UV disinfection is one of the few areas where autonomous robots can be immediately and uniquely helpful during the COVID pandemic. Unfortunately, there aren’t enough…
Underwater turbines are a technology that harnesses the power of ocean currents. They can capture the energy from deep-ocean currents. Underwater (or tidal) turbines…
Tesla finally released its pickup and there is really nothing at all that is "as usual" with it. The name is Cybertruck and the design…
Moore's Law is the golden rule in computing: The number of transistors on a microchip can be expected to double every two years, while…
Airless tires for everyday cars might soon be far more practical. GM and Michelin have unveiled a prototype of Uptis (Unique Puncture-proof Tire System),…
3D printers are revolutionizing manufacturing by allowing users to create any physical shape they can imagine on-demand. However, most commercial printers are only able…
Here’s another thing robots can do better than you: backflips. Boston Dynamics, the MIT offshoot company now owned by Japanese tech giant SoftBank, showed…
Offsite manufacturing of infrastructure reduces delivery time by up to two-thirds and considerably expedites the construction process. In this B1M special report, Fred Mills…
Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created "robogamis": folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform…
By combining math with 3D printing, researchers from Boston University have created a new material that seemingly defies logic: Light and air have no trouble…
".. could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. Or the worst. We just don’t know.” “a fundamental risk to the…
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…