It seems the future of 3-D printing is limited only by one's imagination. The process is already used to build—layer by layer—jewelry, toys and a variety of prosthetics, with some predicting that additive fabrication of space station spare parts and even food isn't far behind...
New smartphones from Apple, Nokia, Samsung and others are poised to hit the market in time for the holiday buying season. Come January there will be a lot of obsolete gadgets looking for new homes...
The proposed "Lowline" in New York City would transform an abandoned belowground trolley depot into a recreational public space complete with lush flora
Quick Response (QR) codes—those grainy, black-and-white squares increasingly found on advertisements and packaging—can quickly deliver encoded data to mobile gadgets, whether the info is a Web address for a promotional video or details about a package's shipment...
Researchers create cyborg insects that may one day save earthquake victims
With the specter of Apple's iPhone 5 introduction looming on September 12, gadget makers pressed for their share of the consumer electronics spotlight this week.
The FBI says there is no evidence to support hacker group AntiSec's claims that it stole digital serial numbers for more than 12 million iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches from a poorly secured agency computer.The bureau issued a statement Tuesday indicating the agency "is aware of published reports alleging that an FBI laptop was compromised and private data regarding Apple UDIDs [Unique Device Identifiers] was exposed...
A new security approach would let users input patterns instead of words to verify identity
Amount the U.S. spends on cancer care per case
Novel headlights illuminate the road, even in bad weather
The physicist and founder of Scientific American's Russian-language edition worked tirelessly to advance the cause of science
An ultrafast camera may help detect cancer before it spreads
In two months the Big Apple will begin relying on both ultraviolet light and chlorination to rid its drinking water of cryptosporidium, giardia and other pathogens
Most people will say they're good drivers when asked. But that confidence doesn't keep them from wanting new automobiles loaded with the latest in driver-assist technology for avoiding accidents.Ford Motor Company presented these findings Tuesday at a press conference to talk up the 2013 Fusion mid-size sedan and its abundance of new driver-assist features...
People have gotten good at multitasking, but sometimes this skill is taken too far, and the result can be deadly. Texting while driving a car is a prime example.
As the summer winds down and Labor Day weekend approaches in the U.S., beaches and public pools will be filling up with swimmers looking to take one last dip outdoors before the season ends...
A robot that can reproduce the dexterity of the human hand remains a dream of the bioengineering profession. One new approach to achieving this goal avoids trying to replicate the intricacy of the bones, joints and ligaments that produce our most basic gestures.A Sandia National Laboratories research team has adopted just such a strategy by designing a modular, plastic proto-hand whose electronics system is largely made from parts found in cell phones...
Late last year, Harvard University chemists and materials scientists introduced a robot whose rubbery appendages fly—or, more accurately, crawl—in the face of conventional automatons...
U.C.L.A.'s enhanced laser-pulsing camera is one of several emerging approaches to finding cancer cells in the blood stream
Now that NASA's "seven-minutes of terror" have passed safely, the Mars Curiosity rover's exploratory mission is off and running. Over the next two years—probably more, if it's anything like the Opportunity or Spirit rovers—the Jeep-sized rover will explore its new home using a variety of tools...
