Technology
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Engineers Create Teleporter that Doesn’t Actually Teleport Anything
…but it’s still pretty cool. The device, designed by German engineers, is actually a modified 3D printer, dubbed “Scotty” after…
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Strange Inventions: The Isolator (1925)
What’s that? You tried out NaNoWriMo last month but just couldn’t find the opportunity to sit down and concentrate? Happens to the…
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5 Useless Robots that Probably Won’t Take Over the World
The robot apocalypse is coming, but not every robot is created equal. Here are seven not-so-terrifying machines we probably don’t…
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The Ghostly Voice of Joseph Faber’s Euphonia
Behold, Joseph Faber’s Euphonia. This curious amalgamation of various mechanical parts was exhibited in December 1845 at the Music Fund…
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Researchers Create Robot that Learns to Fly Airplanes
We already have robots that can fly themselves, but researchers over at KAIST can do you one better: they’ve developed…
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Strange Patents: The High Five Machine
If there’s one mystery of the universe I’ve never fully understood, it’s what to do when I feel like giving…
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Inventor Creates Mechanical Web-Shooter, Does Whatever A Spider Can
In the Sam Raimi Spider-Man films starring Tobey McGuire, Peter Parker’s mutation allowed him to fire webs naturally out of…
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