The FitWet Jet Bike combines an exercise bike and a hot tub

The FitWet Jet Bike combines an exercise bike and a hot tub

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Exercise just got a little more attractive Relaxation and vigorous exercise rarely coexist, but the FitWet Jet Bike brings them together – sort of. The contraption is a unique piece of exercise equipment that combines

The Ludo: A Soccer Ball That Racks Up Cash For The Developing World As You Play

The Ludo: A Soccer Ball That Racks Up Cash For The Developing World As You Play

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Now a quick game of footie can mean more than just a little exercise–it can mean you’re also building a school. When the Soccket, a soccer ball that produces and stores energy during game play, was

Wi-Fi weather station could help create world's biggest weather-monitoring network

Wi-Fi weather station could help create world’s biggest weather-monitoring network

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The indoor unit’s sensors measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, CO2 levels and sound levels There is no shortage of smartphone apps that compile information from official weather monitoring sources,but if you’re looking to get some info

Black & Decker puts new "motion-activated" twist on the cordless screwdriver

Black & Decker puts new “motion-activated” twist on the cordless screwdriver

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Users control the power tool’s variable speed and direction with a twist of the wrist The open-source Arduino micro-controller is a very useful piece of kit which has been implemented by hackers to power countless endeavors from Musical

Take control of a moon rover with the Remote Rover Experiment project

Take control of a moon rover with the Remote Rover Experiment project

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Pledge $12 or more and remote-pilot a lunar rover! If you’ve ever yearned to take part in a space program but haven’t been given the chance, then perhaps you should take a look at the

The unbeatable Japanese robot

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RESEARCHERS have developed a robot that can beat humans at rock-paper-scissors every damn time. Naturally it’s a Japanese invention. The robot was developed by scientists at the Sensor Fusion Lab at the Ishikawa-Oku Laboratory in

Sensordrone adds more sensory capabilities to smartphones

Sensordrone adds more sensory capabilities to smartphones

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Sensordrone can measure temperature (with two separate sensors including an infrared non-contact thermometer), humidity, pressure, proximity, illumination and color intensity. Those who value having a myriad of information on the world around them right at

Shape of cars to come

Shape of cars to come

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The little DeltaWing car at this year’s Le Mans aimed to do things differently. TO NO-ONE’S great surprise, Audi dominated last weekend’s 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, in the bucolic Loire distict of France.

Tomy BattroBorg 20 throws motion-controlled punches, rocks 'em and socks 'em Wii-style (video)

Tomy BattroBorg 20 throws motion-controlled punches, rocks ‘em and socks ‘em Wii-style (video)

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$50 for each robot and matching controller The last time we saw someone move the game on for Rock’em Sock’em Robots, it was a motion-controlled experiment that was unlikely to see the light of day.

Cordless Lamp Powered By Its Own Moving Parts & Gravity

Cordless Lamp Powered By Its Own Moving Parts & Gravity

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Sophisticated reading light generates electricity using a mechanism similar to that in a grandfather clock. Post Fossil has created the ‘First Light,’ a cordless reading lamp that doesn’t require electricity or solar energy to have

The Jetovator flying water bike adds momentum to the "firehose" market

The Jetovator flying water bike adds momentum to the “firehose” market

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New thought in any global arena doesn’t take long to propagate these days. Given an idea, there are now many small, highly skilled commando-like development teams that can employ the latest materials and technologies and

Joggobot turns a quadrocopter into a running companion

Joggobot turns a quadrocopter into a running companion

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Joggobot is capable of tracking the jogger Researchers from RMIT in Melbourne, Australia have developed a flying running companion called Joggobot. The system uses the built-in camera on a commercially-available Parrot AR Drone quadrocopter to