The Invention Of The Solar Cell
• popsci.com60 years ago this week, the modern solar cell came into being. Here's how.
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Inventions
How Google's Self-Driving Car Doesn't Run You Over
• popsci.comThe company's cars have logged 700,000 miles, and now they're focusing on more complicated city streets.
Invention Awards 2014: A Personal Electric Airplane That Won't Need A Runway
• popsci.comThis vertical-landing plane runs on electricity
New-and-improved gecko-inspired adhesive sticks to more surfaces
• gizmag.comA couple of years ago, we first heard about a gecko-inspired reusable adhesive known as Geckskin.
Spider-Man Fan Built His Own Webshooting Gloves
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Eric EisenbergI have some news that might be kind of hard to hear: you are never going to become Spider-Man. Radioactive spiders don't exist, humans can't naturally stick to walls with their hands and feet, and a person trying to swing from a skyscraper with "webb
High-School-Age Heroes Create Ketchup Lid That Doesn't Squirt Water
• http://www.popsci.com, By Colin LecherThe condiment game has changed
Portable wind turbine is the green way to charge your devices
• http://www.dvice.com, Robin BurksModern society depends on its mobile devices and gadgets in ways like we’ve never done before. We’ve grown dependent on our devices, but, unfortunately, most of them rely on batteries that just don’t last very long.
Firehose-propelled hover platform puts water jetpacks to shame
• http://www.dvice.com, Raymond WongFirefighters take their jobs pretty seriously. They need to. Because nobody else is crazy enough to barge into a burning building to save a cat. But firefighters need to have fun, too. We go bananas every time we see a water jetpack video, but this f
Wireless charger can juice up 40 phones from across the room
• http://www.dvice.com, Michael TreiIf you use your smartphone a lot, and who doesn't these days, you probably find yourself having to top up the charge whenever you get the opportunity.
U.S. Navy successfully turns seawater into fuel for ships and planes
• http://www.dvice.com, Raymond WongRailguns aren't the only thing the U.S. Navy is bragging about this week. Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. announced they have successfully turned seawater into fuel.
As it turns out, salt water + graphene = electricity
• http://www.dvice.com, Travis AndrewsHere at DVICE, graphene is kind of a big deal. The element allows for innovation as far reaching as 2D computers, neon buildings with solar paint and bandages that can help shield from infection.
Real-life Spider-Man web-shooter ditches webbing for tiny harpoons
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenIf the recent batch of movie trailers are any indication, Spider-Man needs all the help he can get nowadays. So if you've ever dreamed of being the "Bucky" to Peter Parker's "Cap," take special note: the web-shooter is now (more or less) a reality.
FingerReader lets the blind read any printed or digital book
• http://www.dvice.com, Robin BurksIn 1829, Frenchman Louis Braille developed a tactile system that would allow those with vision impairment to read books... MIT researchers have changed that problem with a new piece of wearable technology that reads books out loud to those with visio
Ultrasound-infused 3D-printed casts heal your broken body crazy fast
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenSince hitting the mainstream, 3D printing has taken a firm foothold in the world of medicine.
Gillette Is Working On A High-End Razor That Could Revolutionize Shaving
• Harrison Jacobs and Ashley LutzProcter & Gamble Co is getting ready to release a new Gillette razor in the battle for men's faces. Their newest innovation, according to marketing documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, is a swiveling-ball hinge that allows the blade to pivo
This Is Speed Lab
• http://www.popsci.com, By Matthew de PaulaWelcome to the Speed Lab, where Popular Science explores the most important disruptive technology in the world of cars and transportation.
Land Rover's New Concept SUV Doesn't Have Door Handles
• http://www.popsci.com,The company's Discovery Vision concept is the first move toward that (maybe still faraway) future. First step: gesture controls.
Cool Idea: Using Tiny 3-D Printed Parts to Hack Other Products
• http://www.wired.com, By Joseph FlahertyThanks to advances in technology and drops in price, it’s become possible to imagine a 3-D printer in every home. What’s less clear is what we’ll do with these wondrous machines.
A Solution For Graphene Production
• http://cen.acs.org, By Neil SavageMaterials: Electrochemical exfoliation produces high-quality graphene in a short time
Amazon smartphone with five front-facing cameras revealed
• http://www.dvice.com, Raymond WongAmazon's smartphone plans are coming together at last. New photos and information published by BGR reveal Amazon's smartphone will employ an array of front-facing cameras to create a unique 3D user interface.
Novel technique produces ethanol from carbon monoxide
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben CoxworthEthanol may be touted as a more eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuels, but it's not without its own drawbacks. Most importantly, the corn or other plants required as feedstock often take up field space that could otherwise be put to use growing fo
World’s first graphene speaker already superior to Sennheiser MX400
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Loz BlainGraphene is frankly just showing off at this point.
International Space Station to fire video-carrying lasers at Earth
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenIf sci-fi is any meter by which to judge these things, firing lasers at planets is usually a pretty disastrous idea. Thankfully, though, there's no sign that the Galactic Empire has taken charge of the International Space Station (ISS), since that's
Samsung patent shows off Glass-like wearable with fold-away display
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenAugmented reality (AR) headsets are officially a reality today, with any U.S. resident now able to pick up their own Google Glass (today only). Now that it looks like the long-awaited world of wearables is coming into its own, the folks in the tech i
The Netherlands Is Experimenting With Glow-In-The-Dark Roads
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Alyson PennThe Netherlands has come up with a brilliant way to save money and energy on road lighting: glow-in-the-dark paint.
Self-healing polymer restores itself in minutes
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Dario BorghinoResearchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a self-healing polymer that can mend itself and fully restore its mechanical properties in just a few minutes when heated at low temperatures.
Sealegs begins licensing its amphibious drive system to boat builders worldwide
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Mike HanlonNZ-based Sealegs has begun licensing its patented amphibious boat technology.
Hybrid electric flying car concept promises everything
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenIt's past time that we actually buckle down and unlock the door to the flying cars sci-fi has been promising us for decades.
Land Rover reveals "invisible" bonnet for Discovery Vision concept
• http://www.gizmag.com, By David SzondyLand Rover teased its new Discovery Vision concept last week in the run-up to its début at 2014 New York International Auto Show on April 16, and now the car maker reveals a bit more about the Vision – or rather, less.
Software Shows What Children Will Look Like In 70 Years, With Unprecedented Accuracy
• http://www.popsci.com,The tool draws on a database of 40,000 people
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