Horse-Powered Buggy

Kal Cobalt

The Naturmobil literally puts the cart before the horse in a modern twist to equine travel. (more)

Open Source Explosion

Bill Machon

A new study finds that the growth of open source software is expanding at an exponential rate.

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Gas Be Gone

Morgan Maher

The Myers Motors No more Gas personal electric vehicle hits the streets at 75mph. (more)

Particle Accelerators and Parallel Universes

Tristan Gulliford

While the innovative projects at CERN laboratory might revolutionize our communications technology, the new LHC particle accelerator could also potentially change our reality into a bizarre parallel universe. (more)

Universal Translator Proposed

Bill Machon

A professor explores the plausibility of developing a "universal translator" for communicating with extraterrestrials.

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A Tangled Web Of Addiction

Bill Machon

A psychiatrist argues that Internet addiction should be listed in the US handbook of recognized psychiatric conditions.

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Thinking Out Loud

Morgan Maher

A neckband turns thought into speech, allowing for telepathic connections between people and technological devices. (more)

Could Science and Art Become One and the Same?

Greg Wendt

Why do we expect a science based on logic to explain the parts of reality that are non-logical? Perhaps not only our scientific understanding needs to evolve, but also our understanding of scientific consciousness.

Artificial Evolution

Kal Cobalt

According to robotics pioneer Hans Moravec, the evolution of artificial intelligence closely mirrors that of biological intelligence -- only at a much faster rate. (more)

Metagenomics: Accessing the Aliens Inside Us

Sam Michael

Microorganisms are the oldest, most plentiful, and most adaptable life forms on earth. A revolutionary new field of microbial genetics called Metagenomics could provide clues to cure diseases, reverse pollution, and even explain the origins of life. (more)

Open Lab

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Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory opens its bay doors to the public for a weekend event in Pasadena, California. (more)

Extreme Solar

Bill Machon

Modern solar furnaces are harnessing the power of the sun to achieve incredible temperatures and practical benefits.

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Warming Up to Superconductivity

sati

Scientists are discovering ways to warm up super- conductors and change the way power is used. (more)

Portal into the Mind

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New MRI technology will capture a person’s dreams in visual images. (more)

Google Is God?

Tristan Gulliford

The Church of Google offers humorous philosophical proofs that the popular search engine may be God. (more)

Holographic Messages

Tristan Gulliford

Prince Charles recently delivered a speech to the World Future Energy Conference via hologram.(more)

Power Pacing

Kal Cobalt

Researchers have developed a device that generates energy from the simple act of walking.(more)

Mind Over Computer

Kal Cobalt

Emotiv's neuro-headset lets you command a computer solely with the power of your mind. (more)

Virtual Reality and Hallucination

Diana Reed Slattery

Our understanding of what is or isn't "real" is being challenged, thanks to hyper-connectivity, hyper-conductivity, and processor speed. How is our personal sense of "reality" being transformed by new technological highs? (more)

Two Seat Solar Car

Morgan Maher

A solar powered car designed by Taiwanese engineers may hit the streets within a year.(more)

Military Minefields

Daniel Pinchbeck

New technologies that manipulate the human mind and emotions can be used as military weapons or to liberate human potential. How come nobody is telling us about them?(more)

Unwinding the Cosmos

Richard Merrick

Torsion physics may well give us the missing link needed to solve the world's energy and ecological crises while offering the ultimate "Theory of Everything." (more)

Can Microbes Make Hydrogen?

Adam Elenbaas

Researchers demonstrate that microbes convert petroleum into methane, and that hydrogen might be next.(more)

The Transported Man: Phantasmagoria, Tesla and Magic

Antonio Lopez

The foreground of The Prestige is a war between two rival professional magicians. But on another level it explores the roots of modern media as seen through the 19th century concepts of illusion and electricity. (more)

Digital Dialogue

Adam Elenbaas

An advance in video-gaming allows users to virtually interact in scenes of dialogue with other characters. (more)

Reality 2.0

Antonio Lopez

A trip into the new borderless realm, which is not bound by geography, but rather by technology.(more)

Nature's Glue

Adam Elenbaas

Researchers from Oregon State have developed a "green glue" derived from the proteins mussels use to cling to rocks.(more)

Race to the Sun

Morgan Maher

Technische Universität Darmstadt wins the Solar Decathlon, a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy efficient solar powered house.(more)

Future Projections

Morgan Maher

Handheld device creates “information spaces," a kind of virtual reality desktop on any surface. [Video](more)

Artificial Life: Here It Comes

Tristan Gulliford

Bad boy bioengineer J. Craig Venter will soon announce the first organism created with synthetic chromosomes.(more)