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Return of the Theremin

An exhibition of designer theremins marks a revival of this classic electric instrument.  

Brew Your Own Conductive Ink for Electronics Projects

Draw working circuits in liquid metal ink – no soldering necessary!  

This Jumble of Tent Poles Could Be NASA’s Next Titan-exploring Robot

The “Super Ball Bot”, under development at NASA Ames, is a robotic exoskeleton designed to land on the surface of Titan without a parachute or airbag. The robot, created by Vytas SunSpiral and Adrian Agogino, can then roll about the surface by adjusting its shape.  

New Parrot Robots Jump and Fly at CES 2014

Sphero 2B Robot Demo

Demo of Sphero 2B robot from Orbotix at CES 2014.  

Innovega Takes Augmented Reality Beyond Google Glass By Adding Custom Contact Lenses

Innovega moves the essential optics to a contact lens, which means they’ll eventually be able to offer higher resolution, larger field-of-view glasses displays.  

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.