Raytheon-Sarcos has already made a name for itself ’round these parts with its promising XOS 2 exoskeleton, and now the company is showing off another prototype: one with big ol’ robotic arms that’ll do what yours do à la Robot Jox, and could very…
There is no introduction I can write here that will properly prepare you for what you are about to see.
If the pre-order frenzy inspired by the iPhone 4S has you wanting an upgrade, Amazon is looking to distract you from Apple’s wiles. In true Amazonian fashion, the online retailer is doing a damn good job of it, too. These aren’t obscure, unwanted Andro…
NASA has been flirting with a number of private firms in the hunt for a company that could offer the U.S. an option in getting its astronauts back into space by the end of 2016. It looks like one such company will be ready for a test flight by as early…
The country is Japan. The company: REAL-f. For a whopping $4,000, REAL-f will use “3-Dimensional Photo Forms” to crank out a crazily detailed replica of your face and turn it into a mask. Because, you know — why not.
This is the Bellingham family. Like any other family out there, they like picnics in the park, road trips, homemade body armor and zombie huntin’.
Photographers Neil DaCosta and Sara Phillips showed us the dark side of life without a space shuttle in Astronaut Suicides. Astronauts by Hunter Freeman takes a more whimsical approach, showing us a place in which astronauts are just going through the …
Here it is at last, ladies and gents — your new iPhone. The last time we saw one of these was back in June 24, 2010, over a year ago. For a company that released them pretty regularly on a yearly schedule, the gap between the fourth and fifth gen…
In a report estimating the hypothetical cost of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle for a government agency, NASA looked at it from two angles: the agency’s traditional approach, and a “more commercial” one. Guess what won?
Not too long ago we showed you 15 of this year’s best electron microscope images, delivered unto the world by the Oregon-based microscope makers at FEI. Well, you’d never know it, but there was actually something missing from that gallery: the gruesome…
Trying to pick up on every Apple rumor out there is a pretty dizzying prospect, especially ahead of a huge product launch by the company. We try and write about the ones we find most interesting, but often wonder the same thing you do: how do they start?
The folks over at Mexican architecture group BNKR Arquitectura call this thing an “earthscraper,” and the reason why should be obvious: it’s a monstrous, beautiful, 65-story inverted skyscraper that hides a mini city underground.
Late one balmy night toward the end of August, Eric had only seconds to live. Two males that he identified as Russians had forcefully entered his house, shot his son dead and scattered military-grade Claymore mines all across his lawn. In that moment, …
Researchers in South Korea may have found a way to design “smart windows” that could work wonders in making the average home far more efficient. In the usual spirit of a breakthrough, their approach takes something that wasn’t feasible yesterday and pr…
The German AutoTram is trying to reap all the benefits of train, tram and bus networks, without taking on any of the negatives. The end result is something that’s almost ludicrous on paper, but also a clever new option for mass transit.
Bright neon blue lines? Check. Intricate geometric shapes? You bet’cha. Digital entities wearing silly hats and chasing one another on cycles of light? Well, maybe not, but I am clicking through these images and murmuring vrooom as I imagine dueling li…
Jason “Qwikster” Castillo loves gangster-themed iOS games, “sparking up,” and playing soccer to stave off boredom — which he was about to go do, but as of 23 minutes ago he was just stung by a bee.
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For better or worse, you can finally own all six Star Wars movies on Blu-ray. You’ve probably heard about the edits — we’ve been trying to forget. We’ve tried origami, cake and Lego, but nothing’s done the trick. Help us, Jennifer Landa, you’re o…
Are you passionate about technology, science, space, video games and crazy toasters? Well, friend, I may have the perfect job for you.
French designer Vivien Muller isn’t afraid to twist familiar technology into new, wild shapes. Take his OctoCube, for instance, pictured above. One could easily mistake it for a component designed for a Borg vessel, but it’s actually just the coolest r…
Rapid gains in technology were made in World War II, and no idea seemed too outlandish. To wit: British inventor Geoffrey Pyke wanted to make the largest aircraft carrier ever seen — even by today’s standards — crafted from his own original…
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