Meet The Greaseless Ball Bearings
Ball bearings have been around for hundreds of years, having been used in things as ancient Leonardo da Vinci’s failed helicopter design and as ubiquitous a... Read More...
Cool New Awesome Inventions
Ocumetics Bionic Lens Improves Eyesight Three Times Better Than 20/20 Vision
Want better eyesight? Get a pair of glasses or contact lenses. Want a permanent solution? Get Lasik. Want superhuman eyesight? Apparently, that’s possible, ... Read More...
Proprio Foot: Yes, We Now Have Mind-Controlled Bionic Feet
The Proprio Foot has long been a popular bionic limb, a robotic ankle that senses a person’s movements and adjusts its angle to simulate a natural stride. A... Read More...
BioBots Desktop 3D Printer Can Fabricate Human Tissues And Mini-Organs
Bio-fabrication machines, which manufacture living tissue structures, already exist. Like many tools for any technology in its early generations, they tend ... Read More...
This Invisibility Cloak Is Powerful Enough To Hide Keys And Other Small Objects
Yes, people have made invisibility cloaks before. So far, though, all we’ve seen are minuscule versions that only work with very, very tiny objects. A signi... Read More...
Tesla Powerwall Lets You Store Solar-Generated Power For Later Use At Home
Having solar panels on the roof lets you draw up enough power to run a whole lot of appliances during the day. Problem is, most families aren’t exactly home... Read More...
Parcel Nest Reinvents The Mailbox For Our Modern Needs
Between email, SMS, and instant messaging, sending physical letters is more unnecessary than ever. Yet, that doesn’t mean the mailbox has gone the way of th... Read More...
Self-Powered Camera Uses Its Photo Sensor To Convert Light Into Energy
When you’re asked to design a camera that powers itself, chances are, you’ll combine camera hardware with solar panels and a power generator. Simple enough.... Read More...
Shoes That Grow Allow Poor Children To Comfortably Wear The Same Pair For The Next 5 Years
The Shoe That Grows is far from the most stylish pair of footwear you can slip your feet into. In terms of practical utility, though, it’s tough to beat, wi... Read More...
Disney’s Fabric Printer Lets You Make 3D-Printed Squishy Dolls
Any time you want a trove of custom plastic toys, you get cracking on a 3D model and fabricate it on a 3D printer. That’s how we roll in these modern times.... Read More...
Squeezie Turns Any Tube Of Toothpaste Into A Functional Toothbrush
Just like other caps, the Squeezie can screw onto the mouth of your favorite toothpaste’s tube, keeping it covered and sealed up whenever it’s not in use. U... Read More...
Caltech Team Creates The NCI, A Tiny Camera Chip That Enables Ultra-Detailed 3D Scanning In Smartphones
Intel has already announced plans to release tablets with built-in 3D scanners later this year. A new chip invented by a team from Caltech, called a Nanopho... Read More...
Someone Made A Portable Fire Extinguisher That Uses Sound Waves To Put Out Flames
Scientists have long been experimenting with using sound waves to stop fires. So far, though, no one’s been able to shrink the devices capable of squashing ... Read More...
Google X’s Energy Kites Redesign The Wind Turbine As A Flying Power Generator
Wind turbines are great, harnessing natural wind to produce electricity. Despite that, they still don’t make economic sense in plenty of places, especially ... Read More...
Scientists Create Self-Cleaning Paint That’s Also Highly-Resistant To Scratching
Super-hydrophobic paint isn’t just great because it repels water, it’s also naturally self-cleaning, so there’s no accumulation of dirt as with regular coat... Read More...
Color-Blind People Can Use The Enchroma CX Sunglasses To See The World In All Its Hues
Color blindness is currently incurable for majority of people who suffer from the affliction. And while seeing the world in incomplete hues is a whole lot b... Read More...
With The Flow Hive, Harvesting Honey Becomes A Set-And-Forget Affair
Harvesting honey can be a laborious and messy endeavor. Between sedating the bees, clearing out the frames, and extracting the honey, it’s a multi-step proc... Read More...
Watch This Man Who’s Been Blind For A Decade See Again Using The Second Sight Argus II
Imagine you have a regenerative eye disease that slowly took your eyesight over time, leaving you completely blind before your 60th birthday. That’s what ha... Read More...
Finally, An Inflammation-Free Tattoo Removal Cream For Conveniently Erasing Some Of Life’s More Unfortunate Choices
Remember when you thought it was a good idea to have the neighborhood kid put Yann Travaille-style tattoos on your forearm? Yeah, it wasn’t. And while surgi... Read More...
Scientists Develop New Process To X-Ray The Insides Of Bacteria
X-rays have allowed us to take quick snapshots inside our bodies for a long time now. For bacteria, though, the process isn’t quite as simple, often requiri... Read More...
GoSun Is The Portable Solar Cooker Your Beach Outings And Picnics Have Needed All Along
Harnessing solar power for cooking is something that’s been done before. The GoSun, however, manages to integrate its sun-powered technology in a highly-por... Read More...
Gimball Is The World’s First Collision-Proof Drone
Armed with a flood lights (obviously not this big) and a camera, an aerial drone can be very useful during search operations, allowing you to survey an area... Read More...
Sprayable Sleep Offers An Alternative Way To Get Your Nightly Dose Of Melatonin
Melatonin pills have been available for a while now, promising a magic bullet that helps induce sleep. Except, like many magic bullets, it doesn’t actually ... Read More...
Scientists Invent A Way To Unboil Eggs In Five Minutes
Science is awesome, letting us build useful things like exoskeletons with superhuman strength, tractor beams, and artificial human brains. This time around,... Read More...
Sophisticated Sensors Allow The Tech-Air Motorcycle Airbags To Trigger Right Before You Hit Any Solid Surface
There are few things more liberating than hopping on an insanely powerful motorcycle and hitting the open road. There are, however, also few things more haz... Read More...
Wear The Fortis Exoskeleton And Shave Off 36 Pounds Out Of Any Heavy Object You Carry
While we’re probably far from having exoskeletons that will give us Incredible Hulk strength, it doesn’t mean we’re not making headway on artificially enhan... Read More...
iChip Allows Scientists To Discover First New Antibiotic In 25 Years
Before Teixobactin, an experimental antibiotic recently found by scientists, it’s been 25 years since a new antibiotic has been discovered. That drought end... Read More...
20 Most Interesting and Innovative Things From CES 2015
CES 2015 saw thousands of tech and electronic companies take to the floor to show off their latest innovations and gadgets. These are the ones we liked best.... Read More...