Search results for

Transport for London (TfL) has announced upcoming trails of an "intelligent" pedestrian crossing. Called the Pedestrian Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT), the system is part of a program to decrease traffic fatalities in the capital by 40 percent by the year 2020.

Audi is developing a system that will make never getting caught by a red light an everyday thing. The system communicates with an area's central traffic computer to calculate the best speed to catch green lights as a way of speeding up traffic while saving fuel and the the environment.

When it comes to assessing the condition of someone's eyes, it's usually necessary to utilize large, expensive contraptions such as those found in an ophthalmologist's office. Now, scientists from Stanford University have created an inexpensive system that allows smartphones to do the job.

Forget the "Shard," the "Walkie Talkie" and the "Cheese Grater," the real revolution in UK buildings is in timber construction, which saves on build time, carbon emissions and boasts energy efficiency. One new apartment block in Chelsea is calculated to use the same energy as a Smart car.

Though gaming laptops come in all shapes and sizes, it's the full 17-inch machines that provide the best performance on the move. Read on as we take a detailed look at the Alienware 17 and MSI GT70 2OD.

Ducati has upgraded its devilishly photogenic Diavel supercruiser with a new 1198cc Testastretta engine, new exhaust, full-LED headlight, reduced emissions, better fuel consumption and more mid-range grunt ... as if it needed it.

Italdesign Giugiaro’s Clipper MPV concept car was unveiled last week at the Geneva Motor Show. The four-wheel drive, six-seater with fully independent all-electric drive sports a design based on a study of future cities and is billed by the maker as a “veritable automotive research design lab.”

This gravity-defying US$40k catamaran rises completely out of the water at speed on a pair of hook-shaped hydrofoils. It looks like the work of David Copperfield, but it’s real, and it’s set to start a revolution in the sailing world.

SpaceX announced on Thursday that it has delayed the scheduled launch of the third commercial flight of its unmanned Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) that would have seen the first mission of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with its landing legs.

IBM has put Watson, its cognitive computing system, in control of the menu at a food truck feeding attendees at this week's SXSW festival and the appointment has resulted in some particularly imaginative dishes.

Soundwall is a wireless speaker designed to be a feast for the eyes and ears alike. It's a large, flat-panel speaker hidden inside a canvas displaying a work of art of your choosing. Music is streamed to it via Wi-Fi and Apple AirPlay.

This week, the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) announced the first-ever demonstration of collaborative tele-operations to control robots by operators on the International Space Station (ISS) and on the ground.