Blog Category: technology

5-kilowatt industrial laser with a pistol grip

‘Made in space!’ Astronaut sews dinosaur toy from space station scraps

The Top-Secret, Female Computers of World War II

‘The Writer’ Automaton: an 18th-century programmable computer?

Carpet designer threatens cosplayers with legal action

A Skyscraper That Can Disappear Using High-Tech Camouflage

US military scientists can identify whom to kill in a population in order to prevent the viral spread of a message

Smart syringe turns bright red to warn of prior use

Incredible paintings of sci-fi suburbia will make you wish you were Swedish

How 500 Years Of Weird Condiment History Designed The Heinz Ketchup Bottle

Vanish from the Internet with This One-Stop Website

The Weirdest-Looking Time Machines in All Science Fiction

19 Cool Design Features Hidden On Stuff You Use Everyday

Points: Smart Robotic Street Sign Rotates towards Direction of Content

xkcd on Google Glass countermeasures

The World’s First Banner Ad

Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers in scanned documents (original report)

Confused photocopiers randomly rewriting scanned documents (short version)

Thumbs-up from reviewers of first lab-grown burger

How iOS 7’s Font Change Looks in the New Beta 3

The Largest Structure Ever Built Has Opened in China

‘Shortcat’ utility replaces mouse clicks with keyboard presses

The Hut Where the Internet Began

World’s Most Wired: Designer Robert Egger

NASA Set to Fund World’s First 3D Food Printer

This Subway Window Whispers Ads That Only You Can Hear

Cortex 3D-printed cast for fractures

The Lowly Luggage Tag Gets a High-Tech Makeover

Desktop Backgrounds Designed to Make You Smarter

Public Art Marks Hurricane Evacuation Spots in New Orleans

Geeks vs Nerds: An Infographic

“Aviatrix” – A few of the fantastic woman flyers of the early 20th century

Buildings Based On Human Bone Structure Could Be the Future of Cities

A Chocolate Maker’s Big Innovation

“Make JPEG Droplet” Is the Fastest Way to Convert Files to JPEGs

Beautiful, functional prosthetic limbs add custom touch to amputees’ lives

Quantum Invisibility Cloak Hides Objects from Reality

See an Autopsy of the Original Mac and Other Iconic Gadgets

Unsuspecting People Get a Live Photoshopped Surprise

Paralyzed man uses brain-powered robot arm to touch

Amazon launches Storyteller to turn scripts into storyboards — automagically

11 Spectacular 3D Printer Failures

The International Space Station will get its own 3D printer next year

Brainpainting via computer frees expression for the paralyzed

Ghostly Ship Graveyards from Around the World

Triple-nested Klein bottle made out of blown glass

Meet the ‘Glasshole’

The First Image Ever of a Hydrogen Atom’s Orbital Structure