Trade Your Bike Lock Key for a Smartphone App
BitLock is a new innovative smartphone-enabled bicycle lock that takes away the need for a key. The lock intuitively cuts out the key when it is set up to recognize your smartphone when it’s in…
Mutant Motorcycle Car Hits the Streets in 2014
Recently, we have seen the merging of forms: lawnmowers capable of 130 mph speeds, flying cars, e-cycles, clean ATVs and snowmobiles, electric skateboards and motorized wheelchairs. One constant over the decades, though, has been the…
Nanotech Dog Nose Sniffs Out Explosives, Illicit Substances
About a quarter century ago, Americans started bringing home smoke detectors from the local hardware store, placing them in areas all around their houses to protect life and property from fire. Later, carbon monoxide and…
Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century
There are now over one billion cars traveling roads around the world directly and indirectly costing trillions of dollars in material resources, time and noxious emissions. Imagine all these cars running cleanly for 100 years…
Touch-Sensitive Prosthetics One Step Closer to Reality
The research, development and design behind prosthetic limbs has become more and more astonishing since the turn of the century as researchers have sought a way to make prosthesis much more intuitive and lifelike. These…
Gold, Still Gold But Now Available in New Colors
Scientists in Southampton are now able to change the color of the world’s most iconic precious metal, gold. They did this by embossing tiny raised or indented patterns onto the metal’s surface. This changes the…
The US Navy’s First Supercarrier Sells for One Cent
The U.S. Navy’s first supercarrier, the now-decommissioned USS Forrestal (AVT-59), has been sold for one cent to Texas-based All Star Metals. What does the company plan to do with its new purchase? Take the supercarrier…
Self-Healing Polymer Shows Why Its Nickname is “Terminator”
Self-healing polymers are a new class of smart materials with a capability to heal themselves when they are damaged without any help or repair by manual intervention of any kind. According to experts, the first…
Air New Zealand Now Boarding Flights to Antarctica
Antarctica continues to enthrall scientists and researchers with many parts unexplored and parts of its natural surroundings still unexplained. Of course, this is no easy task and getting to the great land of ice and…
Makers of Human & Cargo “Full Body Scanners” Detect Huge Demand on the Horizon
Despite controversy regarding “Full Body Scanners” (FBS) at airports, manufacturers of these products are continuing to invest heavily in research and development. Fact is, in addition to people in transit, these products are also used…
