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In the very European city of Montreal Canada, at the Quartier des spectacles (entertainment district in downtown) intersection of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Denis Streets, prototype projectors suspended above towers are synchronized with traffic lights to project messages onto the pavement, signifying safe passages across the street and locations of happening spots nearby. More »


What looks like a treadmill is a 3D scanner from Real-View 3D. Devised from medical equipment, the Real-View 3D scanner is a consumer product that reminds me of video game scanning technology. More »


Is this the end of the world as we know it? A German woman thought so. She tried to get a judge to stop the European Organization for Nuclear Research from using its Large Hadron Collider to mimic the conditions that proceeded The Big Bang. She failed. More »


Scientists from UCLA and Intel have labored for years to perfect a type of semiconductor technology called “magnetic quantum dots,” which can cause electrons in semiconductors to give off photons on command. This breakthrough marks the first time that magnetic quantum dots have been synthesized at operational temperatures. More »


George Whitesides is a Chemistry professor at Harvard University, and his recent work seems to have the potential to change the way diagnostic medicine works. Dr. Whitesides and his team have recently developed a prototype “paper chip” that is capable of diagnosing multiple disease simply with the application of a blood drop. More »


University of Tokyo’s JSK Robotics Laboratory is working on an advanced android that has a musculoskeletal (muscles and spinal column) body that is comprised of tendons and synthetic bones. The result is a robot that eerily moves like a human –think Aliens. More »


Charlie Kindel (not Amazon Kindle) of Microsoft played with his Windows Phone 7 prototype yesterday, and while the user interface looks fancy, there is not anything terribly new or exciting. More »


Erez Lieberman-Aiden, an MIT and Harvard graduate student, was recently awarded $30,000 on Wednesday by the Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prize committee for his innovative work. More »


Straight from the science fiction of James Cameron’s Aliens comes Ideum’s touchscreen table computer, whose clients include NASA and top museums and aquariums. More »


Technology, technology, and more technology. It’s quickly creeping into every nook and cranny of our everyday lives. Shopping is one of the many fields that could see a future tech revolution. New and innovative products to help shoppers make smart purchases are slowly being introduced to the general public; two of which are ScanLife and RedLaser. More »


CES 2010 featured the latest and hottest new gadgets. One of the more popular trends was the rise of the 3D television. Samsung has officially kick-started its first LCD 3D TV for mass production. More »


When Jinra sent this picture over to me, I couldn’t help but giggle my pants off. Yeah, I know, I’m a horrible person, but so are you, because you’re probably laughing right now, too. People made of Legos is highly entertaining More »


In the newly opened Instructables Restaurant, the instructions to make everything you see and eat can be download at Instructables.com. Pretty cool, huh? More »


According to Confused.com, using popular social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook could cost you a 10% raise in home insurance. More »


Hungry for technology? Really, are you hungry for technology? Well, you’re in luck! Feast your eyes (and you stomach) on these adorable cyborg cupcakes! More »


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