Technologies - Page 932

October 21, 2015

Scrolling through the Dead Sea Scrolls online

Although you may have finished unwrapping all your material presents by now, there are some new gifts of a more spiritual nature still to be opened online.

October 21, 2015

NASA's Robonaut 2 droid gets its legs on space station

Look out, astronauts – your companion robot on the International Space Station is now mobile!

October 21, 2015

NASA's robot astronaut inspiring tech advances here on Earth

A humanoid robot aboard the International Space Station is inspiring technology that could be useful to both astronauts and people on Earth.

October 21, 2015

GlassesOff app claims to eliminate need for reading glasses

Like death and taxes, reading glasses are almost inevitable, caused by the aging of your eye known as presbyopia. Fortunately, there may be a way to correct it.

October 20, 2015

Einstein's brain is now an interactive iPad app

The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for $9.99. But it won't help you win at Angry Birds.

October 20, 2015

World's first 3D printer in space will launch this month

The first 3D printer ever to fly in space will blast off this month, and NASA has high hopes for the innovative device's test runs on the International Space Station.

October 20, 2015

UK's Royal Air Force sends new spy drones to Afghanistan

The British Royal Air Force (RAF) has sent five new reconnaissance drones to Afghanistan to support intelligence operations in the country.

October 20, 2015

Google picks 5 charities to develop ways to enhance their work with Google Glass eyewear

Google has chosen five charities to develop ideas using Web-connected Google Glass to enhance their work.

October 20, 2015

NASA's robot army of 'swarmies' could explore other planets

They may look like remote-controlled toy trucks, but a troop of new NASA robots could one day race across distant planets as a sort of space exploration vanguard.

October 20, 2015

Drone flight prompts FAA alert at Alabama airport

An Alabama man is keeping his drone aircraft closer to the ground after a high-altitude flight prompted a warning to pilots at Birmingham's airport.