In 2010, 3-D TV was cited as being the "next big thing" in home entertainment. Why hasn't it caught on with consumers?
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New Fuel-Electric Hybrid Car Will Be Able to Fly
Flying cars are no longer the stuff of science fiction. However, the flying cars of the future might actually be environmentally-conscious as well.
Read More »German Scientists Develop Robot That Can Touch You — Literally
The latest advancement in robotics has come from Germany, where scientists have developed a new robotic model that has 'sensitive skin', allowing it to simulate the sensation of touch.
Read More »Want Your Genetic Info for $10k? There’s an App for That
Illumina, a company that offers genome sequencing to the public, has now announced an iPad application to be used to manage your genetic info -- which can be purchased for the low cost of $10k.
Read More »Researchers Develop Acoustic Cloak that Makes Ships ‘Invisible’ on Sonar
Using nothing but a few pieces of plastic with strategically drilled holes, researchers have successfully invented an invisibility "cloak" that could make ships undetectable on sonar.
Read More »Linking Computers and Brain Signals… for Science
New technology involving wireless electrodes gives humans the ability to manipulate objects with brain signals.
Read More »Acer’s New Supercomputer has 25,000 Compute Cores
Acer (of all companies) has made a supercomputer that's now the 42nd fastest in the world -- even if it does take up an entire room.
Read More »Incredible Defense Tech Blows up Rockets Before Impact
This technology is pretty amazing. Using the power of a computer with enhanced processors, "active protection" tech can actually detonate rockets before impact. Obviously, the Army's probably going crazy over this.
Read More »Dark Energy Exists and Its Tearing the Universe Apart
No one can actually see it. No one knows what it is or how it works. But, after a five-year study of 200,000 galaxies, scientists are as certain as they'll ever be that dark energy exists, and it is tearing our universe apart.
Read More »Amazing Bionic Hand
Last year a young Austrian man named Patrick was the first person in the world to choose to have his hand amputated, and fitted with a bionic replacement. The results are impressive.
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