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OpenBCI, an open-source platform of hardware and software tools for measuring and analyzing the human body’s electrical signals, has just released two new products that bring bio-sensing technology to novices and beginners — so you no…

For those of us who shove the owner's manuals for our vehicles into the glove compartment, never to see them again, Hyundai discovered a solution. Later this year, the automaker will launch an augmented reality owner’s manual app. The…

Think about how easy it is to stick a few quarters into a vending machine and watch your snack of choice drop to the bottom. A company called Carvana has created a similar system for buying your next car with its fully-automated…

NVIDIA has just released a credit-card sized module that harnesses the power of machine learning to enable hobbyists to create machines capable of learning. The Jetson TX1 module was developed with the idea of creating a…

Texas Instruments has just introduced a low-power smart amplifier that allows designers to develop next-generation smartphones with fantastic audio quality at peak volumes while maximizing battery efficiency. The TAS2555 Class-H audio…

Toshiba has just announced the launch of two new optical coupled isolation amplifiers with a delta-sigma AD converter. The new TLP7820 and TLP7920 can detect small electric current and voltage fluctuations with high-precision, and are…

An autonomous robot named Tally has been released to take care of shelf auditing and analytics solutions at local brick-and-mortar markets.  Simbe Robotics developed the robot in response to the billions of dollars retailers lose…

There are so many different Raspberry Pi inventions today ever since the release of the credit-card sized single board computer in 2012. Hobbyists and makers have come up with some innovative ways to implement the computer into devices:…

Paper airplanes typically don't fly very far — unless they're transformed into drones, of course. A company called PowerUp Toys has created the first-ever paper airplane drone with a live streaming camera. The PowerUp FPV lets you…

Smartphones have afforded us a plethora of opportunities and opened the doors to pools of knowledge right at our fingertips. As with any electronic device, battery life is key to convenience and usability. Electronics users cling to…

Machine learning is what makes it possible for the folks at Google to research and develop the products that plenty of people use daily.

The researchers over at MIT's Tangible Media Lab have been working to develop thin-film shape-changing surfaces. The team, Felix Heibeck, Basheer Tome, Clark Della Silva, and Hiroshi Ishii, was able to combine the thermoelectric…

Recently, we told you about autonomous taxis that would debut in China pretty soon. In keeping with the driverless technology trend, Switzerland will also launch a series of driverless vehicles — autonomous shuttles that will escort people…

A professor from Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab is about to reveal a new system that will change the way people interact with virtual reality. Professor Roel Vertegaal and his students have developed an interactive swarm of flying…

"Why can't I push my own buttons," you may be wondering. You could, or you could get the Microbot Push to do it for you. Microbot Push is a wireless robotic finger that can push ordinary buttons like a human finger. Microbot lets you…