Cords are terrible, horrible things. Some of you may remember back to ancient times, when everything was corded and nobody was able to leave their houses. Ever. We’ve come a long way since then, what [...]

Physicists say they can make money that can’t be copied—at least in theory   Since the invention of paper money, counterfeiters have churned out fake bills. Some of their handiwork, created with high-tech inks, papers, [...]

It may be possible to conjure swarms of microscopic bubble robots out of nothing . . .   We’re used to thinking of robots as mechanical entities, but at very small scales, it sometimes becomes [...]

This gripping system is very cheap and very robust   “Jamming” has to be one of the coolest new actuation techniques we’ve seen in the last couple years, and we’ve recently covered a bunch of [...]

The facility houses four of FuelCell’s 2.8 MW devices   A company caled FuelCell Energy announced that its 11.2 megawatt “fuel cell park” is open for business in Daegu City in South Korea. The facility [...]