Engineering

Turn Your Smartphone Into a 3D Hologram Projector in a Few Simple Steps!

Holographic displays usually require expensive high-tech equipment. But now you have this technology at your fingertips. You can turn your smartphone into a hologram projector by using a few household items. What you need to build your…

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MIT Climate CoLab Leverages Collective Intelligence to Solve Climate Change

Annual Call for Proposals In the run-up to this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place from November 30 to December 11, 2015 in Paris, MIT Climate CoLab has issued an international call for…

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New Footage Shows Boston Dynamics’ Robot Atlas Strolling Through the Woods

Boston Dynamics will be the reason robots eventually take over the world because their machines seem to progress faster than any other robotics company I’ve seen. I’m only kind of kidding because the robots Boston…

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Sea Salt vs. Table Salt: Is There Really a Difference? You Might Be Surprised!

Neil deGrasse Tyson wants you to know that while sea salt seems to be all the rage when it comes to food at the moment, sea salt and table salt are actually the same thing.…

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The Cool Leaf: An Amazingly Flat Mirror-Like Keyboard

No Need to Worry About Germs or Spills Did you know that your computer keyboard can harbor a host of harmful bacteria? Sometimes, these keyboards have more bacteria than the average toilet seat. The only precaution is…

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From Roomba to Rosie: Getting Closer to the Chore-Free Home of the Future

Current household robots are largely one trick ponies. Sure, it’s nice to have a dog bowl on wheels quietly move around the room, sucking up whatever the kids brought in on their shoes, but what…

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MARS: Autonomous Wind & Solar Powered Trimaran’s Historic Research Expedition

Showcasing Cutting Edge Marine Technology Engineers and designers from Shuttleworth Design, MSubs and Plymouth University, UK, are working on the Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship (MARS), the first full-size autonomous ship/research vessel to make a trip…

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Drone Video Uncovers Beauty & Diversity of Los Angles

The following drone video of Los Angeles, by Ian Wood, allows those who don’t know Los Angeles well – and maybe some long-time residents – to see the city in a new light. I know…

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Amateur Space Exploration: CubeSats

When Sputnik launched in 1957, it contained four antennas that transmitted a very simple radio signal that allowed the satellite to be tracked. Fast forward through the years and space exploration has become increasingly sophisticated.…

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LG Unveils Flexible, Transparent, Rollable and Paper Thin TVs

No more rickety TV stands or cabinets and expensive wall mounting of your flat screen TV on the wall. LG offers a couple of solutions: Flexible Roll-Up TV That is Also Transparent Recently, the South Korean…

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