Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 11:28am
The invention of the Synergy aircraft could allow us to fly anywhere without having to step foot into an airport.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 2:59am
While it may look odd, the Wunda Weeder may be quite the boon for farmers who have to weed large fields — work that involves a lot of bending over. Instead, the Wunda Weeder keeps a farmer in a comfortable position, and is even self-propelled.
Friday, June 19, 2009 - 2:32pm
If the pharaohs of old ever decided to build Popemobiles for themselves, I imagine they'd look something like this. What you're looking at is the Dreamcar 123, described by inventor Greg Zanis (pictured above) as a vehicle for the future...
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 1:14am
The last time we saw Smartfish, we were a little skeptical about the company's automatically adjusting Pro:Motion keyboard. We caught up with Alan Shafer, executive VP and CMO of Smartfish, who gave us another look at how things are shaping...
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:10am
The Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories website introduced the Bristlebot to the world in December 2007. We were excited about these little robots, made from toothbrush heads with directional bristles, cellphone-vibrator motors and small batteries. We weren't the only ones:...
Monday, January 12, 2009 - 1:04pm
A Chinese farmer by the name of Wu Yulu travels around his hometown exclusively by rickshaw — and one pulled by a robot, no less. It's his own creation that he calls the "30 Second Son" for its operating time....
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 11:03am
We revere Santa Claus as our mysterious giver of gifts, but the rest of the world may reserve that spot for Josh Silver. Professor Joshua Silver, to be specific — a retired physics teacher at Oxford University who has...
