Meet renowned robotics expert and futurist Dr. Joanne Pransky, the World’s First Robotic Psychiatrist®, who brings Isaac Asimov’s science fiction character - robopsychologist Susan Calvin - to life.

DON’T WORRY about losing contact with that new friend you’ve just made. Shoot him or her with the ID Sniper, made by Danish company Empire North.
The ID Sniper will implant a GPS microchip in your loved one’s body, and it will only feel like a bite from a very weak and feeble mosquito.

Bored by your beige computer? A Swedish company is offering what they say is an ecofriendly alternative: a range of wooden computer monitors and keyboards that aim to brighten office life, while cutting the environmental impact of computer junk.

Hypodermic needles are the stuff of nightmares for many people, but they represent a common method for administering a variety of drugs. Patients who fear a needle prick, however, may soon have an alternative, painless way to receive medication. A new technique described today in the journal BMC Medicine uses a stream of gas to […]

Last fall, a brand new BMW 3-series car rolled into the Old Dominion Carstar Collision Center in Eugene, Ore. - literally. A teenager was “driving dad’s car,” says shop owner Patty McConnell, and rolled it over - with little apparent structural damage. The teen walked away, and normally the damage wouldn’t have been hard to […]

An internet site offering raw webcam coverage of a family of wild boar has attracted some 1.5 million hits in just two weeks, its creators have said.