By Andrew Liszewski
The ionosphere is a layer of the earth's atmosphere sitting about 50 kilometres above our heads and is already used to bounce low frequency radio signals around the planet. Researchers at Samsung are taking that idea even...
By Andrew Liszewski
While unfortunately this product is still in the MIT research-project portion of its life, the concept still holds a lot of promise. The goal of the research is to integrate computing into traditional culinary utensils in order...
By Andrew Liszewski
Ferrofluid is basically microscopic magnetic particles suspended in a soapy-like liquid that has the appearance of black sludge. However when a magnetic field is applied the liquid seems to come to life and forms some truly remarkable...
By Andrew Liszewski
This should come as a relief to anyone who uses electric power tools outside, particularly those tools designed for cutting. Three inventors from Indiana have patented a new kind of power cable that prevents dangerous electric shocks...
By Evan Ackerman
I have to admit that sperm is only the second thing that leaps to mind when I think about LEDs. Not so for Professor Andrew Steckl, an expert in light-emitting diode technology from the University of Cincinnati....
By David Edney
If you're a lady that would like a little more protection when you're out and about, this is the jacket for you. Not only is it stylish, but if a dirtbag tries to touch, at the...
By Evan Ackerman
Virgin Galactic, the company that successfully launched SpaceShipOne (with Scaled Composites) and is working on SpaceShipTwo (for which you can now book a 2009 flight at $200,000 a person, round trip of course), has entered into a...
By David Ponce
Stephen Hawking might just have gotten yet another lease on life with the MyTobii P10, a portable computer that does not require any form of tactile input; instead, it relies on precise eye-tracking technology.
Tobii is a Swedish...
By Andrew Liszewski
As much as you may love that new LCD screen of yours it's just not able to display the full range of colors your eye is capable of detecting. Sure that 8-bit graphics card is partly to...