A year ago, Volkswagen in China launched a marketing campaign called The People's Car Project (PCP), which invited Chinese customers to submit ideas for cars of the future.
Flexible keys raised by fluid or gas on a touch screen surface applied to smart phones, tablets and other consumer electronics gadgets are expected to debut in 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy supercomputer standing watch over the nation's nuclear arsenal was crowned the world's fastest supercomputer Monday at the 2012 International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany...
Researchers use stealthy nanoscale particles to infiltrate vaginal mucus and keep herpes at bay in mice
Co-screenwriter Jon Spaihts speaks with Scientific American about the Alien universe and humanity's quest for knowledge in Scott's latest film
People are turning to social media to bridge the chasm between those in need of life-saving organs and those who can help. This offers hope but also introduces risks
A 100-member team of experts aims to develop quick-response rover technology they hope will alter the way robots explore the moon and beyond
A new, more energy-efficient seawater distillation membrane is designed to yield greater amounts of potable water, and less briny discharge
Brain tissue from deceased military veterans exposed to explosions shows signs of the same neurodegenerative brain disorder that strikes football players who have sustained multiple concussions...
A joint CIA-Saudi Arabia intelligence coup uncovered a more effective underwear bomb designed to exploit resistance to controversial airport scans
Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has given Google the nation's first license to test self-driving cars on public streets. The adolescent-aged Internet search giant has been working toward this goal for the past couple of years by holding test-driving demonstrations along freeways, state highways and neighborhoods both in Carson City and along the Las Vegas Strip.Google's contention has been that its autonomous auto would be safer than those driven by humans, offer more fuel-efficiency and promote economic development...
Science fiction serves as a key inspiration for the man whose job it is envisage Intel's future and, to a large degree, the future of computing itself
The world's largest computer chipmaker employs a corporate futurist, Brian David Johnson, to guess what gadgetry and computing will look like in 2020 and beyond
As 3-D printing has matured over the past decade, the process has proved an effective way for artists, entrepreneurs and academics to produce custom-designed parts and prototype models.
Malware like Flashback, which has infected hundreds of thousands of Macs, could become commonplace as cyber attackers target Apple
