
New type of silicon could find use in solar cells and LEDs
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Richard MossYou probably wouldn't be reading this if it weren't for silicon.
ON AIR NOW
Click to Play
You probably wouldn't be reading this if it weren't for silicon.
But they could help out in emergencies or on distant planets
Tucked away near Lake Geneva, a handful of Nestle SA (NESN) scientists are quietly working on realizing every couch potato's dream: exercise that comes in a bottle.
When entrepreneur Michael Toutonghi and his son wanted to make a rocket in their family basement, they went about it in a thoroughly modern way: though the duo wasn't gearing up to produce their rockets by the hundreds, the production and assembly
Currently, if you want to know more about an item displayed in front of you, one of the most common methods of doing so involves scanning its QR code ... if it has one.
Melbourne may soon receive a new choice location to surf, courtesy of local firm Damian Rogers Architecture and engineering giant Arup.
It seems that new green public spaces are being unveiled for New York every week.
Nvidia has unveiled its latest graphics offering in the form of the Tesla K80 dual-GPU.
We're certainly seeing a lot of folding electric scooters lately, including models that can be carried in a backpack, go off-road, and feature rear-wheel steering.
The wheelchair provides invaluable mobility to those with disabilities, but there are countless places where it can't go.
Launched just two months ago, 3D Robotics' Iris+ quadcopter has one big feature that separates it from the company's base Iris drone
No, this isn't the all new all thermal camera review site. It's still the same old Dot Physics.
Throughout history, humans have used periscopes for their utility. Naval ships would peek above water while remaining submerged;
The robotic ninja from RoboCop 3 is one step closer to reality thanks to some short-sighted engineers who don't seem to think that giving sharp objects to robots might be a problem.
Company to team up with Telstra to fly 20 balloons over western Queensland in project designed to help connect remote regions of the world
We were business people doing business in Libya since 2007 January. We made a unique enzyme that rejuvenates oil wells and cleans up sludge pits, cleans out pipelines and tanks and does a whole lot of neat things to oil.
The Prynt was recently highlighted in a report from TechCrunch, as the case's makers gave the reputable tech site an exclusive preview of the new product
The world's first glow-in-the-dark bike path opened in Eindhoven City, The Netherlands on November 13. The route is split into five different round trips that measure 335 kilometers (280 miles) long in total.
Google Glass struggles as developers abandon hope
The Motoped Black Ops is a shameless, shallow grab for attention that has 100 percent done its job on me.
Imagine taking a brutal cross-state bicycle ride without once stopping to top off your water supply.
On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare.
As electronic devices continue to get smaller, one question becomes increasingly pertinent – how will we power them?
Imagine opening up an electric car and finding no batteries. An absent-minded factory worker or magic? Perhaps neither.
The digital health revolution is still stuck.
Have you seen Echo, Amazon's always-listening, occasionally snarky, voice-powered purchasing, media playback, and informational assistance device for the home and office?
To most people, the things Skylar Tibbits makes at MIT's Self-Assembly Lab looks like nothing more than scraps of stuff. But where others see bits of wood and swatches of fabric, Tibbits sees robots. Lots and lots of robots.
No coastline will be safe from this beach-storming behemoth.
Boosted Boards has made it faster and cheaper to kill yourself with a brand new electric skateboard that hits 22 mph and costs a measly 1,500 bones.
Boosted Boards has made it faster and cheaper to kill yourself with a brand new electric skateboard that hits 22 mph and costs a measly 1,500 bones.