Using LiFi to Close the Internet Divide
Harald Haas imagines an internet without wires, where data is sent via off-the-shelf LED lights, helping to close the internet divide by using existing infrastructure.
View ArticleBitDrones Swarm to Create 3D Displays
Being hailed as a significant step toward interactive self-levitating programmable matter, the flying BitDrones can swarm together to create a 3D, tactile user interface.
View ArticleSnotBot Drones Collect Whale Data Without Stress
The Snotbot drones from the Ocean Alliance collect whale snot safely and effectively, without disturbing the whale (or Patrick Stewart) in any way.
View ArticleFerryboat Inflatable Car Ferry
The Ferryboat inflatable boat sets up in minutes and can be used as a car ferry, pleasure cruiser and rescue boat.
View ArticleSpencer Robot Reduces Missed Flights
The Spencer robot helps airline passengers navigate large and complex airports, helping to reduce the costs associated with passengers getting lost and missing their flights.
View ArticleTeaching Robots to Say No
Researchers at Tufts University are teaching robots to reject orders from humans by saying “no” to commands that could cause them harm.
View Article3D Replicas Help Improve Surgeries
In order to perform much more exact and optimal surgeries, physicians and biomedical engineers teamed up with Stratasys to create a 3D replica of the patient’s brain vessel anatomy.
View Article3D-Printed Fashion from Home
Danit Peleg discusses her vision of the future of fashion, when people can design and print their clothes at home using 3D printers—and even shows off a few of her own creations.
View ArticleStopping Airborne Germs in Planes
Just in time for holiday travels, seventeen-year-old Raymond Wong illustrates how airborne diseases travel on airplanes, and offers a simple solution to stop them.
View ArticleHelping the Blind with New Technologies
Chieka Asakawa, who has been blind since she was fourteen, discusses the new technologies that aid the visually-impaired, and how designing for accessibility benefits everyone.
View ArticleArcaBoard Hoverboard Really Does Hover
Created by the aerospace company Arca, the ArcaBoard steps into the ring as the world’s first actual hoverboard, able to float and cruise over any surface.
View ArticleLivin Farms Desktop Insect Farm
The Livin Farms desktop hive lets people grow their own edible insects at home in a sanitary and controlled environment.
View ArticleLeafy Green Machine is a Farm in a Box
Ideal for urban dwellers, the Leafy Green Machine from Freight Farms delivers a complete farming setup in a convenient shipping container.
View ArticleVICIS Zero1 Impact Reducing Football Helmet
Designed by a team of team of neurosurgeons and engineers and two years in the making, the VICIS Zero1 football helmet aims to reduce the risk of injury with its specialized layers and custom fit.
View ArticleClearCast Brings Voting Machines into the Present
As the U.S.’s voting machines continue to slide into disrepair, the ClearCast precinct voting unit offers a more advanced, accurate, and longer-lasting alternative.
View ArticleWearable Sensor Monitors Health Through Sweat
A flexible sensor developed by a team from UC Berkeley detects and measures key chemicals in the wearer’s sweat in real time to track their physical state during exercise.
View ArticleHyperloop Concept Speeds into the Future
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop project is edging closer to reality with endorsement from the US Secretary of Transportation and hints of government funding.
View ArticleHow We'll Fight the Next Deadly Virus
Pardis Sabeti shows how open cooperation was the key to halting the recent Ebola virus attack, and to stopping the next outbreak.
View ArticleHoverbike
The hoverbike from Malloy Aeronautics, is an individual flying quadcopter that may revolutionize the concept of flying.
View ArticleThe Future of Shape-Shifting Technology
Sean Follmer, interactive designer and co-creator of inFORM discusses the future of shape-shifting technology and how it will change the way we work and collaborate.
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