Ultraintelligent Machines & the Last Human Invention

The Overconfident Wolf Many are concerned about the intrusion of robots on the working life of the average human. However, supercomputers are already out thinking the smartest legal, financial and medical minds on the planet.…

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This Video Compilation Compares F1, Indycar, Formula E, Nascar, and WEC Pit Stops

The video below compares pit stops from F1, Indycar, Formula E, Nascar, and WEC. As you can see in the video, each motorsport requires different things, making watching how the pit stops are carried out…

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Indestructible Hockey Puck Part 3: Versus 9mm Bullet and a Shotgun Slug

Who’s ready for the indestructible hockey puck part 3? I mean, we’ve already seen this incredible material survive a red hot nickel ball, liquid nitrogen, and the endless burning of thermite. This time, the puck…

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Viento Wins 2015 Michelin Challenge Design

Each year, Michelin tire company sponsors a global competition known as the Michelin Challenge Design. This year’s first place winner was “Viento” by Youngai Jun and Gunyoung Yoon from South Korea, who chose Stelvio Pass…

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Team From Berkeley Created This Robot Cockroach and It Will Creep You Out!

Cockroaches are menaces, plain and simple, because they can survive just about anywhere and are easily able to slide through tiny little openings in order to get in your house. While they are nasty to…

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Watch Japanese Samurai Master Lose to Robot Swordsman in 1,000 Cuts Battle

Isao Machii is a bona fide samurai and sword master who holds five Guinness World Records and is the embodiment of incredible concentration, discipline, and precision. Recently, Machii took on a Motoman MH24 robotic sword arm…

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Watch a NASA Physicist Conduct Experiments of Water in Zero Gravity!

Recently, a NASA physicist spent his free time experimenting with the physics of water in space. Below, you can see some awesome footage and beautiful images the form water can create when gravity is taken…

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US Army Teaming Up With Malloy Aeronautics to Further Develop Hoverbikes

UK-based Malloy Aeronautics has been working on hoverbikes for a few years now, even releasing a prototype version that made the rounds on the internet. Instead of having to continue to resort to Kickstarter to…

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Turning Colon Cancer Into Healthy Tissue with Flick of DNA Switch

Colorectal or colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death, killing three-quarters of a million people a year in developed countries. According to Scott Lowe of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, “Treatment regimes…

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Photographer Marc Simon Frei Used a Mini Tesla Coil to Capture Electrical Discharges

The prospect of photographing a mini Tesla coil doesn’t sound too intriguing until you actually see the photographs. Photographer Marc Simon Frei used a 1920s-era electrotherapy device to generate electrical discharges, which resemble mini lightning…

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