A piece of lateral thinking by MIT boffins has turned a prototype robot fingertip "skin" into a hugely powerful, portable 3-D microscope that will have massive utility in biology, forensics, and other fields.READ»
"Finally" is the headline on Apple's homepage today announcing the arrival of the white iPhone. It's Apple poking fun at itself for a long, drawn-out techno failure, and indicates how it's spun the affair into incredibly positive PR.READ»
Using little more than gelatin, aluminum foil, milk protein, and a 12-cent LED, University of Texas scientists have hacked together a super-cheap, fast-acting detector for pancreatitis. READ»
Meet Meka Robotics' M1: It's mobile, has dextrous arms, smart software, uses modified Microsoft Kinect sensors, and if you work in manual industries, could one day steal your job.READ»
How many times have you walked into the produce section of the supermarket, only to find that the fruits and vegetables sitting there are all over-ripe? It's a common problem, and one that produces billions of dollars worth of food ...READ»
Rising energy prices are forcing us to look in all sorts of odd places for spare power--including ourselves. Philips subsidiary Ledalite Architectural Products' Airwave exploits fingertip energy with battery-free lighting ...READ»
