Supercapacitors Teen invents way to charge phones in seconds By Megan WollertonTue, 05/21/2013 - 12:09pm Eesha Khare won an Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for her work in storing energy with capacitors. We need this. More
leap motion Leap Motion shows off interface controls on Windows 8 By Adario StrangeTue, 05/21/2013 - 11:24am All the complaints over Windows 8 may evaporate once early adopters get a look at how the operating system functions using Leap Motion. More
IOTD Video of the Day: Learn the elements with periodic table tune By Megan WollertonTue, 05/21/2013 - 10:40am Learn the periodic table in a jiffy with this catchy rendition from asapSCIENCE on YouTube. More
renewable energy Hairy skyscraper concept harnesses wind energy By Megan WollertonMon, 05/20/2013 - 5:48pm Belatchew Arkitekter has proposed a fuzzy, bristle-like addition to the facade of Stockholm's Söder Torn to capture energy from the wind. More
global warming Scientists say that global warming is slowing down By Robin BurksMon, 05/20/2013 - 4:55pm
LEDs LED dome structure built for 2013 Coachella-goers By Megan WollertonMon, 05/20/2013 - 4:07pm Héctor Serrano designed this quirky dome for the 2013 Coachella music festival. More
fitness LUMOback sensor nudges you to sit up straight By Alice TruongMon, 05/20/2013 - 3:23pm Proving there's nothing technology can't solve, LUMOback uses tactile feedback to buzz and nudge you into better posture. More
facial recognition Video: The Matrix used to demo facial detection system By Adario StrangeMon, 05/20/2013 - 2:34pm A new kind of facial detection system can pick your face out of a crowd and tell if you're bored, distracted, or focused. More
gaming Video: Sony teases glimpses of PlayStation 4 console box By Adario StrangeMon, 05/20/2013 - 1:48pm
vehicles Meet the 84 mpg Elio car, your wallet's new best friend By Colin Druce-McFaddenMon, 05/20/2013 - 1:03pm This little car may not have a big footprint, but it's a three-wheeled monster amongst commuter cars. More
augmented reality AR glasses promise to make any place a gaming environment By Adario StrangeMon, 05/20/2013 - 12:16pm These augmented reality glasses could be the future of taking your interactive gaming experience out into the real world. More
avatars 'Robot doctors' now working at hospitals in North America By Colin Druce-McFaddenMon, 05/20/2013 - 11:29am iRobot's telepresence robots are finally rolling out (literally) and ready to hospitals. More
IOTD Image of the Day: Skyscrapers piercing through Dubai's clouds By Megan WollertonMon, 05/20/2013 - 10:43am
3D printing Company focuses on green 3D printing By Travis AndrewsSun, 05/19/2013 - 7:22pm Emerging Objects, a small Berkley-based company, wants to print environmentally-friendly buildings. More
Ants Forget viruses, look out for ants in your motherboard! By Travis AndrewsSun, 05/19/2013 - 2:56pm A species of ant known as "crazy ants" enjoys nesting in electronics, which, confusingly, isn't good for the ants or the electronics. More
history Mine-seeking dolphins make historic discovery By Travis AndrewsSun, 05/19/2013 - 2:34pm Two Naval dolphins discover a torpedo from the 19th century. Only one other Howell torpedo is known to exist. More
gaming What we know about the new Xbox: it'll have porn By Travis AndrewsSat, 05/18/2013 - 4:19pm There haven't been many details released about the upcoming Xbox, but SugarDVD, the Netflix of porn, has announced that it'll be available for it. More
self-driving cars Teen takes Google's self-driving car and makes it $71,000 cheaper By Travis AndrewsSat, 05/18/2013 - 3:12pm
robots Robot bartenders mix cocktails at Google I/O By Megan WollertonFri, 05/17/2013 - 5:39pm Makr Shakr, a giant robot bartending system, was unveiled this week at Google I/O in San Francisco. More
graphene Graphene brings the 2D computer to the horizon By Colin Druce-McFaddenFri, 05/17/2013 - 4:56pm Graphene is pretty cool all by itself, but when it has the right dance partner, it can do the impossible. More
aviation The continuing controversy over history's first aviator By Amy Shira TeitelFri, 05/17/2013 - 4:12pm
space Video: NASA records largest explosion on the Moon ever By Adario StrangeFri, 05/17/2013 - 3:28pm New NASA footage reveals what is the biggest meteor impact ever recorded on the surface of the Moon. More
underwater exploration Underwater lectures: A class you literally can't fall alsleep in By Colin Druce-McFaddenFri, 05/17/2013 - 2:33pm A professor at the University of Essex has taken lectures to new depths, quite literally. More
DVDs Domino's movie DVD temps you with pizza smell after movie is done By Adario StrangeFri, 05/17/2013 - 1:51pm A new promotion in Brazil combines the love of watching rental movies on DVDs with the habit of late night pizza munching. More
Quantum computing Google and NASA create quantum artificial intelligence lab By Robin BurksFri, 05/17/2013 - 1:04pm