By Disney.   A team from Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University have devised a 3-D printer that layers together laser-cut sheets of fabric to form soft, squeezable objects such as bunnies, doll clothing and phone cases. These [...]

    By ITMO University.    Physicists from ITMO University, Ioffe Institute and Australian National University managed to make homogenous cylindrical objects completely invisible in the microwave range. Contrary to the now prevailing [...]

    By S.A.R.A.   Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc. (SARA)  (Huntington Beach, CA) has developed a  compact, lightweight, steerable, high-power, microwave weapon.   The aimable, high-power microwave weapon [...]

    By Robert Slayton.     Simply put, the A-10 is the best plane ever designed to support troops in combat. By any nation, anytime. The U.S. Air Force is trying for the second year in a row to get rid of it; there are holes [...]

      By Indiana University.     An Indiana University cognitive scientist and collaborators have found that posture is critical in the early stages of acquiring new knowledge. The study, conducted by Linda Smith, a professor [...]

    By Alton Parrish.   Scientists and industry representatives at the forefront of the next agricultural machine age met at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) last week for the first scientific workshop of the National [...]

    By MIT.     Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory have built a prototype of a finger-mounted device with a built-in camera that converts written text into audio for visually impaired users. The device provides feedback [...]

    By MIT.   A circuit  developed at MIT that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle could greatly extend battery life. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the big theme was the “Internet [...]

  By Alton Parrish.     The range of uses for ultrasound is gigantic; the applied technologies are just as diverse. Researchers are now covering a wide range of applications with a new modular system: From sonar systems to medical [...]

  By University of Rochester.   Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed an innovative approach to turn any computer or smartphone with a camera into a personal mental health monitoring device. In a paper to be presented [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   Every odor has its own specific pattern which our noses are able to identify. Using a combination of proteinscoupled to transistors, for the first time machines are able to differentiate smells that are mirror [...]

    By FCPOWEREDRBS.     Giancarlo Tomarchio, coordinator of the FCPOWEREDRBS project, explains how fuel cells can represent a real alternative to standard power sources. The potential of hydrogen and fuel cell applications [...]

  By University of Michigan.   A team of researchers at Michigan State University has developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the [...]

    By Alton Parrish.   Researchers at Tufts University, in collaboration with a team at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, have demonstrated a resorbable electronic implant that eliminated bacterial infection in mice [...]

  By ERC.     European Research Council (ERC) grantee Dr Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, is today presenting the first complete open-source 3D printed humanoid robot, called ‘Poppy’ (@poppy_project). Poppy is a robot that anybody [...]

  By Alton Parrish.   Ziggurat Pyramid is an Arcology shaped like a pyramid in Dubai that was proposed in 2008.The structure called Ziggurat will house nearly one million people and will be self-sustainable with all natural-energy [...]

HOME HEALTH By University of Texas. Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying sodium and chloride ions into [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Toshiba Corporation revealed Tuesday that it had built a lifelike communication android that is being showcased at CEATEC JAPAN 2014 from October 7 to 11.The communication android can move its arms and hands effortlessly [...]

    By University of Miami.   Imagine flying from New York to Tokyo in only four hours aboard a fuel-efficient supersonic jet that looks like something right out of Star Wars. Such a plane could become reality in the next two [...]

  By Alton Parrish. Cell-like compartments produce proteins and communicate with one another, similar to natural biological systems Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic [...]