Ordered by NASA, Lockheed Martin has started construction of its supersonic X-plane, which could travel from New York to London in 3 hours. The plane,…
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) said they have successfully flown the first "solid state" airplane that has no moving parts and…
Newly developed edible organic coating solution increases the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, keeping them fresh and flavorful. A Santa Barbara-based startup called…
When ionic salts, made of bundles positively and negatively charged particles, dissolve in water, the bundles break apart, leaving positively and negatively charged particles…
Nico is an Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at University of Oregon and Director of the Urbanism Next Research Initiative. He pulls…
Aaswath received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University and is passionate about improving the efficiency of energy systems. In this TED talk,…
Do you remember when the Boston Dynamics robot called Atlas could walk on (gasp!) uneven ground a couple of years ago. Since then, we…
The data revolution is sweeping the modern world, in this small documentary by The Economist, we are shown - among other things - how…
The HRP-5P is a humanoid robot from Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute. The last iteration, HRP-4C, strived to make the robot seem…
In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, firefighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and…
Today, we rely on robotic spacecraft to extend our senses above and beyond Earth and to blaze a trail as precursors for human explorers.…
Scientists want to power the world with solar and wind energy, a feat they say is possible with large-scale wind and solar farms. Now, an…
Wind propulsion firm Norsepower announced that it has completed the installation of two of its Rotor Sails aboard the LR2 tanker Maersk Pelican. At 30…
Submarines can't normally communicate directly with anything above the water due to the physical limits of their signal, but that might change in the near…
Researchers at UC Berkeley have found a way to copy the movements of a subject’s body in one video, and then generate a new video…
China claims to have successfully tested hypersonic capabilities last week. Hypersonic weapons, which travel several times faster than the speed of sound, have long been…
A new highly maneuverable search and rescue robot that can creep, crawl and climb over rough terrain and through tight spaces have been developed by…
You step into a train wagon that really is an aircraft body at your local train station. Then, at the airfield, a delta wing is…
The startup company 'Looking Glass' has developed a screen that can display 3D models as a hologram. The screen is called "The Looking Glass" and…
It became known last week that Hyperloop Transportation Technologies would build a hyperloop track in China and it appears that they will be joined by…