Fully-Loaded Big Screen TVs
The latest TVs handle all the multimedia your living room has to offer First there were big screens. Then big flat screens. Now there are big flat screens packed with tricks, like the ability to record...
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by Courtesy PeugeotCourtesy PeugeotPeugeot's ultralight 20Cup concept presents a radical vision of the automotive future Talk about a dream job. A handful of lucky engineers just outside Paris earn...
View ArticleThe Flying Luxury Hotel
LIFTOFF! Even though the Aeroscraft dwarfs the largest commercial airliners, it requires less net space on the ground than any plane because it doesn't need a runway. The airship takes off and lands...
View ArticleRussia Plans Cupertino 2, a Scientific City Modeled on Silicon Valley
Russian Scientific City A new scientific city is slated for construction at Skolkovo outside Moscow, where the Moscow School of Mangement Skolkovo (seen here) already resides. Moscow School of...
View ArticleMouse Grimace Scale Measures the Agony of Lab Animals
Pained Expression The severity of a mouse's pain can be determined by how much its eyes narrow, its ears flatten, its whiskers shift, and its nose and cheeks bulge. Paul WoottonThe mouse-grimace scale...
View ArticleA New York School Teaches Students Through Videogames. Is It Working?
Playschool Students learn to measure angles using 3-D controllers in a projection teaching lab. Institute of PlayAt least one group of seventh graders is happy to go back to class this month: students...
View ArticleAn Artificial Inner Ear To Eliminate Vertigo
A New Inner Ear The design calls for accelerometers and gyroscopes [A] that sense motion in three dimensions. When your head moves, they shift, changing the voltage on capacitors. The implant sends...
View ArticleRussia Is Creating a DARPA of its Own to Drive Wild Technological Innovation
Russian T-72s Soviet and sturdy, the T-72 is a solid tank. It was also developed in the 1970s and is still in use today. Russia wants its own DARPA to take its again military into a post-Soviet...
View ArticleVideo: Revolutionary Beer-Pouring System Fills Cups At Breakneck Speed, Using...
Magnetic Beer-Filling System Serves 56 Beers In One MinuteA magnet-powered method of pouring beer from the bottom up that works nine times faster than traditional methods, further proof that great...
View ArticleObama Announces $500 Million Investment in Robots and Other Advanced...
Obama Admires the XC2V Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ImagesRobots, nanotechnology and other manufacturing of the future can reposition the U.S. as a global technology leader and revitalize the nation's flagging...
View ArticleStudents' Innovative 3-D Vision System Wins Prize
Tsinghua's 3-D Viewing SystemYang HaoPopSci and National Instruments hand top honors to a Chinese team that could revolutionize 3-D This week I had the honor of crowning the winner of National...
View ArticleVideo: Former DARPA Chief Regina Dugan Talks Hypersonic Gliders and...
Dugan at TEDPopSci's favorite DARPA head turned Google exec has done her turn at TED, and the video has just hit the wires. Titled "From Mach-20 Glider to Hummingbird Drone," Dugan's theme of...
View ArticleThe New Age of Invention
How innovation goes viral The barriers to individual invention are falling away. Amateur scientists and inventors now have access to tools exponentially more powerful and affordable than those a...
View ArticleInvisibility, No Brake Lights, Ads Everywhere: The Future Of Self-Driving Cars
Chris BangleWikimedia Commons/Jean-Baptiste LABRUNEFollowing news that California has legalized autonomous cars, the legendary ex-BMW design chief Chris Bangle shares his thoughts on what's next for...
View ArticleSay Hello To Mobile Ubuntu, Coming To An Android Phone Near You
Ubuntu for MobileCanonicalA brand-new operating system for your previously-Android device! It's not every day that we see a new mobile OS, even if it's not entirely new. Canonical, makers of Ubuntu,...
View ArticleObama Calls For Research Into Causes Of Gun Violence
Guns PixabayObama also called on the private sector to develop new gun-safety technology. President Obama issued 23 executive actions on gun control today, including provisions encouraging research...
View ArticleJackets Grown From Bacteria And 10 More Feats Of Bio-Engineering
Bioluminescent Trees Could jellyfish genes be used to light the cities of the future? Courtesy Alberto T. EstevezWilliam Myers'Bio Design explores the intersection of design and biology. We can already...
View ArticleThe NFL Teams Up With GE On Concussion Technology
Helmet WarsTravis RathboneThe NFL has announced it will partner with General Electric to develop better technology for detecting concussions and protecting the brain, The New York Times reports. The...
View ArticleJoin the Popular Science #CrowdGrant Challenge And Do Something Amazing
The Popular Science #CrowdGrant ChallengeSubmit your project before June 15 for a shot at crowdfunding with the help of Popular Science and RocketHub. Popular Science has celebrated the world-changing...
View Article200 Projects And Counting: Submit Your Idea To #CrowdGrant [Video]
The Popular Science #CrowdGrant ChallengeThere's still time to submit a kick-butt crowdfunding project to Popular Science's #CrowdGrant Challenge. The last day to enter is June 30. Update: We have...
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