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…
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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…
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…
Traffic Jam on the Interstate? Fly the Aeromobil 2.5 to Work
Flying cars have been a popular topic of discussion for decades. Way back in 1940, Henry Ford said, “Mark my words: A combination airplane and motorcar is coming.” One such attempt was made at this…
Will Bacteria-Eating Viruses Exterminate Superbugs?
A team of scientists from the University of Leicester has successfully isolated viruses that eat bacteria called phages in hopes of eradicating the highly-infectious hospital superbug Clostridium difficile (C. diff.). Due to overuse of antibiotics,…
Solid-State Laser Could Be the End of Guided Missiles and Artillery
The US Navy’s first trial with the solid-state LaWS (laser weapon system) from aboard the USS Ponce points towards revolutionizing global warfare. The at-sea demonstration in April this year brought down a test drone and…
Scientists Grow Bacteria Zoos in 3D Printed Cages
Scientists at the University of Texas have developed a method of creating gelatin “cages”for bacteria through 3D printing that may help lead to a better understanding of how bacteria function in groups. By using a…
Find a Parking Place Through Cyberspace
You arrive at an event with plenty of time but still end up being late after wasting valuable time desperately looking for a parking space. However, Anagog app on your mobile phone can help you…
