When a virtual object needs to be simulated, a voltage difference is applied to the metal strips, which causes them to stick together. That in turn creates a braking force.

Governments and corporations have deployed censorship to limit speech and deprive people of vital communication channels. The ruling elite are trying to shush activists and freethinkers, but they are losing control and lashing out in frustration.

We're a step closer to having high-altitude, long-endurance, autonomous aircraft soaring through the skies. UAVOS has now announced that a prototype of the company's High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) ApusDuo aircraft has completed the first stage

The makers of a DIY phone kit think building your own not-so-smart phone could foster a healthier relationship to screens.

INRS professor and ultrafast imaging specialist Jinyang Liang and his colleagues, led by Caltech's Lihong Wang, have developed what they call T-CUP: the world's fastest camera, capable of capturing ten trillion (10 13) frames per second.

Urmila Mahadev spent eight years in graduate school solving one of the most basic questions in quantum computation: How do you know whether a quantum computer has done anything quantum at all?

Slow-motion video has always been fun to watch, with the best rigs usually shooting on the scale of thousands of frames per second.

The decentralization of information is paramount to the continued efficacy of democracy and the continued freedom of the common man, and mesh networking is our society's greatest hope for achieving such a goal.

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor) taped out its first chip in a process making limited use of extreme ultraviolet lithography and will start risk production in April on a 5-nm node with full EUV.

Researchers have developed a new way to build augmented reality smart glasses that projects images directly into the eye rather than using lenses as a display. It's hoped the approach could shrink down smart glasses and AR headsets, potentially makin

A startup's concept drawing of a hulking device to archive data in DNA molecules shows the idea has a way to go.

The reality distortion field is real, and it's getting better every day.

The Technocrat leaders of the 5G revolution go way beyond just cell-phone carriers and include any all proponents of Smart Cities, Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, ubiquitous surveillance and law enforcement. In the rush to 'light up IoT"

In the darkened Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, hundreds of people couldn't wait to see legendary rocker Roy Orbison. A live orchestra pumped up the crowd with a medley of his hits. Old photos of him flashed across a giant screen.

All around us are the almost unimaginable benefits of markets, cooperation, and technology, yet somehow we're naïve if we don't want to funnel human activity through government cattle chutes.

Iridium Communications announced Sept 27, 2018, it joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and has been collaborating with AWS on the development of Iridium CloudConnect, the first and only satellite cloud-based solution that offer

With the quantum computing race heating up between Google, IBM and Intel, it feels like we're hurtling towards quantum supremacy, that milestone when a quantum computer outperforms a classical one for the first time.

The internet has made it easy for groups to collaborate from pretty much anywhere, but this experimental brain-to-brain "social network" could be the beginning of a whole new ballgame.

Transhumanism is well on its way to becoming a reality in the United States military, as the Pentagon has announced that it's working on a new "neural interface" technology that would connect human brains directly to machines as a way to contro

If a device connects wirelessly to other things, chances are high that it has an antenna in it. But as crucial as these components are, the rigid metals they're made of can limit what devices they can be built into. To help with that, researchers at

Apple quietly updated their privacy policy with a new controversial ploy stating they will now collect user and behavioural data from iPhone users and claims it will be used to prevent fraud. But is this really what's going on? Let's have a look

Nextbigfuture was able to ask Rob Hoyt of Tethers Unlimited how he will be able to use 27 large high low-earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet directly to smartphones.

Feeding knowledge directly into your brain, just like in sci-fi classic The Matrix, could soon take as much effort as falling asleep, scientists believe.

There is a proposed $1.275 billion National Quantum Initiative to accelerating research and training in quantum computing.

Medici Ventures, a blockchain/crypto specific division of Overstock.com, has acquired Bitsy.com in an effort to finally merge the worlds of online retail with decentralized, digital cash facilitated by the Bitsy's new biometric wallet.

Six feet of water. It doesn't sound like much, in theory. Your feet might still touch the bottom of the pool. But in the hands of the Weather Channel, and its crazy new Immersive Mixed Reality graphics system, viewers are getting a glimpse at how t

Engineers at the University of British Columbia have developed a new ultrasound transducer, or probe, that could dramatically lower the cost of ultrasound scanners to as little as $100.

DARPA is funding development of high resolution brain interfaces. At the same time there are two companies who have breakthrough technology for higher resolution brain interfaces.

The future of battlefield communications is resting comfortably near your back gums.

In this latest edition of our periodic deep web series, we bring news of Tor 8 - the most feature-rich onion browser yet. We also take a first look at a clearnet web browser that trawls the darknet, and cover the fallout from the Alphabay shutdown,

Digital bank Revolut is planning to expand its operations in America and Russia. Also, payment card provider Fuzex signs an agreement with Dash, a US-based startup offers an alternative to Telegram, and crypto firm Smart Valor receives approval as a

LinkNYC kiosks have become a familiar eyesore to New Yorkers. Over 1,600 of these towering, nine-and-a-half-foot monoliths -- their double-sided screens festooned with ads and fun facts -- have been installed across the city since early 2016. Mayor

Elon Musk said in the Joe Rogan interview that Neuralink would have something interesting to announce in a few months that's at least an order of magnitude better than anything else, probably better than anyone thinks is possible.

Rob Hoyt of Tethers Unlimited presented "In-Space Recycling and Manufacturing" at the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) Working Group Presentations.

To address the limitations of the first and second wave AI technologies, DARPA seeks to explore new theories and applications that could make it possible for machines to adapt to changing situations.

Quantum computing is nearing a critical milestone when it will unlock higher quality, faster, or cheaper solutions for important and valuable problems.

Two qubits, but computation part seems scalable. Don't ask about the rest.

Disguise your files.

Two groups report technical breakthroughs for trapped neutral atom quantum computers. Optical engineering for sorting atoms into 3D patterns

These days, as technology gets increasingly innovative, it also gets smaller in size. This AAXA Technologies P2-A Smart Pico Projector is a miniature marvel, letting you project high-resolution 1080P videos from a two-inch cube. You can currently sav

Carbon nanotube bundles are becoming a feasible and economically convenient solution for the realization in our time of super bridges, such as those required across the Straits of Bab al Mandab, Messina or Gibraltar (main spans ?2.7, 3.3 or 3.5 km,

A judge may have extended a ban preventing Defense Distributed from publishing plans for 3D-printed guns, but that isn't stopping the company from finding loopholes to continue offering the weapons.

Mike Baxter (KA0XTT) tells what he is giving thanks for on Thanksgiving Night in 2013.

Revolut Metal is the latest offering from the United Kingdom-based digital bank, Revolut. It claims to return cryptocurrency cash back on purchases, higher withdrawal limits, and even a personal concierge service.

Nantero is developing next-generation memory using carbon nanotubes. NRAM's has DRAM-like speed, nonvolatility and low cost.

$1,199 for Nvidia's fastest GeForce card

China's largest lithium battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) plans to begin producing in 2019 next-generation nickel-rich batteries, which are cheaper to make and have longer life-spans.

There is a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a 100 qubit trapped ion quantum computer.

UC Berkeley chemists have proved that three carbon structures recently created by scientists in South Korea and Japan are in fact the long-sought schwarzites, which researchers predict will have unique electrical and storage properties like those now

Like being shocked with static electricity