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Taking Energy from Idle Electric Vehicles to Power Large Buildings

Instead of degrading the EV battery, it has been shown to improve the overall lifespan

Tic-Tac-Toe Drone Helps Children in the Hospital by Using Gesture Recognition

The demo drone shows that lighting can be used as an indoor GPS

Video: Autonomous, Staffless Mobile Store Begins Beta Testing in China

The store uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing to enable wireless payments with a smartphone

S-35710M Built-in Quartz Crystal Timer for Cars Released

SII Semiconductor Corporation has introduced the new S-35710M built-in 32.768 kilohertz quartz crystal convenience timer for automotive applications.

Startup Focuses on Privacy with New Artificial Intelligence Voice Assistant

The platform is also cloud independent and can be run on devices as simple as Raspberry Pi

New Channel Coding Method Developed for 5G Wireless Systems

The development could improve performance and decrease decoding complexity in next-generation wireless devices

Democracy Reigns on the 'Pinterest of Microfluidics'

A new open-source website designed by MIT is a free repository of designs for lab-on-a-chip devices.

Video: Rent a Robot for Plug-and-Play Automation

Robots-as-a-service makes the formerly expensive and complicated task of automation readily achievable.

Video: ‘K-Eye’ Facial Recognition System Developed for Smartphones

K-Eye can recognize the user's face, differentiate between a real face and a photo, allow the user to check information about others through a database, and it does all of this using low power.

Video: New Sous Vide Smart Kitchen Appliance Controlled from an App

Anova has announced the launch of the Anova Precision Cooker Nano, a lab-grade smart home cooking device.

8 Factors Contributing to the Growth of Laser Engraving

Over the past five years the market has grown substantially and shows no sign of slowing down.

About 10 Companies Will have Flying Cars on the Market by 2035

A new report says these machines will usher in a host of new business services for sightseeing, surveillance, taxis and corporate travel

Video: Helicopter Drone Motorbike — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Prototype Hoverbike looks like a motorcycle, but flies like a drone.

GM Completes Production of 130 Self-driving Electric Chevy Bolt Test Vehicles

The new cars will be added to GM’s already 50 test vehicles on the road today

Video: New Method to Wirelessly Charge Electric Vehicles in Motion

The breakthrough could remove the limitation of driving range in current and future electric cars.

Elon Musk Details His Vision for a Self-Sustaining City on Mars

What is required to reliably and cost-effectively put people on the red planet?

New Alarm Clock Can Connect With Smart Home Devices

Palo Alto Innovation is launching their new clock, the Sandman Doppler, on Kickstarter.

Philips Begins Largest LED Lighting Horticultural Project in the World

The company will supply lighting to LLC Argo-Invest’s 25 hectares of greenhouses

Finnish Supermarket Reduces Energy Use to 40% of Norm

A supermarket in Finland has just become the world’s most energy-saving supermarket, consuming only 40 percent the energy of a normal grocery store after participating in a new pilot program.