Pizza Robot Can Crank Up To 300 Pizzas Per Hour

Visitors to this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center will have the option of chowing down on robot-made pizzas. Live event hospitality supplier Centerplate has selected Seattle-based food technology company Picnic to provide its automated food assembly system that will create up to 300 12-inch bespoke pizzas an hour on the CES show floor. Originally […]

Foldable Metallic Material 

When it comes to soft-bodied robotic devices, there are ones that are squishy like rubber, or that fold like origami. The latter could soon be much lighter, hardier and capable, thanks to an electrically-conductive folding metallic material. Origami-style soft robotics are typically made out of folded sheets of plastic or paper. In order to make them electronically functional, sensors and […]

At Home Eye-Testing Device

Virtually everyone’s eyesight gets worse over time, but do you really need to visit the eye doctor every time you want to test your eyes? It’s pricey, not to mention inconvenient. With the EyeQue VisionCheck, you can finally test your own eyes and order glasses from the comfort of your own home — without the extra doctor’s bill. This handy […]

Big Wheeled Tubular Electric Scooter

The Stator fat-tired electric scooter that broke loose in prototype form back in October, 2018, has today gone up for pre-order. The eye-popping Launch Edition ride now sports blade wheels for cooling the more powerful motor and helping with braking. The brainchild of Nathan Allen and developed by NantMobility (a division of Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks), the unquestionably-stylish Stator is […]

BMW Smart Cars

BMW has hit the CES concept car scene with an imaginative duo of chauffeured vehicles that ride like comfortable living rooms, taking care of passengers’ every whim and need. The i3 Urban Suite dumps the standard rear passenger seats for a cozy, personalized sitting room inspired by boutique hotels. The i Interaction Ease, meanwhile, tasks augmented reality with keeping the […]

Bzigo Tracks & Highlights  Mosquitoes

It’s definitely annoying when you’re trying to swat a mosquito that’s flying around a room, but you lose track of where it is. Bzigo is designed to help, as it optically-tracks mozzies and then highlights them with an eye-safe laser. Developed by an Israeli startup of the same name, Bzigo incorporates an infrared LED, an HD wide-angle infrared camera, and […]

New Bandage Material 

There’s a problem with most bandages – because they adhere to the wound as it heals, they may reopen it when removed. A new wound dressing, however, doesn’t stick to wounds, yet it does help stop the bleeding. The material was created more or less by accident. Scientists from Switzerland’s ETH Zurich research institute and the National University of Singapore […]

Best TVs Of CES2020

CES, the tech extravaganza that takes place in Las Vegas every year, has gadgets galore. The event has always placed the TV on a very high pedestal and CES 2020 was no exception. While there were no revolutionary developments this year like 8K, HDR, or 3D, as we’ve seen at previous CES events, manufacturers came to town with new models […]

How Future Homes Imagines Climate Change

Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. Superflux founders Anab Jain and Jon Ardern imagine that climate change will completely change the way people live their lives over the next 100 years, as day-to-day survival becomes increasingly difficult. With the installation […]