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If Michael Strano has his way, homes and streets of the future will be lit up with “green” energy — literally — from glowing plants and trees. While that may sound like a lofty ...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Even in this day of digital gaming, solving the Rubik's cube as rapidly as possible, remains a challenge most people can't seem to resist. While humans have been doing it ever s...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Innovations like 3-D printing have enabled scientists to make significant progress in manufacturing various bioengineered organs and tissues. However, the one organ that has bee...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Often the most incredible innovations come in the tiniest packages. That is certainly true for the origami robots created by some Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) res...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Like most people, Gal Rozov hates folding laundry. But instead of complaining, the software developer decided to put his programming skills to work and create a laundry-folding ...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Access to clean water is something many of us take for granted. However, for millions of people living in developing nations, it is a scarce commodity. According to the World He...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Pedestrian etiquette – things like not walking into oncoming traffic or keeping to the right of the sidewalk – comes naturally to humans. However, while robots have been program...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), have been used to conduct undersea tasks, deemed unsafe for humans, for many years. But while they have been very successful at tackling proje...Over 5 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Paleontologists believe they may have finally solved the mystery of how turtles developed their shells, thanks to a discovery of fossils, dating back 220 million years.About 6 years agomackiem added a news bookmark.
Five-year old Emelia Fawbert and her dad James, were out on a group fossil hunting trip at a newly excavated site in Gloucestershire, England, when she noticed something stuck i...About 6 years ago