Microsoft Kinect camera helps assess symptoms in multiple sclerosis patients
Microsoft’s motion and depth-sensing Kinect camera may be most commonly used for gaming, but researchers at McGill University have come u...
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How carbon nanotubes could give us faster processors and longer battery life
Carbon nanotubes are one of those supermaterials — a cylinder with a diameter of one or two nanometers — that are full of dreamy applicat...
Sierra Club examines cities working toward 100 percent renewable energy in report 3
The Sierra Club, synonymous with the start of the United States’ large-scale preservation movement in the late 19th century, is now lookin...
3D-Printed Capsule Opens The Door To Designer Supplements
The reach of 3D printing seemingly has no end. We have 3D-printed guns , a 3D printer in space , and now we have 3D-printed nutritional su...
In 2017, this startup will put a camera in space, then let anyone tune in with VR
SpaceVR wants to bring the universe to your living room. How? by deploying the world’s first virtual reality (VR) platform in space , of ...
NanoRacks’ commercial space testing platform outside the ISS is now open for business
Say you’ve got an experiment or prototype satellite that you want to expose to the ravages of space. Sure, you could launch it with a bunc...
NASA just posted a treasure trove of Mars images
1,035 in all – taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been doing its thing for a decade now. Every month, the JPL-managed spa...
This robot will grow all the food you need in your backyard
Many people of today's generation don't know where their food comes from, nor how it's produced. This presents many health pr...
NASA funds long shots aiming to make electric and eco-friendly aircraft
One of these days we’re going to see aircraft go electric, just as cars are — but not for a while. In the meantime, we can’t slack off whe...
Nasa releases cute Mars rover game to celebrate Curiosity anniversary
Mars enthusiasts will be beside themselves with dusty red delight when they hear what NASA’s just gone and done. Celebrating the fourth a...
Study identifies 20 ‘second Earth’ candidates with potential to harbor life
Finding life beyond Earth means combing through an incredibly vast array of potential planetary candidates, but one new study from a team ...
NSF dedicates $35 million to improving software used in science and education
Big data is more important than ever in just about every scientific discipline — and the data is bigger than ever, too. To help manage th...
Deep space travel might play havoc with your heart
Traveling deeper into space may carry some unanticipated health risks. Scientists have published a study noting that Apollo astronauts ...
Nissan's gold Olympics-edition EV, and more in the week that was
Tesla's Gigafactory is set to double the world's battery production, and this week it opened its doors for the first time . Tesla...
Jack White's label played a vinyl record at 94,000 feet
Jack White's Third Man Records label is no stranger to using technological feats to draw publicity , but its latest feat is something...
Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone could become the world's largest solar farm
What do you so with land that’s been rendered inhabitable by humans? The Ukrainian government has decided the best use of the 1,600 squa...
How BMW's Self-Driving Car Tech Will Give American Swimmers A Leg Up In Rio
There are a growing number of fitness trackers for swimmers making a splash (pun firmly intended) in the marketplace, but very few as cle...
Chinese satellite to test secure quantum communications
China is set to launch a satellite that could form part of an unassailable, worldwide communications network. The 600 kg (1,300 pound) ...
Fove shows off a new build of its eye-tracking VR headset
Fove showed off a new design for their eye-tracking VR headset in an announcement on their company blog. The Disrupt SF Battlefield 2014...
Wireless charging tech harvests your phone's wasted radio waves
When you think of wireless charging, you probably think of special charging pads for your phone. But what if your phone could partly cha...
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