Will Advanced Technology Protect Elephants & Rhinos From Extinction?

There are a number of new programs using high technology to help protect dwindling populations of elephants and rhinos. In 2013 alone, over 40,000 elephants and 1,100 rhinos were poached. This means they were shot,…

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IBM’s New Ultra-Dense Chip is 4 Times as Powerful as the Best Silicon Currently Available

IBM’s new ultra-dense chip squeezes a lot of processing power into a small chip, a direct result of shrinking the fundamental transistors that make up chips. In fact, IBM’s new chip is reportedly four times…

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150 Contributions MIT Has Made to the World

The Boston Globe published a list of MIT 150 or “150 fascinating, fun, important, interesting, life-saving, life-altering, bizarre and old ways that MIT has made a difference” back in 2011 as part of a celebration…

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Lexus is Working on Syncing a Car With Its Driver’s Heartbeat to Read Emotions

Lexus Australia and M&C Saatchi Australia’s creative tech division have created a conceptual project focused on connecting a car with its driver’s heartbeat. In the video below, you will see a custom RC-F coupe that…

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Colorful Highway Noise Barriers Generate Solar Power in the Netherlands

Highway noise is a serious environmental problem in urbanized areas. To mitigate this nuisance to the adjoining areas, unattractive concrete sound walls are constructed. These concrete highway noise barriers not only take up a lot…

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Terrafugia’s New Flying Car Concept Longs for a Future That is Still a Ways Off

Terrafugia released a new video of a flying car concept with some incredible specs called the TF-X™. The Terrafugia TF-X™ is an autonomous vehicle featuring a 200 mph cruising speed with a 500-mile range, in…

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Professional Street Luger & OSU Engineering Students Team Up to Break 100 MPH

Addicted to Speed David Dean from Johnstown, Ohio has been involved in street luge since before his days at Ohio State University (OSU) where he graduated in 2007. Dean has seen his share of wipeouts…

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This ‘Optical Dog Nose’ Can Detect Hidden Cancer and Other Diseases

Dogs have an excellent sense of smell. Experts have successfully trained dogs to detect cancer and other human diseases by smelling breath or urine samples. Scientists are now researching technology and techniques to find the…

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In Association With Formitalia, Aston Martin Premieres Its Art of Living Luxury Lifestyle Concept

The debut of the latest Formitalia collection, created in association with Aston Martin and including a significant number of stunning new pieces fresh for 2015, comes as the British sports car maker premieres its Art…

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Straight Out of the Future, ‘Casa Brutale’ is Fully Carved Into a Coastal Cliff

This adventurous home is definitely not for the faint hearted. Embedded into a cliffside, this home is aptly named ‘Casa Brutale’ which literally means brutal house because it looks totally brutal. Straight out of a James Bond movie,…

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