Lancaster University in the UK is working on an irrigation system, which would let growers know when their […]
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Japanese researchers have developed a genetically modified rice that could alleviate the sniffles, sneezes and itchy eyes caused […]
The Italian researchers who produced the first horse clone have announced the birth of 14 cloned piglets. Prof […]
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Cambridge Ultrasonics is working on a technology to “look inside” concrete works. It uses the same ultrasound technique […]
A group of engineers from the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews and Strathclyde plan to develop tiny […]
A bank that will create and supply new lines of embryonic stem cells for research around the world […]
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Living bacteria have been incorporated into an electronic circuit to produce a supersensitive humidity sensor. “This is essentially […]
The Healing Foundation and the University of Manchester are teaming up to understand how some creatures can recreate […]
Hiroshi Tanaka has developed an electrolysis device that simulates, he claims, the effect of ageing in wines. In […]
When I saw this “hand roll piano” with a MIDI interface at King’s Idea Shop in Shinjuku earlier […]
Pioneer has developed a “floating interface” which allows users to manipulate 3D graphics. Using a 3D lens, the […]
Joseph Jacobson and his team at MIT have developed miniature robots that can self-assemble using parts that float […]
We’ve already reported on some projects from Okude Lab at Keio University, but I shouldn’t forget to mention […]
Takeo Igarashi, one of the creators of the software tool for smooth shape manipulations (the one regine mentioned […]
Nukunukukey is a key-shaped information appliance that provides awareness about one’s home through sound, light and heat. [Prototype […]
Kayagomori is a pretty fascinating concept by Daisuke Uriu and Naohito Okude from KEIO University in Japan. This […]
Shimizu has worked with the Nakagawa Laboratory on a system for museums that uses visible light to convey […]
A team at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a power-generating backpack. Dubbed “Suspended-load Backpack”, the device converts […]
As-Rigid-As-Possible Shape Manipulation is a system that lets a user move and deform a 2D shape without manually […]
American researchers have produced 8 wildcat kittens by cross-breeding cloned adults. This is the first time that clones […]
A discovery by Princeton researchers may lead to an efficient method for controlling the transmission of light and […]
University of Sheffield engineers are working on a computer system, which imitates a doctor’s brain to make treatment […]
Two new techniques of tissue engineering may one day lead to large scale production of lab grown meat […]
A Japanese research group studying protection measures against massive tsunamis has succeeded in simulating a 2.5-meter tsunami using […]
Scientists at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have re-created one of nature’s most sensitive sound detectors […]
Neuroscientists will soon be able to grow human brain cells in petri dishes. “It’s like an assembly line,” […]
Tiny robots that can turn into any shape – from a replica human to a banana to a […]
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a technique for mixing images and video feeds […]
Stroke patients who face months of rehabilitation to regain the use of impaired limbs may benefit from new […]
Masahide Kaneko and colleagues at the University of Electro-Communications, in Japan, have developed an image-analysis system for cameras […]
Scientists at the University of Nottingham (UK) have managed to levitate some of the heaviest elements, including diamond, […]
SpotScents, developed by Yasuyuki Yanagida at the Media Information Science Laboratories in Japan, uses scent projectors to deliver […]
Researchers from the Tula State University suggest that a stream of water mixed with granules of ice released […]
A European project called CyberWalk is about to develop a walking platform which will allow unconstrained movement in […]
MIT is teaming up with Taiwan’s Quanta Computer in the TParty project, a research to define the future […]
Scientists at Yale have genetically designed triggers in the brains of fruit flies that allow the flies’ behaviour […]
Venter Institute ‘s air genome project, could lead to the discovery of previously unknown organisms and aid biosecurity. […]
A ray gun which can deliver a bout of excruciating pain to rioters from a distance of over […]
Andrea Alù and Nader Engheta of the University of Pennsylvania believe that a “plasmonic cover” could render objects […]
As consumers surrend to the appeal of prepared –read “junk”– meals that lure the stomach with yummy looking […]