Renewable energy researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created transparent solar cells that are nearly 70 percent transparent. One day this give rise to windows that generate enough electricity to power a building....
Researchers at Harvard University have used a breakthrough DNA storage technique to store a 300-page book, complete with images and Javascript. The book, Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves, contains 53,426 words,...
Korean scientists, working at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), have developed a fast-charge lithium-ion battery that can be recharged 30 to 120 times faster than conventional li-ion batteries. The team believes...
Eco + Path project is a pathway system to answer the need for durable pathways within community gardens and public parks while helping the environment. Jonathan Aljets teamed up with University of Houston...
How fast could an Formula 1 car go if it wasn’t bound by the rules imposed upon by the FIA? Red Bull‘s car designer and Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey has explored the idea by...
Researchers say they have created living cells made of metal instead of carbon — and they may be evolving, indicating artificial life! Scientists are constantly trying to create artificial life, and generally work under the...
Researchers have monitored light beams made of twisted light waves carrying 2.5 terabits of data – the capacity of more than 66 DVDs – per second. The technique relies on manipulating what is...
Video games aren’t going anywhere soon. Where and how we play them is dramatically shifting in recent years, thanks in large part to the explosion of iPhone and Android apps on smartphones and...
Sunrise, is a solar powered airship using thermal heat for lift. It has been designed to achieve airborne missions based on low speeds and long flight duration for e.g. observations, expeditions, patrolling, filming or simply for recreational. Compared to Helium,...
Two British men who have been totally blind for many years have had part of their vision restored after surgery to fit pioneering eye implants. They are able to perceive light and even...
Chemical scientists have devised a new and arguably better method of coating fabrics with a water-repellent, “self-cleaning” coating. A number of “super-hydrophobic” coatings have been made before, but a report in the journal Langmuir describes...
The BMW Sauber F1 team have produced a very interesting video which shows how the internals of one of their old F1 cars is laid out. The team split a 2008 BMW Sauber F1.08 chassis in...
The Raspberry Pi computer, the size of a credit-card was designed to encourage children to learn programming. It caught the imagination of millions when it was unveiled in February 2012. The website where...
Green Wheel is a conceptual revolutionary rotary hydroponic system developed by NASA in order to provide continuous supply of fresh herbs and salad in spacecraft. Designer Libero Rutilo wanted to transfer the concept into our...
Star Trek has been around for 45 years, spawning 6 television series, and 11 movies, with a 12th on the way! Star Trek technology has inspired many of us all throughout the decades...
