Inventions

The hotter solar cells turn out to be, the less efficient they're at converting sunlight to electrical energy, an issue that has long vexed the solar trade. Now, Stanford engineers have...

Scientists at Tufts University have created a small wearable sensor that can stick to your tooth and transmit what you eat. They’ve engineered a tooth-mounted sensor that tracks your every bite (and what...

There was a lot griping when Apple changed its outdated dock connectors with the reversible Lightning cable, however they’ve made life much simpler for Apple customers. So the MicFlip, the world’s...

For governments trying to hide controversial programs from their residents, there are few better directions to transmit secret military & spy communications than straight up. Unlike here on earth, no pesky amateur radio eavesdroppers...

A brand new advanced robotic hand that's wired directly into the brain has been successfully tested, permitting a paralysed man to “feel”. The hand, developed by the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins...

Recently, we posted an article about a new awesome device you can place on your tabletop and make your games three dimensional, called Holus. Unfortunately, it has come to our attention...

Typical disease detection includes many assessments and test—taking samples of blood, saliva, urine, and stool; inserting unpleasant-looking devices into various locations in the body; and the like. Even superior detection techniques—like patches with micro...

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have ingrained carbon nanotubes inside spinach leaves, turning the leaves into sensing units which are able to communicate with humans. This particular application is...

Silicon Is The King At the forefront of computing technology for decades, the reign on silicon chips may soon be over, as chip designers at present are looking for other materials that offer extra options and more wonderful...

Algae has been genetically modified to kill most cancers cells with out harming healthy cells. The algae nano particles, created by scientists in Australia, had been found to kill 90% of cancer...