This smart ring lets you write words and numbers with your thumb By Duncan Geere published 30 November 17 Just make the shapes on your fingers, and a gyroscope and microphone will do the rest.
Nasa's next Mars rover is under construction By Duncan Geere published 30 November 17 The Mars 2020 mission will be a major upgrade from Curiosity.
Flight's lightbulb moment is nearly here: electric hybrid planes are on the way By Duncan Geere published 28 November 17 The proposed aircraft has three conventional jet engines and an electric turbofan.
Doctors want to show you the inside of your body in VR By Duncan Geere published 22 November 17 Imaging techniques can now be used to build a virtual cell to explore
The first asteroid from outside the solar system is like nothing we've ever seen By Duncan Geere published 21 November 17 Observations show a thin, red object travelling through our region of space.
This nanotube motion sensor could make wearables cheaper By Duncan Geere published 21 November 17 A team from Florida State University has created a new kind of sensor that's cheap and easy to manufacture in bulk.
Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can now do backflips By Duncan Geere published 17 November 17 The robotics firm's most humanoid creation is becoming a real gymnast
Smarter people are better at League of Legends and Dota 2 By Duncan Geere published 16 November 17 Researchers have found a link between high levels of intelligence and the ability to perform well at Moba games.
Biologists have made a beetle with three eyes By Duncan Geere published 14 November 17 Fully functional, in the hope of studying evolutionary development
The sooner we roll out autonomous cars, the sooner we start saving lives By Duncan Geere published 8 November 17 Researchers say waiting for 'perfect' self-driving vehicles is a bad idea.
Nasa's next Mars rover has 23 eyes for scoping out the Red Planet By Duncan Geere published 7 November 17 To spot obstacles, create panoramas, and study the atmosphere.
This is how your brain changes in space By Duncan Geere published 3 November 17 Doctors have published a study of the impact of long-term space travel on the brain
This jellyfish-inspired electronic skin can tell a robot that you're hurting it By Duncan Geere published 2 November 17 Engineers at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology have taken inspiration from the natural world.
Spider silk could make your smartphone calls clearer By Duncan Geere published 1 November 17 Binghamton University researchers want us to listen more like insects do.
Reprojection could make your VR experiences lag-free By Duncan Geere published 31 October 17 Taking detail away from the edges of your vision could keep up virtual reality framerates while preserving detail
Just two words can identify the author of an email By Duncan Geere published 30 October 17 Forensic linguists show we're easier to identify via our emails than you'd imagine.
Harvard's RoboBee can handle water better than a real bee By Duncan Geere published 26 October 17 Roboticists from Harvard have developed the first microrobot capable of passing through water.
Test system finds thousands of errors in driverless car software waiting to happen By Duncan Geere published 25 October 17 A team of researchers has come up with a way to test the logic of neural networks.
Underwater microphones can reveal where and when something hits the sea By Duncan Geere published 24 October 17 Cardiff University researchers have developed a method for locating the exact time and place something hits the ocean.
This giant smartwatch prototype has a shape-deforming backplate By Duncan Geere published 23 October 17 Dartmouth College interaction designers have developed a smartwatch that lets users feel virtual objects
Titanic collision of two neutron stars solves a cluster of cosmic mysteries By Duncan Geere published 17 October 17 Ever wondered where gold, platinum, uranium and the rare-earth elements essential to modern technology come from?
Ophelia is the strongest storm to hit the British Isles in 50 years By Duncan Geere published 16 October 17 The former hurricane will pass over Ireland and Scotland, bringing damaging winds.
China's Tiangong-1 space station will fall from the skies within months By Duncan Geere published 13 October 17 Chinese officials have confirmed that their out-of-control space station will crash back to Earth between October 2017 and April 2018
Smartwatches could use ultrasound to sense hand gestures By Duncan Geere published 12 October 17 Researchers have developed a system that can scan the forearm to recognize gestures made by the hand.
This self-cleaning textile could be the future of space-wear By Duncan Geere published 5 October 17 Materials scientists have developed a surface coating that dispenses alcohol gel when pressed.