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The day has finally come when a robotic butt can tell us what we're all doing wrong — well, what medical students are doing wrong, at least Researchers at University of Florida, Drexel University and the University ...

Finally Garmin has taken the plunge and released its first running watch with a built-in heart-rate sensor, the Forerunner 225. We got to handle one at CES Asia to see whether it's the one everyone's been waiting for. Th...

The joint U.S. Air Force and Boeing electromagnetic pulse weapon is capable of targeting and destroying electrical systems without the collateral damage often associated with traditional firepower. The post US Air Force ...

It's only a centimeter long, it's placed under your skin, it's powered by a patch on the surface of your skin and it communicates with your mobile phone. The new biosensor chip developed at EPFL is capable of simultaneou...

MIT graduate student Qiong Ma is uncovering electrical properties of graphene-based devices using laser-light stimulation.

It looks like in this day and age, if a company were to unveil a brand new smartphone operating system version, it would seem as though it was a sporting event instead. After all, there will be plenty of ears and eyes on...

Bloomberg Business has published a fascinating feature about Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel’s efforts to turn the startup into a functioning company. The entire thing is worth a read, but I want to call attentio...

On 29 May 1919, a shadow dance took place over the Caribbean which was to make history: While the new moon covered the blazingly bright disk of the Sun, astronomers around Arthur Stanley Eddington measured the shift of s...

Odds are you had no idea that there was a speed record for tiny robots, but there is. A group of robotics researchers from UC Berkley recently smashed that speed record with their tiny robot dubbed the X2-VelociRoACH. Th...

There was a time when a larger screen meant an equally larger body, but of late, manufacturer's have been trying to buck the trend by cutting out bezels and other tricks. Not all, however, are as successful as others, an...

Goodbye Stress – Hello Calmness. World’s First Mindfulness Bracelet for Emotional Balance. The WellBe is an elegant, light-weight bracelet and mobile app designed to support your emotional well-being. Find out what y...

Slowly but surely, Audi is getting closer to realizing Will Smith's wildly futuristic motor from I, Robot. At CES Asia, the company has revealed an updated version of its R8 e-tron electric supercar with self-driving cap...

Google has just published research which puts the nail in the coffin of security question-based password protection. We like to think that security questions are reliable because the answers are easy to remember, but res...

As a rule, robots have to learn through explicit instruction, whether it's through new programming, watching videos or holding their hands. UC Berkeley's BRETT (Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks) isn't ...

There's always a bit of a learning curve when it comes to mastering new apps. WhatsApp is no different. Although it's wickedly popular and extremely easy to get started using right away, the messenger does have a few qui...

Roskomnadzor, a Russian government agency that oversees communications and media, threatened late last week to block access to Google, Facebook and Twitter if the social media services don't hand over data on certain Rus...

As the English language continues to evolve in response the internet's cultural onslaught, Merriam-Webster has announced that it's adding a host of new net-centric terms to its pages. In fact, the dictionary company has ...

IK Multimedia is back with another device, this one targeting smartphone users. It's called the iKlip Grip, and it is essentially a multi-purpose stand/tripod for one's smartphone. Using it, the smartphone owner can take...

The 50-person company has become the fourth biggest ad network in the world - this is how

Not everyone wants the latest Apple or Samsung smartphone.

Going back to the pre-Yosemite DNS service is one way to fix these problems.

Urban blight is nothing new. The signature image of plummeting real estate is block after block of properties vacated as businesses move out. Now the high price of real estate in American cities is creating a new phenome...