How Microsoft and Sony’s new consoles improve game technology
Just about every seven years, game console makers—namely, Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, as of the past two decades—hit the reset button on their audience...
This stretchable sensor gives robots and VR a human touch
It’s not a stretch to say that stretchable sensors could change the way soft robots function and feel.
In fact, they will be able to...
This wearable sensor could survive washing machine, cars, and hammers
Think about your favorite t-shirt, the one you have worn a hundred times, and all the abuse you've put it through.
You have washed it...
This wearable electronic device is really wearable, cheap and recyclable
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a wearable electronic device that's "really wearable"--a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board that's inspired by,...
This pufferfish like robot could help drones fly safely
If you get too close to a pufferfish, this undersea creature will blow up like a balloon to scare you away.
Now, a team of...
Online news needs a new pay model to survive, says study
The revenue model that has sustained the newspaper industry for centuries no longer works in the digital age, but another age-old concept with some...
Blue-light glasses could improve your sleep and work
Wearing blue-light glasses just before sleeping can lead to a better night’s sleep and contribute to a better day’s work to follow, new research...
New ultrafast camera could film 3D movies at 100 billion frames per second
In his quest to bring ever-faster cameras to the world, Caltech's Lihong Wang has developed technology that can reach blistering speeds of 70 trillion...
New device powers wearable sensors through human motion
The advent of inexpensive wearable sensors that can monitor heart rate and body temperature, as well as levels of blood sugar and metabolic byproducts,...
This earphone could track facial expressions, even with a face mask
Scientists have invented an earphone that can continuously track full facial expressions by observing the contour of the cheeks - and can then translate...