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How to make a DIY Tesla Powerwall for $300

Earlier this year, a small robotic helicopter flying through the Bavarian Alps made more than 100 deliveries between two villages that are within yodeling distance of each other but so far from anything else that they may as well be on Mars.

The MSU team emphasized on the see-through factor. They developed a transparent luminescent solar concentrator, or TLSC, that can be placed over a window or any other clear surface. The concentrator can harvest solar energy without affecting light tr

GE Global Research is testing a desk-size turbine that could power a small town of about 10,000 homes.

Believe it or not, the world plays host to more than one off-road buggy that can tear up the dirt, then go airborne to fly from point to point. There's the Maverick flying car, and now there's the SkyRunner MK 3.2, itself an independently designed an

This video depicts some of the Boeing-built hydrofoils named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, it was the basis for the technology used in the subsequent Pegasus-class patrol boats and the Jetfoil ferries. Its unique feature was a waterjet propulsion and

There are multiple possible scenarios that may result in a regional an/or national combined loss of Internet connectivity and cell/telephone service, during which you would probably wish to maintain communications to loved ones and others.

One macromolecule to rule them all, from Ebola to Zika and the flu

.This is what it looks like when a rocket blazes down out of a pitch-black sky and makes a pinpoint landing on a ship at sea. -

The world is parched, we are thirsty, and there's likely nothing we can do to make it rain.

It still hasn't landed on a droneship though

A punctured tire is the definition of a bad day, but Michelin is taking some of the sting out as it announces the opening of its newest North American plant, which the company says is the first in the world dedicated to the manufacture of airless tir

Microsoft has purchased ten million strands of synthetic DNA to advance cutting edge digital data storage technology. With the amount of digital data doubling nearly every two years, the tech industry is on a quest for a long-term solution to keep tr

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has revealed how its Elon Musk-inspired bullet train will levitate on a magnetic field as it blasts between stations at the speed of sound.

When put into perspective, it's rather shocking to see how little land area it would take to power the entire U.S. by solar.

powered by just the wind after successful test flight of new super-light glider

THE JETSONS? NO, THEY'RE OUR LOUD NEIGHBORS. WE'RE THE DUCTED FANDERSENS.

Current VR technology can transport your eyes and ears to virtual worlds, but it's at times had trouble with the rest of your body. That could be about to change, as AxonVR has developed a prototype virtual reality platform comprising a full body sui

"Eventual Reversal of Death In Our Lifetime"

Get used to it

A newly developed robot is capable of performing soft-tissue surgery, and indeed performed better on tests than a human surgeon.

A chat with France's very own jet-powered fly boy, Franky Zapata

BITCOIN 2014 - Keynote - Dr. Patrick Byrne, Overstock CEO

Patrick Byrne, Founder and CEO of Overstock.com, presents his talk "Liberalism, Social Justice, and the Cryptorevolution" as the guest of the Departments of Economics and Philosophy and the Executive Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, ...

Josiah Zayner's gut Josiah Zayner's gut was making his life hell -- so he embarked on an extreme DIY fecal transplant

In the middle of this catastrophe, money in the bank, gold in your home, or collector's antiques aren't going to matter too much.

Dutch stylist Helly Scholten is interested in living sustainably, so when the chance came to move herself and her family into an experimental sustainable house designed by Rotterdam University students and researchers, she jumped at it.

Our August 1991 cover story, in honor of Harry Kroto's passing

The contacts, which only need to be worn on one eye, can be switched on and off by closing the eyelids

Researchers in China believe they're cracked the code on the elusive lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. Using three-dimensional (3D) graphene, the Beihang University researchers structured Li-S in such a way that they show high, real-world potential on b

Terahertz radiation is a growing field of technology that enables faster materials analysis than X-ray examination, and provides non-destructive, internal analysis of a raft of different types of materials.

A couple of weeks go we revealed the Flyboard Air, jet-ski champion Frank Zapata's latest attempt to launch himself skyward.

What will you do in a crisis without life saving medicine and antibiotics? If society breaks down, hospitals, pharmacies and clinics will be unavailable, and the medicine you or a loved one need may be unavailable.

A DOCTOR who has dedicated his work to the quest for eternal life insists the record for the oldest living person will soon fall and someone already alive will keep going until they make 1,000.

Either Elon Musk really, really can't wait to get to Mars or the engineers working for him are building the necessary technologies a bit faster than expected.

The Friday afternoon news dump, a grand tradition observed by politicians and capitalists alike, is usually supposed to hide bad news. So it was a little weird that Elon Musk, founder of electric car maker Tesla, and Sam Altman, president of famed te

It's one of 10 innovations to win a 2016 Invention Award

After taking off from Kalaeloa Airport in Hawaii on Thursday, the Solar Impulse 2 successfully landed at Moffett Air Field in Mountain View, California last night. Pilot Bertrand Piccard spent a total 62 hours flying the solar-powered plane.

Many aerial drones now feature a Follow Me mode - that's where they can be instructed to autonomously fly along above you and shoot video as you ski, cycle, run or otherwise move about. However, what happens if you're a scuba diver? Well, in the ne

Parents, listen up: Put your kids in engineering and computer science classes

In Western medicine, the majority of us have come to accept that, when we are told we have a cavity, there is no other option except to let it continue to decay or get your tooth drilled out and filled with synthetic material.

While you can always head for the hills to wait out the apocalypse, a more stylish option could be a fully sustainable floating home from Italian mini yacht-maker Jet Capsule.

Scientists have created the first pure carbon nanotube fibers that combine many of the best features of highly conductive metal wires, strong carbon fibers and pliable textile thread. In a Jan. 11 paper in the journal Science, researchers from Rice U

Inflatable private space station set to launch in 2020 - and it will allow tourist visits

When installing micro-electronic devices in locations that are expensive or hard to reach, or just downright dangerous, you don't want to have to keep returning to swap out a battery cell.

There couldn't have been a more perfect launch than yesterday's. The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing, and SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket took off right on schedule.

SpaceX's next challenge will be in getting the Falcon 9 to shore

Two private spacecraft are now attached to the space station; more will follow

The Air ditches the water jet for what appears to be a jet turbine engine, and allows him to fly untethered through the sky to a maximum height of 10,000 feet and a maximum endurance of 10 minutes. (ahhhh,... No Freaking Way!!!)

Describing itself as an automotive research and development company, China's Techrules is hell-bent on putting turbines into road-going vehicles.