Kokoon EEG headphones can detect when you’re in deep sleep, trigger lucid dreams
Kokoon is a set of app-enabled EEG headphones that can perform a wide variety of different functions -- including the potential to induce lucid dreams.
Electroloom prints ready-to-wear clothing like a cotton candy machine gone haywire
Rather than creating garments with a series of snap-together plastic parts, the Electroloom uses a process it calls Field Guided Fabrication to create real, fabric-based clothing from scratch
With the help of bacteria, this amazing new bio-concrete can repair its own cracks
Researchers have developed a special kind of "bio-concrete" that's imbued with a specific strain of bacteria. When the concrete fractures, the bacteria will spring into action and fill the crack back up with limestone.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Solar sails, jelly printers, EEG headphones
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
Myo Gesture Control Armband review
After being under development for well over two years, Thalmic's gesture sensing Myo armband is finally out on the market -- so we got our hands on one and took it for a whirl.
Forget plastic — this 3D printer retrofit makes it possible to print fudge, jelly, and more
Instead of feeding plastic filament through a heated nozzle, Bocusini works like a super-precise pastry bag, and deposits food onto your plate, layer-by-layer, from a syringe-like cartridge
This drone parachute automatically deploys itself if it detects a stall
Whenever SmartChutes' sensors detect that your drone is falling, they automatically deploy a spring-loaded parachute, which slows down the drone's descent, and (hopefully) reduces the damage it experiences when it hits the ground.
GE engineers just made a fully-functional 3D printed jet engine
To showcase the versatility of 3D printing as a manufacturing process, a team of engineers at GE recently built a fully-functional, backpack-sized jet engine made entirely from 3D-printed parts.
Like a futuristic Band-Aid, this wearable patch relieves pain at the push of a button
Cur sends out electrical pulses designed to confuse your nerves and cancel out the pain signal they're sending to your brain -- thereby providing instant pain relief to the area of the body on which the device is placed.
Mr. Everything can play music, charge your gadgets, and even jump your car
Inside the confines of its sleek, modern exterior, Mr. Everything boasts a set of Bluetooth speakers, a wireless charging pad, a set of LED lights, a storage compartment, and more ports than you can shake a stick at.
This ingenious device makes it impossible to slouch in your office chair
Instead of using wearable sensors to pester you throughout the day, BetterBack uses a set of simple, adjustable straps to keep your spine from bending into an arc while you sit.
The coolest stuff you didn’t know you could get at the hardware store
Your local hardware store harbors tons of little tools, materials, and parts that most people have no idea exist, but are ridiculously useful to have in your tool shed, so we went ahead and rounded up a few of our favorites to put together this list.
Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: $9 computers and $5 smartphone microscopes
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
Doody Duty: London cops are DNA testing dog poop to track down lazy owners
A borough of London will require dog park users to submit DNA cheek swabs for their pets, allowing park wardens to test any stray dog poop they find.
Scientists add carbon nanotubes to spider silk, create ridiculously strong fibers
It's already one of the strongest fibers found in nature, but believe it or not, a team of researchers at the University of Trento, Italy have figured out a way to make spider silk even stronger.
As sales plummet, Keurig promises to bring back refillable K-cups
Green Mountain is giving customers the ability to brew their java of choice, but isn't doing away with the DRM-like system that blocks out competitor cups
You’d never guess it just by looking at them, but these sneakers are 3D printed
Past attempts at 3D printer footwear have looked like something from a bad sci-fi movies, but the new sneakers from People Footwear are worth your money.
PhoneDrone turns your phone into an autonomous quadcopter
Idaho-based drone startup xCraft has designed a wild new quadcopter exoskeleton that leverages all the sensor tech and computing power you already carry around with you inside your smartphone.
Welcome to the future: This 3D printer uses living cells to print human tissue
This groundbreaking 3D printer uses a specially engineered ink that can be combined with living cells to build living, three-dimensional tissue structures.
Brilliant new imaging system gives soldiers hybrid thermal/night vision on the battlefield
Currently, soldiers need to to carry separate imaging systems for each function: goggles for night vision, and a special scope for thermal imaging. BAE's new RTA system fixes that.
Say “Cheese!” New technique can bust you for being hammered from an infrared pic
Thanks to a new technique developed by pair of physics professors, cops might not need a breathalyzer to tell if you're drunk anymore -- all they'd need is an infrared photo of your face.
This week in awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Inside-out umbrella and the MoonRay
Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk!
Watch this ridiculously fast drone zip into the stratosphere in half a second
Consumer-oriented drones are getting more advanced with each passing month, but for all their crazy capabilities, they still can't hold a candle to some of the custom setups that multirotor hobbyists are putting together out in the wild.
Crack any Master combination lock in 8 tries or less with this online combo calculator
Serial hacker and white-hat troublemaker Samy Kamkar has devised a new method that allows anyone to learn the lock’s combination in eight tries or less — and thanks to a handy online calculator, the entire process only takes about two minutes to carry out.
This nanotech toothbrush cleans your teeth without toothpaste
While our computers keep getting smaller and our processors keep getting faster, one thing has remained constant: We still brush our teeth like people did in the 1800's. Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima aims to change that.
DARPA’s self-guiding bullets can hit a moving target — even if it moves after the shot is fired
This week, nearly a year after the first life-fire tests were conducted, DARPA has released new footage of its EXACTO bullets in action. They're now able to redirect themselves mid-flight to meet a moving target -- even if said target starts moving after the shot has already been taken
This is what an exploding lithium-ion battery looks like with thermal vision
In a study published today in Nature Communications, a group of European researchers pushed two different lithium ion batteries to the breaking point so they could observe what happens when they fatally overheat. Why? For science, of course!
How we test 3D printers
Today's 3D printers come in an array of sizes, shapes, and printing styles. Here, we break down how we go about testing our review units.
nVisible uses VR and microscopes to let you explore nano-scale landscapes
Ever wondered what it'd be like to shrink down to the molecular level and wander around the microscopic landscape on your desk? Well, thanks to Ohio-based outfit Nanotronics, you might soon be able to
Watch this tiny robot drag a 45-pound weight across the floor like it’s nothing
A group of mechanical engineers from Stanford University has developed a set of tiny robots capable of lifting/pulling objects hundreds of times their own weight -- including one that can move objects over 1700 times its own weight. That's like you dragging around a blue whale.