The Lemelson-MIT Invention Index is a self-proclaimed “annual survey that gauges Americans’ perceptions about invention and innovation.” The latest survey asked 1,000 respondents between the ages of 16 and 25 various questions …
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Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer
Exciting times, friends. While we’ve been cleaning up the proverbial ticker tape left behind by jubilant celebration over the recently-stalled antipiracy bills, the Pirate Bay – arguably the premier resource for pirating …
Kinect Camera Tech Lets You Try On Clothes without Trying On Clothes
“Do you ever buy clothes online?”
That question was asked to me by Bodymetrics CEO Suran Goonatilake right before a demo (see above video) of his company’s fancy virtual shopping technology at the 2012 Consumer Electronics …
Meet Autom, Your Personal Weight Loss Robot
When you attend the Consumer Electronics Show, you’re going to get asked one question more than any other: “Seen anything cool?” I usually fumble a bit and then come up with a few products. But if anyone had asked me at this …
Ford Fusion 2013 Trounces Competition, Adds 100 MPGe Plug-in Hybrid
Ford just took the wraps off three streamlined new 2013 Fusions, including a head-turning plug-in hybrid it claims can do 100 MPGe, or “miles per gallon gasoline equivalent,” a way of quantifying performance when measuring …
Battery Warning: Why Electric Vehicles Have Yet to Take Off
After years of anticipation—and piles of presumptuous magazine stories and unending commercials—2011 saw the commercial introduction of GM’s extended-range electric Volt and Nissan’s all-electric Leaf. The tax credits …
Apple Posits Fuel-Cell Powered Laptops
Imagine futuristic laptops even thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air, capable of running for several days or even weeks without recharging–Apple certainly is, as a couple U.S. patents published yesterday reveal.
The …
NASA to Create High-Tech Space Harpoon for Science, Awesomeness
It’s the news that the world has been waiting for since man first considered the possibility of the space whale–and a development that will make you proud of the minds at NASA in a whole new way once more. Scientists at the …
MIT Researchers Capture the Speed of Light on Camera
Our feeble little minds can’t process the time that light takes to fill a room, but now we can see it happen in slow-motion with help from the MIT Media Lab and its trillion frames per second camera.
The camera’s shutter speed …
The Hollywood Starlet Who Made Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Possible
Who doesn’t love Hedy Lamarr, the Austrian-born movie actress who starred in such classic movies as 1941’s Ziegfeld Girl or 1944’s Experiment Perilous? Of course, if the life of a glamorous movie star of the black and white era …
World’s First Stretchy Electric Cable, More Lifelike Robots to Follow
Imagine: Your vacuum cleaner’s power cable isn’t long enough to reach out the front door, across your driveway and into your car’s backseat. What do you do? Buy an extension cable, of course! Or if you had one of Japan-based …
5 Cool Inventions from TIME’s New ’50 Best Inventions’ Issue
Hitting newsstands shortly, TIME’s “50 Best Inventions” issue spotlights some of the most amazing new ideas and innovations from the past year. If you’re a TIME subscriber, you can already see the article online right here.
Of …