IBM’s autonomous Mayflower ship lifted into the water ahead of launch
After two years of work on design, construction, and A.I. training, the Mayflower Autonomous Ship will officially take to the water Wednesday.
This collision-proof drone helped explore the deepest ice cave in the world
Flyability's collision-resistant drone descended far below ground level on the Greenland ice sheet, helping explore the world's deepest ice cave.
Cyborg-style smart contact lenses promise to correct vision problems
An artificial iris embedded in a smart contact lens features a tunable lens aperture, built-in RF antenna, and integrated, low-power LCD screen.
Why your next leather jacket or bag could be made of fungus
Traditional leather or a plastic substitute iare out. Leather made of fungus materials is in -- if these researchers have their way.
Smart camouflage patch could conceal fighter jets from A.I. recognition tools
The technology is capable of consistently fooling a state-of-the-art, real-time object-detection system. Here's how it works.
Want to drive a giant, four-legged racing mech? This is your chance
If you've always dreamed of piloting a mech that looks like it marched right out of the world of StarCraft or Warhammer 40,000, this is your chance.
The writer of The Meg just launched a giant, virtual sea monster aquarium
The author of The Meg series is launching Sea Monster Cove, a new kind of virtual storytelling project for lovers of all things monstrous and aquatic.
Tiny robot can be made to ‘walk’ using pulsed laser beams
Cornell University has created a robot so tiny it's not visible with the naked eye -- and made it walk using pulsed laser technology.
Giving robots a layer of fat could help supercharge their battery life
Researchers have developed a new rechargeable zinc battery that could be worn around robots like a layer of fat to give them extra battery life.
This tiny robot could help surgeons perform ultra-delicate procedures
This tiny robot, which weighs less than a penny, can copy surgeon's hand movements on a smaller scale to carry out immensely delicate procedures.
This tiny robot tank could one day help doctors explore your intestine
Developed by researchers at the University of Colorado, this tiny robot tank could carry out robo-colonoscopies to help doctors uncover problems in your guts.
Printable wood biopaste could be the sustainable future of 3D printing
Researchers may have found a way to make 3D printing a bit more environmentally friendly — by printing with a new wood-based biopaste material.
Neuroscience’s superstar explains how A.I. is weak, why we dream, and more
To celebrate David Eagleman’s new book, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, Digital Trends picked his brain about brain science
The best tech documentaries of all time
Love tech? Enjoy documentaries? Then, boy, are you going to love this round-up of the best tech documentaries ever made.
Facebook’s new ’embodied A.I’ project aims to build a new breed of robots
Facebook wants to build an army of robot assistants that can wait on us in all kinds of new ways. Here's what it's working on.
Stem-cell capsules could help people recover from heart damage
Stem cells have shown to be promising for helping with heart disease. These capsules could help make the treatment more effective.
Staggering implications: Smartphones may soon use our gait to see if we’re drunk
Researchers have developed software that harnesses a smartphone’s built-in accelerometer to determine whether or not a person is drunk.
Florida will release gene-edited mosquitoes into the wild, despite outcry
Millions of genetically engineered mosquitoes will be set loose in the Florida Keys in what those opposed to the venture call a Jurassic Park experiment.
World’s fastest electric boat races against a Tesla Model 3
How do you show off the speed of the world’s fastest electric boat? Race it against a Tesla Model 3, of course.
Saatchi AR tool lets you test out paintings on your wall before you buy them
Saatchi Art, one of the world’s leading art galleries, has created a tool that lets customers view artworks in their homes before purchasing them online.
This clever new A.I. assistant will screen and block robocallers for you
Robocalls are a massive problem. Could the answer be ... more robots? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology think so.
Meet the real-world Iron Man who defies gravity in his DIY jetpack
Richard Browning's homemade, Guinness Record-breaking jetpack suit makes him perhaps the closest thing the world has to a real-life Iron Man.
New audio deepfake A.I. narrates Reddit threads as David Attenborough
Who wouldn't want Sir David Attenborough narrating Reddit threads for them? Thanks to the scary magic of audio deepfakes, it's now possible.
Locusts are swarming in record numbers this year, but scientists might have a fix
Could the same chemical released by locusts to prompt them to swarm also help to stop them? Researchers from China think so.
Kid-mounted cameras help A.I. learn to view the world through eyes of a child
Researchers trained an A.I. based on hours of footage taken from head-mounted cameras on kids. The goal: Learn to view the world like a child does.
A.I. can tell if you’re a good surgeon just by scanning your brain
Brain-NET, a new deep learning A.I., can accurately predict a surgeon’s certification scores based on their neuroimaging data.
This startup says it will be 3D-printing entire houses within a year
Is 3D printing the future of housebuilding? It certainly will be if new startup Mighty Buildings, which launched from stealth mode this week, has its way.