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Textile designer Judit Eszter Karpati creates color changing fabric
Sure, the invisibility cloak that has been seen in numerous science fiction as well as fantasy movies have remained elusive, although there has been strides made in that department to date. How...
TouchTools could revolutionize how we use touchscreens
It goes without saying that us humans have been particularly good with our tools, otherwise how could we have lasted against far larger and fiercer animals over the thousands of...
Watching robotic rats have sex could teach us more about evolution
Studying evolution is tricky, it's a process that happens over countless generations and thousands of years, but the men tasked with studying it live less than a century. Researchers at...
Meal Snap tells yo how fat your food is going to make you
Brought to you by the same team who developed Apple's Siri, this new app is still in its developmental phase. What if taking photos of your food could serve a real...
Doctors to begin first suspended animation tests on humans
After years of sci-fi-inspired fantasies about the technique, a team of doctors in Pittsburgh are finally ready to start testing out a procedure that involves putting patients in a state of "suspended...
Floating drone ball brings us on step closer to live-action Quidditch
I am not quite sure about you, but for most of the time, humanity has had their feed grounded. However, Harry Potter’s fantasy world of wizardry has opened up the...
Dell joins alliance that hopes to bring wireless charging to laptops
Wireless charging for laptops is now in the works at one of the top competing standards. The Alliance for Wireless Power has just added Dell as one of its members,...
New landmine detecting shoes could save thousands
Over the last 20 years, land mines in the fields and jungles of Colombia have maimed more than 10,000 people. The country's annual casualty rate as a result of those...
Smart curtains react to light using nanotubes
Smart curtains do not need you to actually get up from your favorite lounging chair to close or open it, as it has the capabilities of preventing too much light...
Orbital Sciences launches its Cygnus capsule to the ISS
NASA's commercial partner Orbital Sciences Corporation launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket on Thursday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in...