In Other Types Of Plant Cells
Ordinary cells have the ability to replace lost organs in plants—a function previously thought to be limited to stem cells—researchers at New York University’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and Utrecht University in the Netherlands have found.

Robo Cute
He’s red and he cleans. What more could you want for Valentine’s Day?

 
Hormonal women are more responsive to manly men, says a study by Kinsey Institute researchers at Indiana University in Bloomington.

 
The world is heading toward “water bankruptcy” as demand for the precious commodity outstrips high population growth, a new report warned on Friday.

 
 Phone booth aquarium
As phone booths continue down their inexorable path to extinction, artists think of other, more aesthetically pleasing ways to use the endangered glass cubicles. “Why not just install a soothing, blood-pressure-lowering aquarium inside that ugly old phone booth,” French artists Benoit Deseille and Benedetto Bufalino might have said. And that’s just what they [...]

 
 
High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity followed almost 2000 high- and middle-school children and found that TV viewing times predict a poor diet in the future.

TechnoJelly
Fester AG is a global company that specializes in automation technology. In December, the company won two very prestigious Good Design Awards in robotics and bionics from the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture, Art Designand Urban Studies. Fester’s award winners were the AquaJelly and the AirJelly, both [...]

Robots are sweet
DVICE’s Steampunk Cylon contest is in full swing – thanks to everybody who’scontributed so far! Even though the contest is open only to residents of the U.S., anyone can send us a Steampunk Cylon design; you can’t win the contest, but you can still get featured on DVICE.

 
Its not fireproof but fire cool
Fire safety and prevention is some pretty serious business – something small can turn into something big rather quickly. Along those lines designer Sigrun Vik, a student at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design, is operating under an interesting assumption: We don’t use (or know how to use) our [...]

 
 Mercedes offers more protection with pelvic airbag
Side impact air bags have undoubtedly saved many lives. They were specifically designed to protect the torso from impacting the crinkle zone of the door and in some cases, they can extend all the way down to the knee. Mercedes has put a new twist on the side impact [...]

 
Shocking
As a former cat owner, the idea of using anything with the words “high voltage” emblazoned across the box near my pet gives me pause.

 
New research has shown that women have nightmares more than men do, but men dream about sex more often than women.

 
If you thought the airport denizens of the TSA were already obnoxious, wait until they get their mitts on a Sick Traveler Detector. It’s a software idea by Belgian company Biorics, which can determine if travelers are sick by the sound of their coughs. If you frequently get sick after flying, you might welcome such [...]

 
Is there anything the iPhone can’t do?

 
 
Does the mere availability of something tempting weaken the will to resist? The answer is of more than theoretical interest to public health experts, and the problem goes far beyond serious addictive disorders. Just think of all those Christmas cookies in your office recently. As our national obesity crisis shows, difficulties with discipline and self-control [...]

 
 Graphane crystal
Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene.

 
Smart light
“Auto-eco Light-control Twin Pa” is a real mouthful but once ordered and installed, you may never need to refer to it again. That’s because this environmentally friendly ceiling lamp automatically adjusts its brightness level to light rooms evenly, no matter what time of day or night it is, regardless of outside weather conditions.

Who said love could taste so good
Gourmet chocolate is every bit about the taste, but presentation is a very close second. Designing a chocolate — it’s shape, color, markings, dust, sparkle, even it’s inside layering — is an art in itself. On Valentine’s Day, the biggest day of the year to celebrate CHOCOLATE, it’s also [...]

Hey stop yelling we want the super bowl how about we want the super cool super bowl
With Super Bowl XLIII coming up, we’re already thinking about what’s in store for the next one, and the one after that. Besides replacing all the human players with robots, which might be the norm a quarter-century from now [...]

Government vs Digital TV
The non-stop bombardment of PSAs, TV news and newspaper stories, scrolling banners and YouTube videos hasn’t been enough to get Americans off their collective asses and get prepared for the DTV transition that may or may not take place on Feb. 17. That was the date that all broadcasters were ordered, by [...]

 
Hard boiled speed
While the West is just finding its way around to hopping into the new generation of eco-friendly compact cars, Japan has started taking the new category into more creative directions. The latest green car-as-design-experiment comes in the form of the new T10 from Takeoka Jidosha Kogei Ltd., recently shown off at the International [...]

As if bugs were creepy enough here is extra creepy
Why mess around with flying microbots when you can get perfectly good bugs to do the work? That’s what researchers are doing with these cyborg beetles, strapping on six electrodes that might someday turn the lowly insects into eavesdropping, remote-controlled superbugs.

 
Perfect for the big game
Sure, you could install 11 speakers all around your living room pointed at your favorite chair for the ultimate audio experience. But if you’re only worried about that one chair, why spread those speakers out? Just stick ‘em in the chair and let anyone else watching with you wear headphones.

 
Between Different Numbers At A Glance
The remarkable honey bee can tell the difference between different numbers at a glance. A fresh, astonishing revelation about the ‘numeracy’ of insects has emerged from new research by an international team of scientists from The Vision Centre, in Australia.

Gonna Nail Me A Hummer!

Here’s a neat little report on the most ticked cars of 2008 compiled by a third party research group for the insurance companies…