Land Rover Works Its Magic to Make Your Hood Disappear
Land Rover is tinkering with some new technology that will allow users to see the road in front of them that is usually obscured by the hood. How? By making the hood invisible. Kind of.…
The Left Turn Strategy That’s Saved UPS 10 Million Gallons of Gas
If you’ve ever watched a UPS delivery truck in action, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. In a green effort, both money and the environment, those big brown trucks don’t turn left. It’s not that drivers…
German Man Creates Electromagnetic Spiderman Webshooter to Go with His Iron Man and X-Men Devices
Patrick Priebe, German craftsman and big fan of comic book superheroes, has created an electromagnetic Spider-Man webshooter very similar to that of the real Spider-Man. Unfortunately, unlike the real thing, Priebe’s device has to be…
PayPal’s ‘Wearable Wallet’ Lets You Buy Stuff from Your Smartwatch
Paypal has teamed up with the Starbucks located on its corporate campus in order to test a new technology utilizing beacons and wearable devices. The ‘wearable wallet’ integrates with smartwatches and upon entering Starbucks, the…
Researchers Develop Artificial Blood Cells for Human Transfusions
Researchers in the UK and Ireland have produced artificial red blood cells that are fit for transfusion. Scientists, led by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS), developed the fake blood using stem cells and…
Artist Upcycles Trash into Tiny Houses for the Homeless
Greg Kloehn is an artist based out of Oakland, California, who recently discovered that what some people consider trash truly can be another person’s treasure. After making a small house out of scraps and garbage…
Omnidirectional Mobile Manipulation Platforms? Ask Mr. Robot.
Coolest Robot in the World Mr. Robot of “World of Warcraft” fame not only likes playing games, but likes helping humans play games better. Now Mr. Robot is helping manufacturers play better too with mobile…
Can Your Job Be Done By Robots? This Data Is Scary BUT Intriguing!
Predictions are that by 2049, a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species. If this is true, and technological innovation continues to occur at the current pace in hardware, sensors…
Live Stream For The 2014 Annular Solar Eclipse, AKA The “Ring Of Fire”… Don’t Miss It!
We got to experience the “Blood Moon” recently and now we have the 2014 Annular Solar Eclipse coming up. The moon will block out everything but a bright ring around the sun next week, commonly…
President Obama’s Soccer Buddy is None Other Than Honda’s Robot Asimo
On his recent visit to Japan, President Obama had the pleasure of meeting Honda’s humanoid robot Asimo at Tokyo’s Miraikan science museum. Obama and Asimo talked briefly before the robot got a chance to show…
