Australian scientists develop cheap and rapid way to identify antibiotic-resistant golden staph (MRSA). A combination of off-the-shelf quantum dot nanotechnology and a smartphone camera soon... Read more
Flexible keys raised by fluid or gas on a touch screen surface applied to smart phones, tablets and other consumer electronics gadgets are expected to debut in 2013. Today you have to choose... Read more
A new app and Web site may make it easier to predict storm surges Researchers have had a notoriously difficult time predicting how much flooding a given area will experience in the wake of a... Read more
Rewiring Humanity Over the course of history, new technologies have created global shifts and fueled the forward momentum of countries and empires. Every new invention — from the mobil... Read more
Could change the way visually impaired pedestrians navigate city streets Deep below the surface in the basement of the engineering building at the University of Minnesota, researchers are wo... Read more
Smart phones carrying digital keys and portable identity credentials may render traditional keys obsolete For roughly 4,000 years since the invention of the lock, the mechanical key has prov... Read more