Electree+, The Electric Bonsai Tree Charger
Some new product ideas are cool, and some are downright crazy — but it’s the ones that are a little of both that often turn out the best. Take the Electree ($200 and up) for example. This…
$24,000 Transform Robot goes from car to humanoid
We’ve seen transforming robots before, and I’m not talking about anything related to Hasbro. Researchers from MIT are among many engineers and tinkerers trying to design robots that perform different functions by changing their shape or appearance. Japan-based Brave Robotics has…
Audi Electric Bike Revealed
Last week German automaker Audi made its first big splash into the E-bike world, releasing photos and videos of an exciting lightweight prototype electric stunt bike that may be among the most ambitious projects introduced…
R10 Quadroter Affordable Micro Air Vehicles (MAV)
R10 is a quadrotor/micro air vehicle, radically designed from the ground up to be extremely easy to build, modify, and fly. Affordable Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) will revolutionize activities and tasks ranging from sports photography…
Japan building a “mega solar” power and wind energy plant
In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant in 2011, arguably the worst nuclear power accident in history, the Japanese government has decided to phase out nuclear power…
Self-Charging Power Cell Converts and Stores Energy in a Single Unit
Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as electrical current. By eliminating the need to convert mechanical energy to electrical…
HotTug: Hot Tub on the Go
The HotTug is a design by Supergoed: as simple as it is ingenious. Supergoed is owned by Frank de Bruijn, who works on a barge in the port of Rotterdam. Frank has a soft spot…
Titan supercomputer debuts for open scientific research
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility is home to Titan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer for open science with a theoretical peak performance exceeding 20 petaflops (quadrillion calculations per second). That kind of computational capability,…
3D-Printed Rockets Help Propel NASA’s Space Launch System
Parts for the rocket engines of NASA’s Space Launch System will be created using a method of 3D-printing known as selective laser melting. The space agency is taking advantage of new technology to help improve…
How to Build a $10 Robot
Students interested in experimenting with robotics have a few options at their fingertips. One is Lego Mindstorm, packed with the creative potential of Lego pieces, plus motors, sensors, and a programmable computer to bring them…
