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At first glance, it looks like an ordinary T-shirt, but when you put a smartphone or tablet in front of it, it transforms into an animated 3D look into the human body. The Virtuali-Tee was developed by a company called Curiscope to…

Panasonic is now in the high-tech food market with the introduction of a new counter top appliance that the company says will cook your food in just minutes. Panasonic unveiled the world's first Countertop Induction Oven (CIO) at the…

While the field of prostheses has come a long way since the simple wooden leg, scientists and researchers are still working on ways for amputees to gain some senses back in their missing limbs in order to make them more realist. Well,…

When you hear Goodyear, it's pretty common to think "tires," but what if we started thinking "autonomous, connected sphere" instead? Well, with autonomous vehicles on the rise, the company needed to stay up-to-date on tire technology.…

Mouser Electronics is now stocking the Wireless Connectivity Kit from Digi International. The Wireless Connectivity Kit offers designers a hands-on way to learn how to use XBee radio frequency (RF) modules for device connectivity and sensor…

When Toyota heads out to Milan Design Week, the world's largest design exhibition, next month it will come with its newest concept car. The company will unveil the Setsuna, made primarily of wood. Toyota's decision to use wood, which it…

Researchers from the University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of Nottingham, University of Leeds, University of Strathclyde, University of Southampton and Loughborough University have just been given nearly $3…

Teleportation as Captain Kirk from Star Trek knew it is no longer a fantasy. If you recall, when Kirk wanted to go back to the control center, he would shout the command and instantly travel through the infinity of outer space without any…

Engineers from Iowa State University have developed a new flexible, stretchable and  tunable “meta-skin” that brings us one step closer to real invisibility cloaks. The flexible skin uses rows of small, liquid-metal devices to cloak…

Thanks to technology and advances in robotics, a new kind of octopus has been discovered. When researchers set out to explore the oceans northeast of Necker Island (Mokumanamana) in the Hawaiian Archipelago, they set out with the…