Search results for

Disney Research has demonstrated a new method for wireless power transmission that induces electrical currents in an enclosed metallic structure and could charge your devices automatically the moment you walk into a room, making electrical cords and charging cradles a thing of the past.​

When we first discovered the British-designed Opus camping trailer back in 2013, its combination of pop-up construction and comfy design made it one of our favorite campers of the year. Now it's even better. The new inflatable Air Opus trailer tent sets up in about a third the time of the original.

​An MRI physicist at King's College Hospital in London has spearheaded a virtual reality app to help soothe children's fears about receiving an MRI. The "My MRI at King's" app is specially designed to walk children through the MRI process, which can be off-putting for first-timers of all ages.

​Adobe Illustrator is not as well-known as its eponymous cousin Photoshop, but it’s far from a niche application. Here’s a primer on when and why to use Illustrator – and its best alternatives, if you don’t want a monthly bill from Adobe.

In this comparison, we pit the second-generation Moto 360 – one of the leading smartwatches when it was released at the end of 2015 – against the new LG Watch Style, one of the first wearables to ship with Android Wear 2.0. If you have the former, should you upgrade to the latter?

As more jobs are becoming automated, there are calls for everything from a robot tax to universal basic income to deal with the dramatic shift in the underlying structures of labor economies over the next 20 to 50 years. But what do these proposals truly mean and can any be properly implemented?

Soldiers are often forced to choose between a close quarter or a magnified sight for their assault rifles. Raytheon's answer is its ELCAN Specter dual-field-of-view rifle sights that can switch between magnifications and now includes a next-generation digital fire control system.

About 2 years ago, Paul Vo revealed a prototype string sustainer called the Wand that used similar tech to his Vo-96 Acoustic Synth. Named the Wond for its Kickstarter launch, it subsequently shipped to almost 500 musicians. Vo has now announced that he's ready to work on its successor, the Wond II.

To counter blood clots, surgeons administer blood thinning drugs throughout a procedure, but knowing when to do so is difficult. By shining light through the patient’s blood, researchers have developed a new system that gives surgeons real-time feedback and alerts them at the first sign of a clot.

​Boeing has whipped the (very long) covers off the latest addition to the Dreamliner family. The 787-10 was launched during President Trump's visit to the Boeing factory in South Carolina, and blends the outstanding fuel efficiency of the existing 787-8 and 787-9 with room for even more passengers.

Rare breeds of chickens could soon come from entirely different types of hens. The University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute ​used gene editing techniques to create surrogate hens that grow up to produce eggs with all the genetic information of different breeds.

Minimally invasive surgery often sees large, expensive robots acting as a surgeon's hands inside the patient's body.​ A new cheaper “needle driver” is designed to precisely mimic the motions of a surgeon’s wrist and translate it to a tiny flexible claw, with no electronic or computerized parts.