Bye humans! The Washington Post is using a robot to report on the Rio Olympics
The Washington Post has announced that it is handing over much of the reportage of individual events at the Rio Olympics to Heliograf, its robot reporter.
Like a floating Transformer, this yacht changes shape at the push of a button
Evo 43 is a yacht that, with the slightest tap of an accompanying smartphone app, will change its shape to increase the deck area by a whopping 40 percent.
A mezzo-soprano singing with a quantum computer is 2016's craziest duet
A Welsh mezzo-soprano in England recently performed a real-time duet with a quantum computer. Here's how it sounded.
Amazing new 3D food printer concept shows how we'll be cooking our meals in 2020
Researchers at Columbia University in New York City are developing a consumer 3D printer which will let people 3D print and cook meals in the comfort of their own home.
Geoscientist measures rocks to work out the immense energy in a lightning bolt
A new study carried out by researchers in Florida is measuring rocks to calculate the exact amount of energy released by a bolt of lightning bolt.
YouTube video pits freeze ray vs. flamethrower. Need we say more?
Popular YouTuber The Backyard Scientist has pitted a homemade freeze gun against a flamethrower. The winner? All of us.
U.S. Air Force says first F-35 jets are combat-ready, 15 years after effort began
The U.S. Air Force has announced that its inaugural squadron of F-35 fighter jets is finally ready for combat.
Playing ‘Pokémon Go’ with a drone is the most 2016 thing ever
Feeling too lazy for Pokémon Go? DroneMonSpy lets you attach your smartphone to a drone and then fly it around looking for Pikachu and his chums.
Like a glowing Etch-a-Sketch, LumoPad lets you draw with light
LumoPad is the world's coolest Etch-a-Sketch, letting users draw with light using lasers, LEDs, or even regular flashlights.
Doctor uses 3D printing to create hyper-accurate ear implants for kids
A doctor in the U.K. is using 3D scanning and printing technology to create hyper-accurate ear implants for children suffering from congenital ear defects.
Crowdsourced weather detector looks to do for weather what Waze does for traffic
Kickstarter campaign wants to build the world’s first community-based smart weather camera station offering real-time images, time-lapse, and precise weather data.
Team uses 3D printing to save the life of injured goose named Victoria
A collective of Animal Avengers has saved the life of a goose in Brazil by creating a 3D-printed beak for her after she lost her real one in an accident.
More life for Moore’s Law? Vortex laser may enable more powerful computers
Tiny laser vortex system could be used to convey 10x the amount of information of modern optics communication systems.
A clever brain hack lets you walk in VR forever, without hitting a wall
Researchers have created a circular VR rig which tricks users' brains into thinking they're walking in a straight line.
Meet Danger Drone – a flying computer designed to hack into all your unprotected devices
Security company Bishop Fox has created a flying hacker's laptop called Danger Drone. Here's everything you need to know.
Ingenious new CYMK 3D printer blends filaments to create a full spectrum of color
Kickstarter campaign promises additive manufacturing fans the world's first affordable full color 3D printer.
How BMW’s self-driving car tech will give American swimmers a leg up in Rio
BMW is lending its automotive computer vision expertise to helping Team USA develop cutting-edge technology for improving their swimming.
High-tech shirts change their pattern and color in response to pollution or radiation
Designer Nikolas Bentel’s new Aerochromics line of shirts change when they come into contact with different environmental factors.
The U.S. Navy is looking to mussels to help develop underwater glue
The Office of Naval Research is funding an investigation into the creation of underwater glue.
3D-printed 'Sovereign Armor' is the most amazing cosplay creation ever
Fantasy designer Melissa Ng has created an astonishing 3D-printed suit of Sovereign Armor, boasting 91 individually printed pieces with embedded LED lights.
PiBorg's Raspberry Pi racecars are built by you, powered by AI
A U.K. company called PiBorg is hosting the world’s first autonomous (toy) car racing international grand prix.
US military may get hoverboards, jetbikes, and ‘floating rescue stations’
Zapata Racing, the company which brought us its jet-powered hoverboard, is being acquired by a major defense tech company.
New York’s Momofuku Nishi is the first restaurant to serve veggie burgers that ‘bleed’ like real beef
As of today, New York’s Momofuku Nishi restaurant has become the first eatery to serve Impossible Foods’ “animal-free” burger as part of its regular restaurant menu.
This homemade flying chair is the stuff dangerous dreams are made of
Swedish engineer Axel Borg, a.k.a. the brains behind YouTube channel Amazing DIY Projects, has built his own homemade flying machine.
3D-printing startup creates organ replicas using MRI data to help train surgeons
Startup Biomodex uses proprietary algorithms to turn medical-imaging data into ultra-realistic organ replicas to help train surgeons.
This $75 camera drone fits in the palm of your hand, comes with a set of first-person view goggles
Aerix's VIDIUS VR is the world’s smallest virtual reality drone -- which not only measures a scant 4.3cm x 4.3cm x 2.5cm, but has an equally tiny price tag.
Odd new robot does ‘the worm’ to dance its way over sand, gravel, mud, and water
Researchers have created a bio-inspired robot which moves by doing the worm dance.
HoloLens concept lets you control your smart home via augmented reality
A proof of concept created during a HoloLens hackathon would let smart home owners control their gadgets through augmented reality, using simple gestures.
3D-printing project makes building lab equipment as easy as snapping Legos together
A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside are using 3D-printed blocks to make building the perfect lab as easy as snapping together a Lego set.
Travel-ready ‘Gastronaut’ ice cream bars don’t melt, so you can take them anywhere
Gastronaut Ice Cream is the world's first organic, freeze-dried ice cream that promises not to melt all over your hands.
Push and it pushes back. This robot makes VR environments feel real
A haptics researcher has combined VR with a $25,000 industrial robot to create the ultimate immersive experience.
Ultra-detailed Apollo 11 command module scan can be 3D printed or explored with VR
The Smithsonian's 3D scan of the Apollo 11 command module can be 3D printed or explored in virtual reality