Jay Day, who operates a drone store for hobbyists at in Cincinnati, is opening Dayton Drones at the Dayton Mall. Dayton Drones is a drone sales and training store and is possibly the first-of-its-kind in the United States. The store is entirely dedicated to drones of every shape and size, Day said. These drones range in price from $30 to $150,000, […]

Induction cooking – an electromagnetic technology which heats faster, is thermally more efficient, and provides more consistent heating across surfaces compared to either gas or traditional electric stovetops – has quickly staked a spot amongst upper tier home kitchen appliances. But one characteristic missing from the induction cooking experience is the age old visual cue of a flame chefs and […]

The FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text. It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed text, as well as an aid for language translation. Wearers scan a text line with their finger and receive an audio feedback of the words and a haptic feedback of the layout: start […]

An Australian startup company is using a patented nanotechnology to create a ‘hydrophobic’ chef jacket and apron. Fabricor says this means dry, stain-free uniforms at the end of the day. The nanotechnology application works by modifying the fabric at a molecular level by permanently attaching hydrophobic ‘whiskers’ to individual fibres which elevate liquids, causing them to bead up and roll […]

Have you ever lost your eyeglasses? If so, you know that it can be stressful (and expensive!) Once you’ve checked the top of your head, they could be anywhere. Sometimes they fall out of your pocket or are moved inadvertently. It’s especially problematic for adults who switch between regular and reading glasses or prescription sunglasses. It’s also not uncommon to […]

The Ultrasonic Levitation Machine levitates objects in the air. Levitating objects with sound can be done by aiming an ultrasonic sound beam at a reflector. With a little adjustment, the desired standing wave as shown in the illustration can be achieved. This Sonic Levitation Machine here on Kickstarter produces an ultrasonic wave of 28,000 cycles per second with a wavelength […]

The idea of a completely transparent solar panel has always been a bit of a dream. Such revolutionary technology would mean that we could turn windows into power generators and build phones with self-charging screens. Well, guess what? That dream is becoming a reality. A team of researchers from Michigan State University has developed a completely transparent, luminescent solar concentrator. […]

Proving that there’s life beyond the dumpster for wasted food, a U.K. store just became the first in the country to be totally powered by leftovers. The Guardian reports that a Sainsbury’s store in the West Midlands of the U.K. is set to leave the national power grid in favor of food power created through the anaerobic digestion of food […]

Solar power cells need to stay relatively cool for the sake of both efficiency and longevity, but active cooling (like ventilation) isn’t practical; it’s expensive, and may block the very rays the cells are supposed to collect. To tackle this problem, Stanford University researchers have created a new form of solar cell that cools itself. The technique embeds a pattern […]

The fit on earbuds varies wildly, largely because each person’s earlobe is a unique and beautiful snowflake. Okay, maybe not beautiful. But if a pair of earbuds matched the exact shape of your ear, the days of painful buds that fall out too easily could be numbered. That’s the concept behind OwnPhones, a San Francisco-based start-up that has created 3D […]