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How 3-D Printing Will Turn Homes Into Mini Factories
A Fab In Every CageMichael ChoConsumer-grade multi-material printers could hit the market in the next decade. Here's why that matters. In 1984, inventor Charles Hull built the first rapid-prototyping...
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FYI: What Is Sea Foam? Where Does It Come From?
Sea FoamGregory Jordan via FlickrAnd is it dangerous? Just a few hours before a tornado touched down in Queens, New York this past September, I was hanging out on a beach in The Rockaways, a narrow...
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Innovation Of The Year: Google Now
Mind ReaderSam KaplanInstead of telling your phone what you want, the phone tells you. It seems innocent at first: Fire up the search app on a new Android phone, and the interface asks if you'd like to...
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What Do Scientists Know About Mining Asteroids?
Space MetalKatie PeekNot much--yet. Before we move to mining's final frontier, we'll have to fill in some gaps. Here's a visualized look at what we do know, and what we're lacking. In April, Planetary...
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This Bug Has More Legs Than Anything Else
Illacme plenipesPaul Marek via National GeographicThe "leggiest" creature on the planet was thought to be extinct, but a researcher just re-discovered it. It hasn't lost its creepiness, nor its 750...
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Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs
A UTMB Galveston study put the two groups head-to-head to see which would perform better using virtual surgery tools. All those videogames paid off. A lot of people see videogames as the archetypal...
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9 Of The Strangest Musical Instruments Of All Time [Archive Gallery]
Cello-HornFrom a cello-horn to a harpitar, these music-makers are way more exciting than a plain old piano. In fifth grade, we got to pick our own instruments. The middle-school band director came over...
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Nokia Lumia 920 Review: A Fisher-Price Phone For A Giant
Nokia Lumia 920's Colors I tested the red model. I really like it! NokiaA very pretty, shiny phone with a very pretty, shiny operating system that's got just a few flaws--but they're not small flaws....
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Video: The Latest From iRobot's Research Lab
Soft robotic fingers, robots that can open doors, and a robotic sea turtle--iRobot's R&D guys stopped by to show us their latest projects yesterday, and we're passing the awesomeness on to you. The...
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From Google, A Breathtaking Interactive Journey Through The Stars
100,000 StarsGoogleIt's like the trippy parts of A Space Odyssey for Google Chrome, basically. Here's a beautiful way to make yourself feel insignificant. A bunch of space-loving Google employees got...
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FYI: What's The Most Porous Material On Earth?
MOF-200Courtesy UCLAThese crystalline compounds soak up CO2 like sponges. It goes without saying that global warming is one of the thorniest problems of our time. If only we had some kind of sponge to...
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An Orange-Powered Battery And Other Amazing Photos From This Week
An Orange-Powered Battery Photographer Caleb Charland gives green energy the look it deserves in this photograph of an orange-powered battery. Caleb Charland via InhabitatIncluding a futuristic skiing...
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This Week In The Future, November 12-16
This Week In The Future, November 12-16BaarbarianA brave new world of mucus Want to win this slightly disgusting Baarbarian illustration on a T-shirt? It's easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we're...
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Nintendo Wii U Review: Sounds Gimmicky, But Makes Good Games More Good
Wii UNintendoA new Wii, a little bit like the last Wii, that gains a surprising amount from what sounds like a gimmick--even if every game doesn't take advantage of that. The big criticism with...
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Researchers Achieve Quantum Teleportation Between Two Macroscopic Objects For...
Quantum Teleportation Explained In case you want to try this at home. Xiao-Hui Bao, et al. via arXivThe quantum internet is coming, and this is how we're going to get there. Sometimes it's tough to get...
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The Deep-Space Suit
The Deep-Space SuitNick KaloterakisAstronauts can only travel so far in existing space suits. What will it take to see the universe? By the time the alarms go off, he's back on his feet, hoping the...
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BigPic: From Above, These Saharan Mountains Look Like Abstract Art
The Tibesti Mountains, ChadESAEnvisat captures a beautiful palette (and not much else) in North Africa's 'Mountains of Hunger.' At ground level the Sahara desert often seems somewhat monochromatic, but...
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Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So
Caveman Diorama A diorama showing ancient cavemen stands inside the National Museum of Mongolian History in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Wikimedia CommonsA Stanford geneticist says humans have so many...
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Grand Award Winner: Liquipel
Invisible WaterproofingSam KaplanNever again lose your phone to water damage. Moisture destroys 82 million phones annually, yet manufacturers do little to safeguard against it. In January,...
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Grand Award Winner: Tesla Model S
The Electric Super-SedanCourtesy TeslaIt's an electric super sedan. The Tesla Model S sets the standard by which all future electric vehicles will be measured. It's faster than any other street-legal...
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