The Singularity is coming. Or is it the Terminator? Or maybe, at long last, we’re on our way to Jetsons-style, automation, where Rosie the Robot handles all the drudgery, freeing up humans to enjoy the good and easy life. It’s [...]
Imagine all the things you could do with a smartphone app that lets you peek inside objects without opening them. Security guards could find weapons hidden in pillows or stuffed toys. Health-conscious shoppers could see how much fat is in [...]
Could your smartphone one day soothe you after detecting that you, say, had a bad day at the office? Smartphones with emotional intelligence might not be as far-fetched as they sound, according to engineers at the University of Rochester. They’ve [...]
Insect-borne diseases have long posed a challenge for armies fighting in tropical and semi-tropical regions far from home. And rising insect resistance to pesticides, along with a globally warming climate is expected to make such diseases even more of a [...]
Hate that yellowish light and buzzing coming from the office lighting over your head? A more natural — and shatterproof — alternative might soon be available. Researchers at Wake Forest University have developed a new type of plastic light that’s [...]
Replacing ordinary hospital-room televisions with intelligent, voice-controlled touchscreens could do more than make it easier for patients to change the channel when they’re bored. It could help people with disabilities — and their doctors and nurses — access their medical [...]
Could a Tweet or a Facebook post help prevent illness as well as regular hand-washing or getting a flu shot? No one’s suggesting that social media can provide immunity from infectious diseases. But some researchers believe the power of posts [...]
What familiar product that you probably have in a drawer at home could enable a new, high-tech way to collect water samples for environmental testing? The humble but useful and sticky cellophane tape. (Technically, it’s cellulose-acetate tape and is sometimes [...]
Breakthrough research on materials that are “invisible” to electrons could lead better thermoelectric devices that can generate electricity from temperature differences. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began with a look at recent advances in visual “cloaking,” which [...]
Sensors made with carbon nanotubes — ultra-small sheets of carbon atoms rolled into cylinders — are great for detecting harmful gases in the atmosphere. The problem, though, is that making such sensors requires using a solvent like dichlorobenzene, in a [...]
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