High fashion meets high tech in this 3D-printed store
Fashion brand Bottletop and 3D printing company Ai Build have partnered for a 3D-printed store built out of recycled materials.
It’s alive! These ‘living tattoos’ may someday monitor your health
These 'living tattoos' are layered to create three dimensional and interactive structures that can signal the presence of specific compounds.
Engineers create bio-inspired, silk-based materials with programmable traits
Researchers from Tufts University have re-engineered silk fibers to develop materials that can be programmed to respond to their environment.
Researchers built an artificial hand so agile and graceful, it’s lifelike
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an artificial hand that may be the most sophisticated yet.
Origami-inspired artificial muscles can lift 1,000 times their body weight
These new artificial muscles are capable of lifting 1,000 times their own body weight, giving a huge boost in strength to soft robots.
Hundreds of drones will fly like birds above Miami Beach at Art Basel
Franchise Freedom will use a murmuration algorithm to guide hundreds of drones and ensure no two performances are the same.
Here’s how NASA transformed Voyager 1 data into a beautiful (and super geeky) song
Using a technique called sonification, artists were able to transform boring data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft into a beautiful song
Robot farmers have successfully planted and harvested barley by themselves
No human stepped foot on the acre and a half barley farm. The manual labor in Hands Free Hectare was done entirely by robot farmers.
Australian startup brings ancient Athens back to life in virtual reality
A photorealistic and archeologically accurate renditions of structures from ancient Athens are delivered straight to your VR headset.
Your next job interview might be conducted by an AI
In an attempt to streamline hiring, a millennial-focused HR company called FirstJob, has launched an AI recruiting assistant named Mya.
NASA wants to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to protect Earth
NASA just approved a move from the concept phase to preliminary design of DART, a mission that will crash a probe into an asteroid.
NASA’s Cassini probe begins its suicide dive through Saturn’s rings today
The Cassini spacecraft is running out of fuel and NASA is preparing for its grand finale — a series of dives between Saturn and its rings.
The University of Florida just held the world’s first mind-controlled drone race
The University of Florida has held the world's first brain-controlled drone race – on a ten-yard, indoor course – to test and refine BCI technology.
Your personality may predict whether you choose a job that gets automated
The best defense against automation may not be particular skill sets but personality factors, according to a new study.
Tell me where it hurts: MIT app diagnoses car issues by listening, analyzing sounds
An MIT app uses a phone's microphone and accelerometers to detect problems by listening to a car's sounds and vibrations.
Don’t sweat it: Scientists propose perspiration-based authentication
A research team at the University at Albany, has proposed a novel use for sweat — as a biomarker to better secure our devices.
China’s new heavy-lift ship is one of the biggest ever built
The Guang Hua Kou falls into a class of vessels known as heavy lift semi-submersible ships and, at 98,000 tons, it’s one of the biggest in existence.
Secret agent fish? Robot infiltrates aquatic schools, influences their behavior
Researchers have developed an aquatic robot that can infiltrate schools of zebrafish, going so far as to influence their activities
The Burnbud is an all-in-one grinder, lighter, and container for your green
Meet Burnbud, an all-in-one grinder, lighter, and storage device for your crumbling herb, and its small enough to fit in your pocket.
Meet the amateur astronauts trying to crowdfund their way into orbit
Copenhagen Suborbitals is the world's only manned, amateur, crowdfunded space program -- and it's aiming to reach orbit with your help
Ingenious new sewage treatment system generates electricity and clean water
The NEWgenerator generates energy while cleaning wastewater, simultaneously providing a power and sanitation solution.
Hello, cousin? Aliens could look a lot like earthlings, Oxford study suggests
A new study conducted by researchers at Oxford University considers how aliens might look based on the influence of evolutionary theory.
The exosuits from ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ aren’t fictional anymore
Sarcos hopes to see workers climb into its line of fully-powered exoskeletons, designed to give people superhuman strength and endurance.
Aerial-to-aquatic RoboBee can dive into water, swim, and launch itself back out
Harvard's new RoboBee can fly, dive into water, and even propel itself from the water’s surface back into the air.
Google’s AlphaGo Zero AI quickly masters ancient board game with no human help
In another big step for AI, DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero mastered the ancient board game Go without any help from humans.
Good birdie! This box trains crows to collect cigarette butts for cleaner cities
The Crowbar is designed to offer crows a tasty treat every time they deposit a cigarette filter -- thereby training them to clean our streets
Here are the names and achievements behind this year’s Nobel Prizes in Science
The Nobel Prizes in Science are among the greatest awards a scientist can get. Here's a quick rundown of 2017's winners and what they achieved
Bio-inspired robot can snap itself upright when it’s upside down
Researchers have turned to nature to design a bio-inspired robot can turn itself upright if it ends up on its backside.
This exoplanet telescope could help astronomers discover alien life
Scientists want to create a revolutionary telescope designed specifically to search for nearby exoplanets and scan them for signs of life.
A microneedle skin patch could help melt fat right off of us
The microneedle skin patch deliver a fat-shrinking drug to specific regions that are a bit more thick than desired.
Odd delivery drone design carries cargo while keeping it safe
Researchers have designed a delivery drone that could someday bring goods from sellers to buyers, keeping cargo safe in a cage along the way.
World’s ‘greenest green’ could make ultra high-definition displays even sharper
Chemical engineers at ETH Zurich have created the world’s greenest green, which may improve color quality in ultra high-definition displays.