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UK-based food inventor Charlie Harry Francis is looking to challenge the idea that the sensory delight offered by our favorite foods need live on in the form of bulging waistbands. His Edible Mist Machine is capable of producing inhalable mists ranging in flavor from smoked bacon to apple pie.

According to a survey conducted by astronomers at Cornell University, the Milky Way may be host to over 100 million planets hosting life beyond the microbial stage.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have manufactured and tested a new type of colloidal quantum dots (CQD), that could lead to much cheaper, spray-on solar cells, as well as better LEDs, lasers and weather satellites.

With both Sony and Microsoft having had their latest consoles on the market for more than six months, this year’s E3 was always going to be about the games. The sheer volume of announcements makes it impossible for us to cover everything, but here are some of the highlights from E3 2014.

For residents living in the north, where sunlight can be a rare commodity during the winter, a psychological condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder is a very real problem. The CoeLux skylight aims to bring a realistic sunlight experience to those in the dark.

What do you call a bicycle that doesn't have a motor, but is packed with electronic features? Well, the emerging term seems to be "smart bike." We've already seen one called the Valour, but now there's a new one-off known as the Samsung Smart Bike.

In a move that appears like a late April Fools' prank, MINI has revealed a pickup version of the Cooper S Paceman. The Paceman Adventure loses its rear seats in favor of a small bed and is beefed up for off-road driving. Useful or just plain weird – you decide.

The number of devices connected to the Internet of Things is expected to reach 26 billion by 2020. The latest company to focus its efforts on organizing this impending sea of data is Bug Labs, which last week launched Freeboard, a simple web-based dashboard that tracks connected devices.

Scientists at the Dresden-based Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) have shrunk down retinal scanning technology in the hopes of making retinal scans a more widespread identification technology.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Chemnitz, Germany wants to bring airplane construction into the 21st century with a snake-like robot that can reach into the narrow, hard to reach cavities inside aircraft wings.

Remember how much fun it was to use the Dyson Airblade the first time? The Robo-Washer steps up the game by doing the washing part for you as well. 360-degree jets of high pressure soapy water are followed by a blast of warm air to give you an all-in-one touchless hand cleaning station with no mess.

Captain Picard’s ride seemed to have landed in Las Vegas today, as Boeing unveiled a mock-up of the new commercial interior of its Crew Space Transportation (CST-100).