Upstate New York's amazing 'ReActor' house is like a home on a seesaw
ReActor house tilts and rotates in response to prevailing wind conditions and the varying weight distribution of its occupants.
Microsoft Kinect camera helps assess symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients
Researchers have created a way to let the Microsoft Kinect camera evaluate walking abnormalities in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Machine learning, satellite data look at nighttime lights to gauge poverty in Africa
Researchers at Stanford University are using machine learning and satellite data to develop a detailed “poverty map” of Africa.
Study suggests the internet is impacting our ability to solve problems and learn
A new study claims reliance on the internet could be having a serious impact on our ability to solve problems, recall information, and learn.
New bee-inspired algorithm is ridiculously good at planning routes for delivery vehicles
Vancouver-based startup Routific has developed a smart route optimization algorithm based on the way in which bees seek out nectar.
The Force is most definitely with this ultra-detailed 3D-printed lightsaber
This 3D-printable custom lightsaber is truly a thing of beauty. Here's how you can make your own.
‘Interscatter communication’ could help your brain implant talk to your iPhone
Researchers have created a way of letting next-gen wearables and implants communicate with the outside world using 10,000x less power than regular Wi-Fi.
Here’s 6 helpful chatbots that prove conversation machines can do more than just talk
Here are the seven of the most interesting chatbots doing the rounds at the moment.
Mobile brain-scanning helmet will allow subjects to be studied while on the go
Scientists have developed the world’s first wearable PET scanner -- making it possible for them to analyze the brain while subjects are on the go.
The best way to teach AI to communicate politely? Introduce it to Reddit, of course
Researchers at the Elon Musk-backed research group OpenAI want to teach an AI to hold a polite conversation by feeding it message threads from Reddit.
Another human job bites the dust: Robot apple-picker suctions the fruit off trees
The California-based Abundant Robotics company is working on a robot apple-picker which literally sucks the fruit off trees.
'GOAT' robot leg traverses difficult terrain like the animal it's named after
The ultra-springy GOAT robot leg can perform impressive vertical leaps, and could one day help robots get better at navigating over difficult terrain.
Neuroscientists just figured out what causes déjà vu (and it’s not a glitch in The Matrix)
Researchers in the UK have developed a way to recreate déjà vu on command.
Octopus-inspired ‘soft robots’ may be the future of robotics
"Soft robots" inspired by nature are far more flexible, adaptable and potentially durable than their more traditional rivals.
Meet Marty, the friendly robot that will turn your kid into a master coder
Marty is a fully-programmable walking robot designed to get your kids interested in coding and robotics.
Thanks to a built-in Ruben’s Tube, this speaker spews fire that dances with your music
The Fireside Audiobox is a beautiful handcrafted Bluetooth speaker, which just so happens to shoot dancing flames in time to your tunes.
The robo-lawyer that appealed $4M in parking tickets is now helping the homeless
DoNotPay, a robo-lawyer which helped appeal $4m of unpaid parking tickets, is now helping the UK's homeless population apply for government housing.
Researchers use high-pitched sound to levitate a sphere
Researchers have come up a means to levitate a 2-inch solid polystyrene sphere using ultrasonic acoustic waves pitched above the frequency a human can hear.
Now computers can clone your handwriting with creepy accuracy
Researchers at University College London have created an algorithm capable of taking a sample of handwritten text and imitating it.
Fathom One is a modular underwater drone that lets you explore the deep
Get ready to welcome the Fathom One, the world’s first affordable modular underwater drone.
Criminal profiling tech can pin down your background based entirely on your voice
Speech recognition algorithms are helping law enforcement determine an astonishing number of details about people based entirely on samples of their voice.
Solving the world's biggest challenges with AI could net you a cool $3 million
The IBM Watson AI Xprize wants you to solve the world's biggest challenges using artificial intelligence. And it's promising a pretty great prize.
Just for kicks: this robot will absolutely destroy you in a game of foosball
A robot developed at the Swiss École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is capable of competing against -- and beating -- humans at foosball.
You can make a bionic hand out of a Keurig, and that’s not all
DIY genius Evan Booth just turned a Keurig K350 coffee machine into a working bionic hand. Seriously.
Newly developed 3-minute saliva test could help cops determine if you're driving while high
A new sensor-based saliva test can tell within three minutes whether the driver of a car has been abusing marijuana.
Every page of this book is a complex mechanical puzzle you must solve
An immensely intricate wooden puzzle book, Codex Silenda is packed with unique mechanical puzzles.
3D printing used to create prosthetic hand for an 8-year-old boy
An eight-year-old British boy named William Joyner, who was born without a left hand, recently received a 3D-printed robotic prosthesis.
When doctors can’t reach sick people in Madagascar, they send this medicine-carrying drone
Researchers at Stony Brook University are using drones to help deliver cutting-edge medical technology to the most isolated communities in Madagascar.
Made almost entirely from printed parts, ULIO is the most 3D-printable 3D printer yet
ULIO is an affordable 3D printer designed to teach students about CAD software design, robotics, engineering -- and how to print their own 3D printers.
Ready to become a cyborg? This dermal implant will give you a sixth sense
The international team of activists, technologists and body-hackers known as Cyborg Nest has invented a device called North Sense, which vibrates when you face north.
Most drones just snap pictures, but this one can paint them on canvas
A team of researchers at McGill University's School of Computer Science are using dot-painting drones to create impressive pop art-style murals near their lab.
The Mojave desert will be home to 3D-printed Martian colony bases
The ambitious Mars City Design project is crowdsourcing designs for a possible Martian colony base. The winners will be 3D printed in the Mojave desert.
KickStick is a skateboarding wizard staff that works like a motorized oar
KickStick is the coolest motorized wizard staff for skateboarding that we've ever seen. Or, if we're totally honest, the only one we've ever seen.
Watch your tone! Machine-learning algorithm can detect sarcasm in tweets
Machine-learning researchers have created an algorithm that can look at your tweets and predict whether or not you're being sarcastic.