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At CES, there's no shortage of products to track your wellness, steps, even vital signs. So why not get your pets in on the game? A new breed of connected technology aims to…

Flying robots can be used for much more than stunning aerial photography. Personal drones have photographed archaeological sites and aided in search and rescue efforts.

Wearable technology is great, but inevitably, the battery will die. What if you never had to worry about a battery charge? Misfit, the makers of Shine and Flash, have…

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show wasn’t exactly overflowing with new portable computing PCs, but three companies launched impressively thin, light, and compact…

Tiny, cheap, and simple to set up, Intel’s stick PC can make your dumb TV into a full-fledged computer…

On Saturday, the Carolina Panthers and Seattle Seahawks will meet for a NFC divisional playoff game at CenturyLink Field in downtown Seattle. But while football fans across…

Lifeguards can only move so fast in water. And tossing a struggling swimmer a life preserver may mean the difference between life and death, but few if any lifeguards are…

NASA scientists are using 3-D printed models to get a clearer picture of the relationship between two of the biggest stars in the Milky Way. More than 7,000 light-years…

At first glance, Avegant’s Glyph looks like a sizable pair of headphones you might see on any young urbanite. It’s only upon closer examination that you see what sets it…

The terrifying specter of a future of cyberattacks is that someday, a malicious actor will reach through the internet and cause real, tangible, physical harm. It sounds like a Hollywood plot: a computer is compromised, and suddenly the machinery of a factory is broken. Yet despite the panic, until recently there's only been one such confirmed case. That was Stuxnet, an American-made virus which disrupted an Iranian centrifuge used to enrich uranium in the late 2000s. Then, last month, Germany published a report of another cyberattack turned physical: a furnace at a steel mill that wouldn’t…

When you want to write a haiku for Stephen Hawking, where do you start? The guy is one of the greatest scientific minds of modern times. He discovered that, contrary to…

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a flurry of headlines about a revolutionary new bed bug trap, which its inventors claim will put a big dent in bed bug…

Your speakers may have great sound quality, but can they levitate? The Air2's speaker and base are each fitted with magnets that repel one another, causing the speaker to…

The Gogoro Smartscooter is a high-powered, emission-free scooter that uses Panasonic Lithium Ion 18650 battery (the same used in the Tesla S).

Launched in May 2013, Spark IO is an open source startup that creates hardware and software for hackers, makers, and DIY enthusiasts to make their own Internet-connected…

Ever wonder what’s really in that falafel sandwich you’re eating? SCiO will break it down for you. A tiny molecular sensor that fits in your hand, SCiO can decipher the…

Kids these days, right? You've always been able to build some pretty impressive systems with Erector Sets, but this may be the best: a build-it-yourself robotic kit named…

A star has slipped out of view thanks to the space-time warp it creates as it orbits. The disappearing star is part of a binary star system called J1906. It's a pulsar,…

Meet the Furo-S Smart Service Robot, an artificially intelligent kiosk who is ready to serve. Created by Future Robot, the Furo-S (lovingly nicknamed "Rosie" after the…

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