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The special effects team behind Gollum and King Kong took on its most-challenging feat yet: animating 2,000 apes in a real forest
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The Defense Department is funding research to see if "neuroprosthetics" implanted in the brain can heal damaged memory.
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Oregon man Bruce Campbell created a home in a salvaged 727 aircraft
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Researchers are using toy bricks to study how plants react to environmental factors.
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Development Supported Agriculture is a growing trend in the housing world, and one subdivision is taking it mainstream
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A pair of Washington researchers could be first to implant an electronic sensor—designed to give real-time analysis of the disease—directly into the eye
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With your help, ballpoint pioneer BIC aims to create a font as common as their pens
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Spire, a clip-on Bluetooth device available this fall, keeps tabs on stress by monitoring how you breathe
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Researchers at Cornell are developing a new way for the machines to interpret the imprecise way humans speak
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A new project from the tech giant hopes to entice developers by creating a low-cost platform users can assemble on their own.
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Musicians, developers, and inventors prove that there's more to records than vinyl
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Polish researchers say they have developed a method to check blood alcohol levels through car windows
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Called the Scoop, this earpiece is a mini-mixer, allowing the wearer to adjust to his or her environment.
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This summer an augmented reality exhibit transports visitors back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs ruled the land
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They’re not just for kids anymore
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Researchers have printed 3D houses before—but this attempt, using recycled material in a classic Amsterdam style, can be rearranged for different needs.
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Pocket Avatars, an app developed through Intel Labs, uses sophisticated facial-tracking to map your emotions and send them to your friends.
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The World Cup has its own system. But new technology could help spot the pigskin through a 10-lineman pileup on the gridiron.
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Tech innovators are hoping they can store energy more cost-effectively with mechanical systems that use the most basic materials: air, water, and steel
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With carbon nanotubes, researchers are manipulating imaging technology to make everything from MRIs to food inspection more efficient and compact.
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