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A video demonstration by the Aeromobil may have you thinking it's best to stay grounded for now
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"Invisible" solar cells may soon turn smartphone displays into battery-assisting solar panels
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Entries into the annual inventors competition include an Iron Man-inspired suit and a printer that fits in your bag
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A watch that predicts when its wearer will expire is proving popular with the masses. But why?
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An inventor has created a 3D printer that uses lasers to sculpt objects out of resin
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Make the first offer. Don't use "I" too much. And maybe it's not a good idea to look your counterpart straight in the eye
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Devices like AdTrap takes users back to simpler times, but they also threaten the way much of the internet does business
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With a big boost from supercomputers, hospitals are shifting more of their focus to identifying people who need their help staying healthy
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A startup has developed a custom-fit tool that can brush the entire surface of your teeth all at once
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Tony Fadell's startup unveils the Protect, a smoke detector far less annoying than others on the market
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A Dutch designer has come up with a smartphone design that allows every essential function to be easily upgradeable
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Some think wearable tech is just the thing to help us break bad habits, others that it will let us invade privacy like never before
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Recent research suggests that working in a sloppy setting may actually help inspire creative thinking
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Relying on data collected through smartphones, Gigwalk says it knows more about its workers than any company ever has
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For starters, laptops in classrooms are a big distraction, singing phrases can help you learn a language and multitasking isn't good for your grades
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As reefs continue dying off, scientists have started to think more boldly about how to protect them
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Will 100 become the new 60? And do we really want that to happen?
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In vitro meat? Teeth grown from urine? Screaming rocks and singing bats? It's all real science from the summer of 2013
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The world's cities are in the midst of a skyscraper boom. And one growing trend is to connect pre-fab floors like Lego pieces
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Is a club where you train on walls while sensors track your body's performance just another fitness trend? Or is it real innovation?
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