Point the Piano and Violin Learning Pen from Gigiway at notation in a music book and it will either play the piece through its built-in speaker or repeat and re-repeat a chosen passage and t... Read more
If you are tired of having to sort through millions of “results” when you are not “exactly” certain of what you are looking for, you might want to try out an alternat... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Chronic pain may be due to an overabundance of a protein, which amplifies the pain signal to the brain. A drug that neutralizes this protein may provide the long-awaited... Read more
For anyone who has ever lamented those clunky USB hubs, there might be a far more elegant solution around the corner. Thanks to clever design student Jiang Gonglue, we might not be too far o... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Temperatures are rising over land and sea Some critics argue that the global record of land surface temperature over the 20th century could be to some extent corrupted by... Read more
Imagine a 3-d printer so large that it can spit out entire buildings made from stone. Sounds science fiction-y, right? But that’s exactly what designer Enrico Dini created with his prototype... Read more
The makers of the Solar Roadway just got a little closer to their dream of making every road in the United States a high-tech thruway that carries more than just cars. They’ve completed thei... Read more
Scientists have created the first device to render an object invisible in three dimensions. The “cloak”, described in the journal Science, hid an object from detection using ligh... Read more
Waiting in line for movie tickets is still the worst part of going to the movies (unless you are going to see The Bounty Hunter). With so many mobile phone movie apps, it’s easy to find what... Read more
We’ve seen the value of using multiple rotors in unmanned microcopters like the CyberQuad, DraganFlyer X8 and more recently Parrot’s AR.Drone. The HexaKopter is another case in p... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Around 1976, when I was a very young lad, I somehow convinced my parents to spring for a home version of the most cutting edge consumer video game available at the time –... Read more
Citroen says it has completely reinterpreted the idea of a small car by producing the Survolt concept – an electric vehicle that fits the size parameters of a small car but not the two-box l... Read more
Image via CrunchBase Friends on social networking site Facebook can now send small payments directly to each other via an application called Buxter. Buxter handles transactions in Euros or U... Read more
Libraries and universities are protesting about plans to make them police users of wireless networks. The government’s Digital Economy Bill includes plans to make them responsible for... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Large corporations have been testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid. Will we have one in every home someda... Read more
