This microbot will literally push your buttons, automating any device
Microbot Push is a robotic finger that automates any device that can be activated with a button or switch, so you can make your house a smart home easily.
Meet Airbolt: a TSA-approved travel lock you can control with your smartphone
AirBolt is a connected smart travel lock that you control from your phone. With full TSA approval, the lock puts luggage security back in travelers' hands.
Transparent solar cells are here, but they won't see the light of day for years
Ubiquitous Energy is making transparent solar power cells a reality in consumer tech applications like wearable gadgets, phones and smart windows.
Get drunk on yourself: This bartending robot will make a cocktail based on your unique personality
A bartending robot called Social Shot brews custom cocktails to represent individual personality traits based on data collected from Facebook.
Supermassive solar farms might actually have adverse affects on the climate
Widespread desert solar power plants could have unexpected effects on the global environment and make considerable changes to the world's climate patterns.
‘Artificial nose’ sensors can sniff gases to identify ripe foods before they go bad
Tiny artificial nose sensors can sniff out gases to tell when food is ripe or going bad. They could put an end to global food waste by detecting ethylene.
Hackey is a connected key switch that lets you trigger any digital action
Hackey is a Wi-Fi connected key switch that lets you trigger any digital action or gadget. Frequent digital actions run effortlessly at the turn of a key.
These guys hacked a 3D printer and turned it into a high-precision tattoo machine
A French design team hacked a 3D printer to create an autonomous tattooing robot that can ink any image onto human skin.
This handheld DNA sequencer could let regular civilians analyze genetic material
A portable handheld DNA sequencing device called MinION will let regular civilians analyze any genetic sample from anywhere in the world, but controversial applications could transition uses from genetic science into dangerous eugenics.
Tor Project launches its first cross-platform messenger app for anonymous, encrypted IM
The Tor Project has launched Tor Messenger, a cross-platform messaging client to keep information encrypted and anonymous through the onion routing network.
The NFL could switch to precise tech tracking with Wilson's sensor-studded football of the future
Wilson manufactures the official football of the NFL, and they're well on their way to creating a high-tech, chip connected and totally trackable football.
Yamaha's motorcycle-riding robot calls out Valentini Rossi to a challenge on the racetrack
Yamaha's Motobot is a motorcycle-riding humanoid robot, designed to operate motorcycles in the same way humans would so it can test new safety features.
This little metal cube contains every collectible element on planet Earth
The Element Cube is made from all of the 62 collectible elements on earth. The cube is formed to include these diverse elements through powder metallurgy.
This low-power LED flashlight runs on nothing but the heat of your hand
The Lumen flashlight runs entirely on energy converted from body heat using a thermoelectric generator, so no batteries are required.
Check out the winners of this year's 1,900-mile World Solar Challenge race
The World Solar Challenge is a biannual competition that sends international teams in a solar-powered car race across Australia.
Morocco is building the largest solar power plant the world has ever seen
The world's largest solar power plant will be constructed in the desert of Ouarzazate to fuel more than half Morocco's energy needs by the year 2020.
No ramp? No problem. The Scalevo wheelchair tackles staircases with ease
A team of student researchers at ETH Zurich has developed a fully automated stair-climbing wheelchair that maximizes accessibility and keeps cost low.
HyperCam captures images on wavelengths invisible to the human eye
HyperCam uses hyperspectral imaging to capture wavelengths that are invisible to the human eye, and smart software analyzes for information-rich images.
Turn any bike into a rental with AirDonkey, the Airbnb for bicycles
AirDonkey brings all the benefits of the sharing economy to bicycles, and lets any bicycle owner turn their wheels into a daily peer-to-peer rental.
This programmable robotic arm is basically your own personal JARVIS
The Dobot robotic arm is designed to be completely programmable, so anyone from makers and designers to moms and dads can have a robotic personal assistant.
Artists are putting an end to forgery by signing their work with synthetic DNA
Synthetic DNA tags will allow artists and owners to validate their works of art, authenticating the original artist's unique DNA marker sequence.
This 3D printed acoustic violin sounds just as good as the real thing
The Hovalin is a 3D printed violin that injects professional musical acoustic quality into a homegrown maker instrument with rockstar beginnings.
Using stem cells, scientists just successfully grew a kidney organoid for the first time
An organoid tissue sample grown from stem cells resembles a kidney in early development, as it would appear during a fetus' first trimester in utero.
Leeds could become the first ‘self-repairing city’ with a fleet of robotic civil servants
Leeds University won £4.2 million in funding to develop robotics that will build a self-repairing city, monitoring and repairing local infrastructure.
Fifty Shades of Lamp: This butt-shaped light turns on when you slap it
Slap It is a lamp shaped like a rear end that turns on when slapped, pinched, fondled, or otherwise caressed.
Digital Library of Babel contains every book that has ever been (and ever could be) written
Digital Library of Babel contains every book that ever has been or ever could be written by compiling the possible permutations of 3,200 characters.
Fully transparent solar cell could make every window in your house a power source
The first fully transparent solar cell harnesses wavelengths of light that are invisible to the human eye in order to generate power.
Brain4Cars analyzes driving behavior with AI to predict and prevent road accidents
This neural network monitors the internal and external environments of your car to predict driving choices up to 3.5 seconds before they happen