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Who wouldn't want their McDonald's french fries dispensed out of a Lego-crafted vending machine? Astonishing Studios, a YouTube channel dedicated to building new Lego creations each week, has just released its newest build, the Lego…

As home automation products flood the market, there's one aspect of the home that hasn't gotten too much attention — blinds. Imagine you didn't have to get up to adjust your blinds anymore because they were smart enough to do it for you…

As more and more people "go green," student engineers are trying to figure out how to turn our everyday waste food into something useful, like compost. Engineers from Rice University have developed an integrated bio-waste processing and…

Microsoft Research recently released a video displaying its new technology called holoportation. The 3D capture tech allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real time.…

Taking a picture through glass produces nasty reflections that damage the photograph. Researchers from MIT's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Camera…

Up until now, advanced automatic safety technology was only available on some of the most expensive new vehicles. Thanks to Toyota, that kind of technology is about to be included as standard equipment on almost every Lexus and Toyota…

Just after we learned that Domino's Pizza was testing its own driverless delivery robots, a bill was drafted by D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh, proposing a set of autonomous delivery robots hit the streets of Washington, deployed from…

Hate those dreaded red lights? Maybe we don't need them after all. At least that's what researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETHZ), and the Italian National Research Council…

Once humans can successfully travel to Mars and begin setting up habitats there, growing food will be key. Philips Lighting has collaborated with The University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) to test energy…

Engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund, along with a team from National Instruments (NI), have achieved 1.59Gbit/s over a 20MHz radio channel, setting a new world record in 5G wireless spectrum efficiency. Their…