Smart News Ideas & Innovations

The left vehicle shows the twin Spirit and Opportunity rovers, the center machine is the Sojourner rover, and the car-sized Curiosity is on the right.

NASA (and XBox Gamers) Prepare for Terrifyingly Hard Mars Landing

3 Ways Emergency Preparedness Is Like Wedding Planning

Last week, the CDC released its Wedding Day Survival Plan, a document which reads like a natural disaster preparedness checklist

Clean Energy Can Come From Dirt

Forget wind, solar and even seaweed. Renewable energy is getting down and dirty...with dirt!

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Thinking About Your Own Demise Inspires Environmentalism

Easter Island Drug Makes Mice Happier, Smarter

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New Robot Eliminates Only Jobs Left – In the Service Sector

Carnegie Mellon University has developed a robot that can fill the gap of the absent salesperson

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The Genetic Engineering Plan to Turn Trees Black and Cool the World

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Virtual Pigeon Attracts, Baffles Randy Males

How Spray-On Everything Could Radically Transform Manufacturing

Hemingway’s Old Man Inspires Shark Oil for HIV Vaccine

Eddi Tornberg’s self-powering desk

Body Heat From Your Seat Can Juice Your Laptop

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Things That Are Surprisingly New: Forks, Lunch, Huge Drinks

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With No Human Supervision, 16,000 Computers Learn to Recognize Cats

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Twitter Bot, “Injured,” Garners Sympathy from “Friends”

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Bike-Powered Helicopter Smashes World Record, Flies for Almost a Minute

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Lego Meth Lab Makes It Almost Seem OK

Microoptics of the AWARE2 camera

Gigapixel Camera Takes 11-Foot Wide Photos in 0.01 Seconds

A Brief History of Abject Failure in Tablet Computing

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430 Square Foot Apartment Isn’t Too Small for Indoor/Outdoor Shower

Could There Be a Solar Powered Road?

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