Intel Offers Internet Smarts for Dumb Vending Machines by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-05-07 21:00 (#8KJW) Intel envisions Internet-connected vending machines that could serve both vendors and their customers better
Perovskite Transistors Made for First Time by Dexter Johnson on 2015-05-07 20:00 (#8KEZ) Perovskite-based FET enables direct room-temperature measurements of the material's electronic properties
Quadcopters Tied to a Pole Do Cooperative Acrobatics by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-07 15:50 (#8K1Q) Remarkably, tying a quadcopter to a pole with a piece of rope is actually a really good idea
Women in Tech Take Over (the San Jose Marriott) by Tekla Perry on 2015-05-07 13:00 (#8JPQ) IEEE brings together technology’s top women to talk about leaning in, stepping up, and solving problems—engineering and otherwise
FAA Will Let Some Drones Fly Beyond Line of Sight by Philip E. Ross on 2015-05-06 22:22 (#8HC8) A drone maker, a news network, and a railway will beta-test new rules
Cheap Centimeter-Precision GPS For Cars, Drones, Virtual Reality by Prachi Patel on 2015-05-06 20:00 (#8H4A) Software-based receiver corrects the inherent errors GPS measurements, providing position with two centimeters
Hawaii Votes to Go 100% Renewable by Peter Fairley on 2015-05-06 16:09 (#8GNY) Hawaii’s legislature has voted to set the first 100-percent renewable power goal for a U.S. state, but it’s got growing global company
Freightliner Unveils First Autonomous Semi-Truck Licensed to Drive Itself on Highways by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-06 15:00 (#8GHY) The Inspiration truck can legally drive itself on public highways without the driver having to pay any attention at all
Audi Pixelated Laser Headlights Light the Road and Paint It Too by Lawrence Ulrich on 2015-05-06 14:00 (#8HN0) By breaking laser light into tiny sub-beams, you can spare opposing drivers' eyes and even display signs on the roads
Computer Battles Top Human Poker Players by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-05-05 21:00 (#8ETN) A Carnegie Mellon computer program challenges human poker pros to 20,000 hands each over two weeks
2-D Materials Produce Optically Active Quantum Dots for First Time by Dexter Johnson on 2015-05-05 20:43 (#8ENP) Quantum dots open up both optoelectronic and spintronic applications
World's Largest Swarm of Miniature Robot Submarines by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-05 16:00 (#8EAR) A fleet of little robot submarines is learning to cooperatively perform tasks underwater
Microwave Ovens Posing as Astronomical Objects by Alexander Hellemans on 2015-05-05 16:00 (#8E9N) Did microwave ovens lead astronomers astray?
Automation in Cars: A $100 Billion Market by 2030 by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-05 14:00 (#8E1Q) Report says the driver assist market will increase by a factor of fifty over the next two decades
CyPhy Works Launches Drone That Makes Aerial Video Easy and Intuitive by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-04 21:00 (#8CFH) This consumer camera drone can shoot stable video without a gimbal
Goldman Sachs Bets on Bitcoin by Morgen Peck on 2015-05-04 20:00 (#8CCX) Goldman Sachs jumps in on a 50 million dollar funding round for Circle, a Boston-based Bitcoin startup.
Electricity Use Could Soar as Global Middle Class Embraces Air Conditioning by Katherine Tweed on 2015-05-04 16:54 (#8C2W) As incomes rise, so does the demand for cooling. Can developing world grids handle it?
Has Germany’s Energy Transition Stalled? by Christian Roselund & John Bernhardt on 2015-05-04 15:00 (#8BT0) The country’s huge expansion into solar, wind, and other renewables has not been entirely smooth
Lessons Learned Along Europe’s Road to Renewables by Christian Roselund & John Bernhardt on 2015-05-04 15:00 (#8BSZ) Denmark, Portugal, and Spain have all made a rapid transition away from fossil fuels for electricity, but each in a different way
Amazon's Jeff Bezos Debuts Spacecraft in First Flight Test by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-05-01 18:00 (#87FH) The Blue Origin spaceflight firm funded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos held a first test flight of its New Shepard space vehicle
Fabulous Footage of Dueling Supercars in Rome by Philip E. Ross on 2015-05-01 17:00 (#87C3) Feast your eyes on this teaser from the upcoming Bond movie
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum Seeks Silicon Valley Icon by Tekla Perry on 2015-05-01 16:00 (#878Y) Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have been reproduced in wax—who should be next? Time to vote
Video Friday: Strong Microbots, Holographic Robots, and Extreme Drone Flying by Evan Ackerman on 2015-05-01 14:18 (#872B) Today we have two weeks of robots videos for you
Light Reveals the Spin of Electrons by Dexter Johnson on 2015-05-01 12:00 (#86RA) Replacing magnets with light to detect electron spin offers new possibilities for "spintronics'
Moore’s Law Milestones by David Lammers on 2015-04-30 19:00 (#85AW) As the stakes got higher and higher, semiconductor specialists performed the near impossible to keep the winning streak alive
U.S. Hydropower Fleet has Upside Power and Storage Potential by Peter Fairley on 2015-04-30 18:01 (#85AX) The Energy Department's first comprehensive hydropower assessment shows steady growth and plenty of headroom, especially for pumped hydro energy storage
Five Things You Might Not Know About Moore’s Law by Rachel Courtland on 2015-04-30 17:30 (#859E) Facts that are often overlooked when Moore’s Law is discussed
Robot Arm Brings Humanity Back to the Stone Age by Evan Ackerman on 2015-04-30 17:10 (#854Q) To figure out how stone tools were used millions of years ago, archaeologists are turning to robots
Savioke’s Robot Butler Brings You Room Service by Evan Ackerman on 2015-04-30 17:00 (#853T) In a six-month trial run, this robot made over 1,000 deliveries in busy hotel
Ashok Jhunjhunwala: Reengineering Rural India by Geetha Rao on 2015-04-30 15:00 (#84VG) The TeNet group cofounder creates telecom, banking, and electricity systems to lift up underserved communities
Virtual Reality Pioneer Looks Beyond Entertainment by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-04-30 13:22 (#84RF) Jeremy Bailenson looks to virtual reality's future based on lessons from two decades of research
DARPA's Self-Steering EXACTO Bullets Home in on Moving Targets by Evan Ackerman on 2015-04-29 21:05 (#8333) Classified DARPA technology allows bullets to follow your directions after you fire them
How to Stop Killer Asteroids by G. Pascal Zachary on 2015-04-29 19:00 (#82WA) Only vigilance and ingenuity stand between Earth and oblivion
Novel Process Promises Atomically Thin Semiconductors for Electronics by Dexter Johnson on 2015-04-29 17:15 (#82Q8) Novel manufacturing process brings uniform 2-D films to the wafer scale
Now Any Team Can Buy the Performance Analysis Engine that Helped Germany Win World Cup by Crispin Andrews on 2015-04-29 16:00 (#82AZ) SAP's Sports One combines on-field performance analysis software, with fan engagement and business operations support, in a single unified system
Robot Taxis Will Reshape Urban Landscapes by Willie Jones on 2015-04-29 15:00 (#82B1) A study predicts that cities will be dramatically changed when no one drives to work and few people have their own cars
Sentinel’s Mission to Find 500,000 Near-Earth Asteroids by Harold Reitsema on 2015-04-29 15:00 (#82B0) The privately funded space telescope will hunt for objects on a collision course with Earth
Fetch Robotics Introduces Fetch and Freight: Your Warehouse Is Now Automated by Evan Ackerman on 2015-04-29 11:00 (#82B2) This pair of robots is ready to take over in warehouses, autonomously picking and delivering goods
IBM Shows First Full Error Detection for Quantum Computers by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-04-29 10:00 (#82B3) IBM's four-qubit array is the first to detect both types of quantum computing errors
How Oculus Story Studio Learned Storytelling in Virtual Reality by Jeremy Hsu on 2015-04-28 22:00 (#8157) Oculus Story Studio founders take inspiration from films, games, and live theater to do VR storytelling
“Holey” Graphene Improved as an Electrode Material by Dexter Johnson on 2015-04-28 20:30 (#810X) Researchers develop a more refined process for making holes in graphene that promises greater charge capacity for supercapacitors
Mildred Dresselhaus: The Queen of Carbon by Mark Anderson on 2015-04-28 19:00 (#80WB) Electronics made from nanoscale tubes, wires, and sheets of carbon are coming, thanks to pioneering researcher Mildred Dresselhaus
DORA Telepresence Robot Gives You Fully Immersive Experience by Evan Ackerman on 2015-04-28 17:30 (#80PJ) "You feel like you are transported somewhere else in the real world"
Micromotors to Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cells by Charles Q. Choi on 2015-04-28 17:00 (#80N4) Microparticles could zip inside fluid to generate hydrogen gas
The Murky Origins of "Moore's Law" by Rachel Courtland on 2015-04-28 16:00 (#80FB) A hunt for the very first time the term was used
First X-ray Views Inside Overheating Lithium-ion Batteries by Charles Q. Choi on 2015-04-28 15:30 (#80DW) Gas pockets and short circuits can destroy battery innards during thermal runaway
When Integrated Circuits Couldn’t Be Trusted by Stephen Cass on 2015-04-28 15:00 (#80AQ) In the 1960s, microelectronics were often unreliable
App to Driver: Get Ready to Roll! by Philip E. Ross on 2015-04-28 14:00 (#807G) A free phone app warns you when a red light is about to turn green
A New Bionic Eye: Infrared Light-Powered Retina Implant Coming by Eliza Strickland on 2015-04-28 13:00 (#803E) A photovoltaic device implanted in the retina will be tested in humans next year
Finding People In the Nepal Earthquake Zone by Tekla Perry on 2015-04-27 22:00 (#7YRD) Google, Facebook, activate people finder tools