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Tao Xiangli, a 37-year-old inventor from Beijing, China, has spent over 150,000 yuan ($25,000) and more than 11 months building a functional robot made of scrap parts and wires bought from second-hand markets.
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Scientists have built a digital camera inspired by the compound eyes of insects such as bees and flies.
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There's already a beer can that turns mountains blue when it gets cold enough, so why not have a beer bottle that lights up when you party?
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Beware of robots driven by small insects. A group of researchers has put a silkmoth in the driver's seat of a small two-wheeled robot to study how the insect tracks down smells.
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The emerging field of smart textiles, known as "Wearables" or e-textiles, has gained considerable momentum in the past few years as enthusiasts continue to build more and more complex projects with microcontrollers that keep growing in power while...
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The Air Force has spent more than $1 million to help develop a small and versatile robot dragonfly. But in a move to raise funds for the Dragonfly, the developers are offering the public the chance to own their own flying robot Dragonfly for $119.
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Robots that look like people are nothing new, but not all of them truly aim to imitate the human body. The Kenshiro robot, an ongoing project at the University of Tokyo, aims to simulate a person right down the muscles and bones.
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The best thing about smartphones are… Apps! From sexual vibrators to finding toilets for emergency situations, meet 10 apps you won't be able to live without.
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Do snakes freak you out? How about the idea of being hunted down and killed by robots either of their own accord, or on orders from someone else?
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If you're not a morning person, or are dealing with a nasty hangover, the clinking sound of a spoon stirring a mug of coffee could drive you insane.
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Tweet Hiroshima University-affiliated startup business Humanix has recently revealed a three-wheel electric vehicle, called iSAVE YOU, which is covered in covered with an airbag-like cushion material that springs back to its original form after...
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The software necessary for mind-controlled robot avatars is being developed by an international team of researchers in Japan.
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Everyone has seen the latest internet sensation, "Gangnam Style" by Korean singer PSY. If you haven't, where have you been! Meet some crazy objects inspired by this new trend.
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Spanish fashion designer Manel Torres is the man behind the world’s first spray-on clothing, which is applied directly on the body and can be washed and worn again just like your regular clothes.
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Siva Cycles hopes to provide the developing world with power by giving you the ability to charge your mobile device while you pedal your bicycle. (Bike to work and charge your phone all at the same time with this Kickstarter pedal-powered charger.
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Retailing at a jaw-dropping $97,060 the GRV goldRally Wax from luxurious car care products maker Mitchell & King has been described as “exceptionally exclusive” and is by far the most expensive car wax ever created.
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Tweet These days, the world is going crazy over smartphones, but in Japan, people who engage in extramarital relations remain faithful to a seemingly outdated mobile phone which does a great job of keeping their affairs private.
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Tweet What weighs 7,500 pounds, is 29-foot long and made completely from junk scraps? Why, a limousine of course. ‘Finnijet’ belongs to Antti Rahko, a 72-year-old chauffeur from Finland.
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It's a momentary lapse that can cost hundreds. But the cracked screens that result from dropped iPhones could become a thing of the past thanks to an unlikely invention – an airbag for smartphones.
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A German artist with some serious high-tech chops has created a piece of avant garde headgear that allows the wearer to slow down life.
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December is lousy with impersonal gift guides, but this one's different: Wired staffers have spent quality time with all the items in this gallery and found them to be indispensable. (Dump those lousy gift guides.
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Want to know what makes a badass kaiju-fighting battle bot? There's a schematic for that. (Want the blueprint for a badass, kaiju-fightin,' population-protectin’ battle bot? Here you go!
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Take advantage of this Black Friday to express all the geekiness in you.
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NTT DoCoMo app allows callers to converse without language barriers...
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Great news if your aquarium goes through fish faster than a fish n' chips restaurant. Takara Tomy has created these robotic alternatives that will swim around your tank in an incredibly lifelike fashion.
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