Meet RASSOR, the robot that will one day mine the moon for water and fuel
The “Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot”, shortened to “RASSOR” and aptly pronounced “razor”, is a mining robot being developed by engineers
Author: Jeffrey Bausch
Researchers lock in structural color — could lead to fully-reflective, high-res, color-display screens
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a reflective screen technology that could lead to the next generation of smart gadgetry capable of being read
Image of the Day: Inside the British Library’s new hi-tech newspaper storage building
Inside the British Library’s new hi-tech newspaper storage
The device that caused the power outage at Super Bowl
Following investigation, experts able to pinpoint component responsible for blackout at New Orleans Super
Research suggests that future refrigerators might be cooled by lasers
Discovery could lead innovations across several
How do you set up the first lunar base? With a 3D printer of course
A group of industrial partners, including Italian space engineering firm Alta SpA, Pisa-based engineering university Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, and renowned
How thieves can use a smartphone’s accelerometer to unlock nearby gadgets
Smartphone-supplied-accelerometers can observe and record the hand motion of an adjacent smartphone user, to allow a nearby thief the ability to more accurately guess
Stretchable, liquid-metal wires can self-heal after being severed
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created an elastic, self-healing wire that can reconnect at the molecular level after being
Image of the day: The largest solar power system in the U.S. Army
The image above was taken at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, home to the largest solar array installation . .
Ford releases open-source kit that allows drivers to hack their cars
Ford has released an open-source hardware and software toolkit called OpenXC, a research platform based on partner Bug Labs’ . .