Swarming Autonomous Flying Robots
Robots

An Art Installation Sculpted by a Team of Swarming Autonomous Flying Robots

By Clay Dillow

Driven: The All-New 2012 Porsche 911
Technologie

Driven: The All-New 2012 Porsche 911

By Jon Alain Guzik

Video: An Undulating, Shape-Shifting Robot that Runs on Compressed Air
Technologie

Video: An Undulating, Shape-Shifting Robot that Runs on Compressed Air

By Clay Dillow

Robotic Guards Will Soon Patrol South Korean Prison
Robots

Robotic Guards Will Soon Patrol South Korean Prison

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: Truck-Sized Inflatable Anteater ‘Bot Traipses Through Water and Grass
DARPA

Video: Truck-Sized Inflatable Anteater ‘Bot Traipses Through Water and Grass

By Rebecca Boyle

Nation’s Densest Network of License Plate Data-Trackers Raises Privacy Concerns
Technologie

Nation’s Densest Network of License Plate Data-Trackers Raises Privacy Concerns

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: An Augmented-Reality Bananaphone, With a Real Banana (or Anything Else)
Technologie

Video: An Augmented-Reality Bananaphone, With a Real Banana (or Anything Else)

By Dan Nosowitz

Sea-Gliding Robots Embark on Ambitious Pacific Crossing
Robots

Sea-Gliding Robots Embark on Ambitious Pacific Crossing

By Rebecca Boyle

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air
Technologie

Invented: World’s Lightest Material, 99.99 Percent Air

By Dan Nosowitz

Russian Hackers Breach Springfield, Illinois (?) Water Utility and Destroy Pump
Sicherheit

Russian Hackers Breach Springfield, Illinois (?) Water Utility and Destroy Pump

By Sean Kane

The Most Exciting Things We Saw at the 2011 LA Auto Show
Technologie

The Most Exciting Things We Saw at the 2011 LA Auto Show

By Jon Alain Guzik

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades
Motorcycles

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades

By Julie Beck

Image Recognition Software Can Help Cops ID Gang Graffiti Automatically
Technologie

Image Recognition Software Can Help Cops ID Gang Graffiti Automatically

By Rebecca Boyle

December 2011: The 100 Best Innovations of the Year
Technologie

December 2011: The 100 Best Innovations of the Year

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North Face’s ThermoBall Wants to Revolutionize Jacket Insulation
Technologie

North Face’s ThermoBall Wants to Revolutionize Jacket Insulation

By Berne Broudy

Video: Japanese Robotic Polar Bear Gently Smacks Snorers in the Face
Robots

Video: Japanese Robotic Polar Bear Gently Smacks Snorers in the Face

By Rebecca Boyle

Video: DARPA’s FastRunner is a Robo-Ostrich Capable of 30 MPH Sprints
DARPA

Video: DARPA’s FastRunner is a Robo-Ostrich Capable of 30 MPH Sprints

By Clay Dillow

3-D Projection Tech Makes Images Hover in Mid-Air, No Screen Necessary
Technologie

3-D Projection Tech Makes Images Hover in Mid-Air, No Screen Necessary

By Clay Dillow

You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Hacker Drone
Aviation

You Built What?! A Remote-Controlled Hacker Drone

By Clay Dillow

Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle
Robots

Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle

By Dan Nosowitz

Video: One of the Most Slippery Materials Ever
Technologie

Video: One of the Most Slippery Materials Ever

By Sean Kane

What the Defense Department Wants For Christmas
Technologie

What the Defense Department Wants For Christmas

By Stuart Fox

Actual Robot Sportscaster Could Replace Robotlike Human Sportscasters
AI

Actual Robot Sportscaster Could Replace Robotlike Human Sportscasters

By Dan Nosowitz

Operation Ghost Click, the Biggest Cyber-Bust Ever, Shuts Down Estonian Bot Ring
Military

Operation Ghost Click, the Biggest Cyber-Bust Ever, Shuts Down Estonian Bot Ring

By Clay Dillow

MIT Meter Measures the Mood of Passers-By
Technologie

MIT Meter Measures the Mood of Passers-By

By Susannah F. Locke

Sleek Urban Hive Lets You Keep Bees in the Comfort of Your Apartment
Animals

Sleek Urban Hive Lets You Keep Bees in the Comfort of Your Apartment

By Rebecca Boyle

New Super-Black Material Absorbs 99 Percent of All Light That Dares to Strike It
NASA

New Super-Black Material Absorbs 99 Percent of All Light That Dares to Strike It

By Rebecca Boyle

To Create the Perfect Machine, Soldiers Build a Robot Out of Robots
Military

To Create the Perfect Machine, Soldiers Build a Robot Out of Robots

By Clay Dillow

Video: A Steerable Remote ‘Telexistence’ Robot that Transmits Sight, Sound, and Touch to the Operator
Technologie

Video: A Steerable Remote ‘Telexistence’ Robot that Transmits Sight, Sound, and Touch to the Operator

By Clay Dillow

How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen
Diseases

How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen

By Clay Dillow

Mask-Bot Displays 3-D Human Faces With a Plastic Superstructure
Robots

Mask-Bot Displays 3-D Human Faces With a Plastic Superstructure

By Rebecca Boyle

And Yet… And Yet…
Technologie

And Yet… And Yet…

By Lawrence Weschler

The Greatest Data Thefts in History
Science

The Greatest Data Thefts in History

By Dan Nosowitz

How Dubuque Is Becoming The Smartest City In America
Environment

How Dubuque Is Becoming The Smartest City In America

By Clay Dillow

Data Harmony: How We Can Turn Piles of Raw Data Into Usable Knowledge
Technologie

Data Harmony: How We Can Turn Piles of Raw Data Into Usable Knowledge

By Rebecca Boyle

Four Lessons About Data From Ireland’s Biggest Bookmaker
Technologie

Four Lessons About Data From Ireland’s Biggest Bookmaker

By Clay Dillow

Q&A: Stephen Wolfram on the Power and Challenge of Big Data
Technologie

Q&A: Stephen Wolfram on the Power and Challenge of Big Data

By Mark Jannot

Video: The Air Force’s ‘Micro-Aviary’ Gives Tiny Flying Robots a Place to Call Home
Aviation

Video: The Air Force’s ‘Micro-Aviary’ Gives Tiny Flying Robots a Place to Call Home

By Clay Dillow

Video: A Company’s Algorithms Reveal Hidden Connections Among All That Data
Technologie

Video: A Company’s Algorithms Reveal Hidden Connections Among All That Data

By Stuart Fox

Amazing Databases: OKCupid’s OKTrends
Internet

Amazing Databases: OKCupid’s OKTrends

By Rena Marie Pacella

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