Queen of Crappy Robots Teams Up with Adam Savage to Create Popcorn Feeding Machine

Before you watch this, let’s get something straight: calling Simone Giertz the queen of crappy robots is actually a compliment and not an insult. As far as I’m concerned, Simone is one of the most interesting person to follow online. The girl is both hilarious and brilliant, and it’s not really surprising that Adam Savage […]



WANT: Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine [Video + Pics]

I don’t know about you, but if this product would be real, I’d totally be getting one! The Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine provides the low thrum of a familiar spacecraft exploring some corner of an as-yet-unknown galaxy to gently lull you to sleep. Use the easy-to-navigate LCARS touch screen display to select a […]



Meet the Dazzling Flying Machines of the Future

When you hear the word “drone,” you probably think of something either very useful or very scary. But could they have aesthetic value? Autonomous systems expert Raffaello D’Andrea develops flying machines, and his latest projects are pushing the boundaries of autonomous flight — from a flying wing that can hover and recover from disturbance to […]

US to Pay You (Up to $130,000) To Weaponize Everyday Tech

If you’ve got an idea for turning a household appliance into a weapon, it’s normally best to keep it to yourself. But now the US military might pay you a six-figure sum for the idea. Regular readers will no doubt have guessed the bounty comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is […]