Parrot’s MiniDrone Flies Smart and Rolls on Big Wheels

Parrot’s Jumping Sumo Robot Can Jump 80cm High

Inside Moss: Modular Robotics’ Robot Construction Kit

Anyone can build a robot with these modular parts.  

How Oculus Rift, the Crystal Cove Prototype and DK2 Actually Work

What Facebook Gets with Oculus Rift Purchase: the latest generation of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and the new SDK that makes the magic possible.  

Truly Autonomous Braking

IEEE Spectrum’s Evan Ackerman takes a ride in Bosch’s driverless car.  

NASA’s Space-Digging RASSOR Robot

One day RASSOR will dig up resources on asteroids, the moon, or on Mars.  

Touch Screens of the Future

Carnegie Mellon’s Chris Harrison demonstrates TouchTools and TapSense, tablet apps he built to explore new ways of that people might interact with screens in the future.  

Time Machine Research

Chris Harrison conducts “time-machine research” by hacking together existing technologies  

NC Maker Faire 2014

Video highlights from the 2014 NC Maker Faire in Raleigh on June 7th.  

Parrot’s Jumping Sumo Robot Can Roll and Hop

Demo of Parrot’s Jumping Sumo robot at official release event in New York City.  

Parrot’s Rolling Spider Drone Flies and Flips

Demo of Parrot’s Rolling Spider MiniDrone at official release event in New York City.  

Thad Starner Wears the Future

Google Glass’s Thad Starner has been living the future for more than two decades.  

Meet Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home

MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal introduces her latest creation, Jibo, a social robot for the home that is now available for pre-order.  

Freeman Dyson Predicts the Future: Interactive Video

The celebrated physicist forecasts what the next 50 years will hold.  

How to Build Your Very Own Levitating Disco Ball

Electromagnetism, feedback, and the power of disco keep this orbiting mirror ball aloft.  

Early Rocket Tests for Jet-Assisted Takeoff

Frank Malina’s engineering team at JPL developed these rockets during World War II to shorten the takeoff distance of military aircraft.  

DIY: Haptic Gloves Teach Touch Typing

Vibrating motors in this glove teach an 11-year-old kid to touch-type.  

DIY: Hands-Free Sheet Music on a Digital Display

We built flat-panel monitor and foot pedals so that you’ll never have to hand-turn a music book page again.  

Transform Your Photos with a Magic Word

This photo editor morphs your rainy pictures into sunny days with attribute algorithms.  

The Transparent Car

Car doors and backseats become invisible with this nearly magical technology