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What's cooler than a piloting drones? How about piloting drones that can stick to walls. Engineers from Stanford University's Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab recently developed an opposed-grip strategy with micro-spines that…

Chinese company Xiaomi has made a name for itself by selling high-end smartphones and other hardware, software, and Internet software in Asia, but now its getting into a new tech space. The company today launched its first drone — the MI…

A French engineer and hobbyist who goes by the name Salade Tomate Oignon has created a unique camera using Raspberry Pi and a Google images. A few years ago, the maker designed The Layer Cam, a Raspberry Pi-hack that would allow users to…

Australian researchers have come up with a way to make infrared technology, responsible for night and fog vision devices, much less expensive. Their breakthrough could potentially save millions of dollars for the defense industry.…

As this is being written, bids are currently up to $50,000, which is definitely way more than you'd pay at your local retailer for an iPhone 6. According to eBay seller niftynina, the phone was purchased from a friend, though,…

How fast is incredibly fast when it comes to wireless data transmission? How about relaying the contents of an ordinary DVD in under 10 seconds via radio. A team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart and the Fraunhofer…

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have made the first microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by the world’s brightest X-ray laser. The video doesn't only make for a visually appealing…

With many automotive manufacturers testing autonomous driving technology on ordinary roads, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology decided to figure out a way to keep these vehicles from getting out of control when…

If you were a farmer and had a vast array of soy, corn or sugar cane crops, you'd probably want to keep a close eye on their health.

When it comes to bomb-detection, one usable method has been terahertz spectroscopy — a technique that uses the band of electromagnetic radiation between microwaves and infrared light to determine if there are chemicals, like the ones used…