Browsing Category
Featured
Stay up-to-date on the latest technology and engineering news and spark your imagination with the most recent designs and DIY projects.
Snapchat’s Snapbot Spectacles vending machine is on the move
https://storage.googleapis.com/spectacles/3c8f9e6e-0b76-4cc1-9dc8-a89fa3687e3d.webm
If you're trying to buy…
Audi allegedly cheat carbon emissions test
Audi cars allegedly fooled environmental regulators by emitting less carbon-dioxide on a testing mount than the…
Marine biologists get crabby over offshore wind farms
More renewables is all good, right? Not quite. Normally, wind farms get a bad rap for deaths of birds and bats.…
Enzyme tweaking leads to biodegradable plastics
MIT chemists have determined the structure of a bacterial enzyme that can produce biodegradable plastics, an…
Soup of the day: Origins of the universe
At its start, the universe was a superhot melting pot that very briefly served up a particle soup resembling a…
Magnifying glass focuses light a billion times more tightly
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge have created the world's smallest magnifying glass, which focuses…
Magnetic material improves de-icing
Icy conditions can be deadly, whether you're flying into bad weather or too close to power transmission lines…
Glucose-monitoring contact lenses alert user of low blood sugar
An Oregon State University study suggests that type 1 diabetes patients may one day be able to monitor their blood…
Starburst-bursting, galaxy-gobbling lenticular galaxy
NGC 1222, seen in this image taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is…
Gaming platform war commences with dual launch
Nintendo launched a palm-sized version of its eighties era games console, setting up an old versus new showdown…