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MIT Backs Engineer Charged in China Crackdown from 2021-02-01T15:00

More than two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a new effort, known ...

'Disturbing'New Bot Allows You to Talk to Dead People from 2021-01-29T18:00

When you’re on the cutting edge of AI development, it’s all but guaranteed that some of your more extreme ideas will wind up in a development holding pattern. And for Microsoft, this is one of t...

Researchers Grow Mice Meat from 2021-01-27T13:00

Researchers from McMaster University in Canada have cultivated a new meat using a method they say offers a more natural flavor and texture than other other alternatives to traditional meat. The ...

Chobani Giving Employees 6 Paid Hours to Get Vaccinated from 2021-01-27T13:00

While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is still slowly being rolled out, one major food manufacturer is already going public with its plan to encourage employees to get the shot.

Chobani presi...

Unilever to Drop Suppliers That Fail to Pay Living Wage from 2021-01-27T13:00

Unilever is one of the world’s largest consumer goods conglomerates, and it wants its suppliers to pay up… to their employees.

The London-based company announced a sweeping set of social e...

Musk Offers $100M for Carbon Capture Technology from 2021-01-27T13:00

Despite the fact that the world’s richest increased their wealth dramatically during the pandemic, there were still some moments of philanthropy that might even warm the heart, from 2021-01-19T18:00

The Food and Drug Administration this week announced a settlement with a Washington state juice producer over unsanitary conditions and contaminated products.

The FDA said a federal judge,...

Fire Extinguisher Maker Gets $12M Penalty from 2021-01-19T10:00

Fire extinguisher manufacturer Walter Kidde Portable Equipment has been ordered to pay a $12 million civil penalty following allegations that the company failed to inform the Consumer Product Sa...

Apple Finds Partner for Long-Secret Car Project from 2021-01-19T10:00

Nearly seven years ago, in an effort to branch out beyond a maturing market for its flagship product, Apple began working on something quite different.

The iPhone maker tried its best to k...

Authorities Raid ‘Ghost Gun’ Maker from 2021-01-15T15:00

Gun enthusiasts and hobbyists have long been able to assemble their own firearms at home without running afoul of laws regarding registration.

But as those do-it-yourself options became ea...

Medical Device CEO Charged in COVID-19 Test Fraud Scheme from 2021-01-15T15:00

Keith Berman, 67, is the CEO of Decision Diagnostics, a medical device company based in Westlake Village, CA. On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that a federal grand jury indicted Be...

Hydrogen-Powered Flying Car to Debut at CES 2021 from 2021-01-15T15:00

MACA, based in southern France, is a new startup in the flying-car game with a concept they call the Carcopter. And while the name doesn't suggest it, this one is pretty.

The brainchi...

Average New Car Price Hits Record High from 2021-01-15T14:00

While the pandemic has attacked the economy with brutal force, the impact COVID-19 has had on our pocketbooks has not been equal. Studies show that layoffs have disproportionately affected those...

SpaceX Sees Offshore Spaceports Around the Globe from 2020-06-25T10:00

Fresh off its historic and successful mission to the International Space Station, last week SpaceX announced even grander plans.

Company founder Elon Musk, took to Twitter, if you can b...

Attorneys Guilty in $200 Million Extortion Scheme from 2020-06-23T10:00

According to the Department of Justice, a pair of Virginia attorneys pleaded guilty to federal extortion charges on Friday. 

38-year-old Timothy Litzenburg and 41-year-old Daniel Kincheloe...

Air Force Adds To ‘Boneyard' from 2020-03-03T15:00

The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona is often referred to as the Boneyard.

That’s because it houses approximately 4...

Bombardier Abandoning Commercial Aviation from 2020-03-03T15:00

More than 30 years after snowmobile pioneer Bombardier first entered the aerospace sector, the company is reportedly set to depart the commercial aircraft industry entirely amid a broad restruct...

Border Wall Proposal Threatens Manufacturers from 2020-03-03T15:00

A Northeast Wisconsin heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer stands to bear the brunt of tens of millions in proposed spending reductions if the White House gets its way.

Defense contractors are ...

F-35 Guns Don’t Shoot Straight from 2020-03-03T15:00

The F-35 program has been the target of a lot of criticism. Like, a lot.

The military aircraft, said to be the most lethal and connected fighter jet in the world, has been plagued by ballo...

FCA Dealers Threaten To Sue Over Incentives from 2020-03-03T15:00

Over the past two years, Fiat Chrysler has seen some dramatic highs and some crushing lows. After the automaker endured the sudden passing of longtime leader Sergio Marchionne in 2018, it conclu...

Made-In-China Pens Draw Ire Of UAW Members from 2020-03-03T15:00

The UAW has been struggling, for a while now, as fallout from corruption investigations has implicated more and more of its ranking members, including president Gary Jones, who abruptly resigned...

Plant-Based Seafood Brand Threatens Suit Over Expo Ban from 2020-03-03T15:00

Nashville-based Atlantic Natural Foods’ is a producer and distributor of plant-based food products, and its flagship brand, Loma Linda, has a number of plant-based meat products, ranging from ho...

Startup'Collecting Faces'From Social Media from 2020-03-03T15:00

A New York City based startup is facing the wrath of some the world’s biggest tech companies due to the way it’s populating a database for its facial recognition product.

According to its ...

Startup Launches Autonomous Trucks from 2020-03-03T15:00

A Denver-area autonomous vehicle startup made its public debut this week with a more than $50 million fundraising haul and the announcement of pilot projects at several large companies.

Ou...

Volvo’s Unveils Concept Electric Sedan from 2020-03-03T15:00

About a year ago, Polestar — the electric vehicle brand founded by Swedish automaker Volvo — unveiled a compact car touted as a potential challenger to Tesla’s Model 3 in the still-young industr...

Assault Weapons Offer'Guaranteed Hit' from 2020-02-17T15:00

In an era filled with smart cars, smart phones and smart TVs, it doesn’t sound too far-fetched that the Army would like to develop some smart weapons for what we’d like to believe have always be...

The First Dodge Viper Sells For $285K from 2020-01-30T15:00

A recent announcement from Subaru reveals that it will be the latest automaker to commit to an electric vehicle future – and it won’t go it alone.

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GM Rolls Out Robo-Taxi from 2020-01-30T15:00

San Francisco autonomous driving startup Cruise’s more than six-year existence has been a wild ride even by Silicon Valley standards.

The company was purchased by General Motors for nearly...

The Motorola Razr Reboot Is Here from 2020-01-30T15:00

Is nostalgia enough to get you to pay $1,500 for the same phone you had in college?

Motorola thinks so. And in their defense, it’s not exactly the same phone… but it is a flip phone and if...

Dad Makes Gaming A Reality With Re-Engineered Controller from 2020-01-30T15:00

For those of you who don’t know, Jersey is the largest and southernmost of the Channel Islands located between England and France.

The island itself isn’t that important for this story, ex...

FDA Warns Purell: Stop Claiming Hand Sanitizer Prevents Flu from 2020-01-30T14:00

It stands to reason that global disease outbreaks would have a measurable impact on the sales of cleaning and sanitation products, and a few years back, Despite creeping out customers<...

Sony Built A Car from 2020-01-22T15:00

By now I think we can all agree that the role of entertainment and communication technology will continue to play a greater role in all facets of society, including automotive offerings. But, ju...

Reporters Sell Dumpster Food On Amazon from 2020-01-22T14:00

When you’re the biggest e-commerce company in the world, people love to bag on you. And if you’re Amazon, sometimes you deserve it.

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Based in Los Angeles, Laffite Supercars designs unique concept cars and manufactures short-run automobiles. 

This week, the company introduced the X-Road, a street-legal all-terrain vehicl...

3M Makes Bid to Ditch the Box from 2020-01-22T12:00

Over the last 100 years, one of the most overlooked, but crucial elements of any manufacturing supply chain is boxes. Specifically, cardboard boxes. Whether you’re Amazon, or Bob’s Discount Pet ...

GM is Bringing Back the Hummer from 2020-01-22T12:00

More than 10 years after General Motors discontinued the Hummer as part of a bankruptcy announcement, the popular brand might be back, and it's entering a much different segment of the auto...

Electric, Autonomous DeLorean is ‘Flawless’ from 2020-01-22T12:00

It seems like nothing pulls at the nostalgic heartstrings quite like a car. For me, any time I think about that digital speedometer in my 1986 Chevy Z24, it makes me smile.

And many, it se...

Worker Dies in Workplace Shooting at Dart Container from 2019-12-23T10:00

Last Friday, 18-year-old Cameron Golden entered the Dart Container factory outside of Atlanta and shot and killed a fellow co-worker, 42-year-old Taurus Andrews.

The shooting happened at a...

Google, Facebook No Longer in Top 10 Places to Work from 2019-12-23T10:00

Glassdoor, the website that enables workers to publicly evaluate their employers, has released its “Best Places to Wo...

Straight off Batman’s Utility Belt from 2019-12-23T10:00

Since his first appearance in 1939, Batman has undergone a number of changes in his quest to both stay ahead of his enemies and relevant to comic book fans. However, one thing that has remained ...

Apple Accused of Reading Employee’s Texts from 2019-12-23T10:00

Big tech is constantly being accused of watching us, but a new allegation from a former Apple executive contends his ex-employer was actually reading his text messages.

But the issue didn’...

Google Accused of Union-Busting from 2019-12-23T10:00

Don’t be evil. 

Up until last year, those words were not only part of Google’s official Code of Conduct, but served as their longstanding, albeit unofficial motto. However, recent actions ...

3D-Printed Autonomous Podcars from 2019-12-19T11:00

This week, NOWLAB introduced LOCI, a design prototype for a 3D-printed autonomous podcar designed for last-mile movement.

NOWLAB is the additive manufacturing innovation arm of the BigRep ...

3D-Printing Improves Lightning Strike Protection from 2019-12-19T11:00

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory are using a new 3D printing technique to improve lightning strikes on airplanes. 

Airplane exteriors sare traditionally made of carbon fiber ...

Team 3D Prints Tracheas from 2019-12-19T11:00

Researchers from Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) used an integrated tissue-organ printer (ITOP) to 3D-bioprint a trachea. 

Researchers have already 3D-printed trach...

Boeing Bows Out of $85B Military Bid from 2019-12-19T11:00

Boeing is having a hell of a week, and that’s not even usually news anymore. The aerospace supplier, who has been buried under the weight of its issues with the Max jet for months, saw its stock...

Cadillac May Be All-Electric by 2030 from 2019-12-19T11:00

Cadillac is making a big bet on electrics. Just how big? The president of GM’s luxury division just told from 2019-12-19T11:00

We know the SUV market is a competitive one. And with one automaker after another putting at least most of their eggs into this basket, it’s sure to spark some segment design changes, if only be...

Tesla Wouldn’t Help Police Investigate Factory Theft from 2019-12-19T11:00

In contrast to anyone who follows Elon Musk, it looks like there are some elements of Tesla’s business that its’ founder doesn’t want to discuss.

This includes, according to a recent repor...

Daimler, Bosch Begin US Tests of Self-Driving Cars from 2019-12-11T14:00

A pair of German industrial giants this week officially kicked off a pilot project in the heart of Silicon Valley that, they hope, will pave the way for autonomous taxis in dense urban corridors...

Ballistics Team Scans Bullets that Killed JFK from 2019-12-11T14:00

In the name of preserving history, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used advanced imaging to create digital replicas of the bullets that killed Presi...

Pablo Escobar’s Brother Made a Foldable Smartphone from 2019-12-11T14:00

Roberto Escobar, brother of infamous cocaine trafficker Pablo Escobar and who, according to Escobarinc.com, was the former accountant/chief of assassinati...

Underwater Ammo Design Mimics Torpedoes from 2019-12-04T13:00

DSG Technology specializes in patented, high-tech ammunition, and at a North Carolina firing range, the team recently showed off some of its new capabilities. 

The first is CAV-X, super ca...

Shoe Co. Blasts Amazon for Private Label Knockoff from 2019-12-04T13:00

It’s cyber Monday and, for many of us, that means sneaking glances at the online price slashing throughout the day in order to net the best deals possible on our holiday purchases.

If your...

SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test from 2019-12-04T13:00

On Wednesday, SpaceX was conducting a pressure test on the SpaceX Starship MK1 at a facility in Boca Chica, Texas, when the top of the next-generation rocket exploded.

LabPadre was streami...

Jaguar Partners with Hot Wheels for F-Type Launch from 2019-12-04T13:00

In September, Jaguar opened up a state-of-the-art design studio in the UK. For the first time in the company's 84-year history, the entire design team assembled in a single location. 

This Smart Shelf Will Re-Order Your Office Supplies from 2019-12-04T13:00

Back in 2015, Amazon rolled out its innovative Dash Buttons — which were little oval electronic devices you could stick somewhere and re-order a specified amount of product by pressing its butto...

The 10 Most Stolen Vehicles in 2018 from 2019-12-04T13:00

This year's Hot Wheels report is out. The annual report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau details the ten most stolen vehicles in the United States. 

The data comes fr...

Boeing Cited for Overcharging NASA by Millions from 2019-12-04T13:00

There is perhaps no company in the world that will be happier to put 2019 behind them than Boeing. The aerospace giant started the year with a number of unanswered questions related to the crash...

GM Hits Fiat Chrysler with Bombshell Corruption Lawsuit from 2019-12-04T13:00

Earlier in the week, Fiat Chrysler became the last among the Detroit 3 to sit down at th...

Insolvent Supplier Headed for Shutdown After GM Jumps Sinking Ship from 2019-11-20T11:00

When Sakthi Automotive Group USA first opened its doors in 2014, it was to major fanfare. The first new auto supplier to open up in the Detroit area in ten years, this Indian-owned company built...

Tyson Plant Prepares to Reopen After Fire from 2019-11-20T11:00

On August 9, 2019, a fire at a Tyson meat processing plant in Holcomb, Kansas, forced the facility to shut down. 

According to from 2019-11-20T11:00

If the Titanic taught us anything, it was that you never leave your fiancée alone with Leonardo DiCaprio and his sketch book, and labeling something as unsinkable is apparently a slap in the fac...

NASA Unveils Electric Aircraft from 2019-11-20T11:00

The latest experimental aircraft in NASA’s famed X-plane program is edging closer to its debut flight.

More than 70 years after the X-1 first broke the sound barrier, the space agency l...

These Toilets Will Know Everything About You from 2019-11-20T11:00

Smart toilets on the market today primarily boast energy savings with more accurate flushes or simple luxuries like a seat warmer or massaging bidet. 

Researchers from the University of Wi...

First You Print It, Then You Shoot It from 2019-11-20T11:00

Tubulanes are theoretical structures that exhibit extraordinary strength because they are made of crosslinked carbon nanotubes. 

Researchers at Rice University's Brown School of Engin...

Sensor Saves Babies in Hot Cars from 2019-11-20T11:00

University of Waterloo researchers have created a new device that takes a small, cheap sensor and solves a sometimes heartbreaking problem. 

More than 50 children have died in hot cars in ...

Researchers Tether Man&Machine from 2019-11-13T14:00

Humanity is one of the biggest concerns with autonomous humanoid robots. What if they aren't human enough? 

A team of researchers from the University of Illinois and MIT has developed...

Jumping Spiders Inspire New Sensors from 2019-11-13T14:00

Harvard researchers have created a new depth sensor inspired by the eyes of a jumping spider. It could soon be in everything from microbotics to wearable devices. 

The tiny arachnids have ...

Chameleon's Tongue One Quick Snatcher from 2019-11-13T14:00

Some chameleons can snatch a cricket in 20 milliseconds; the average human blinks in about 300 milliseconds (on the quick end). 

A team of researchers at Purdue's FlexiLab created hig...

Hyundai Plans to Have Flying Cars by 2023 from 2019-11-13T14:00

In October, Hyundai Motor Group became just the latest player to get into the flying car game ...

Microsoft Experiments with 4-Day Workweek from 2019-11-13T14:00

This August, a Microsoft subsidiary in Japan experimented with a four-day workweek. The company worked Monday through Thursday as part of a work-life balance project, and the workers received pa...

New Airplane Feature Could Save You If Your Pilot Can't from 2019-11-13T14:00

In 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board told ABC News that 97 percent of the airplane fatalities that occurred didn’t happen on commercial flights, and that from 2019-11-13T11:00

Last week, a 28-year-old man was working at US Food Corp in Hicksville, NY, when his right arm became entangled in a piece of machinery and was severed.

According to local authorities, his...

Aston Martin Unveils First-Ever Bike from 2019-11-13T11:00

The motorcycle marketplace continues to face challenges as it adjusts to an evolving customer base less interested in loud pipes and excessive power. In response to these evolving consumer deman...

Sysco Reaches Deal Over Discrimination Allegation from 2019-11-13T11:00

Sysco has entered an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve gender discrimination allegations at four plants. 

From November 2013 to December 2014, investigators from the O...

Adidas to Test Shoe Production in Space from 2019-11-13T11:00

NASA earlier this year launched an initiative to partner with private companies to CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that the automaker would revive its Datsun brand more than 25 years after the iconi...

Chopper Concept Inspired by Sci-Fi and Jaws from 2019-10-30T11:00

Last weekend China hosted a Helicopter Exposition focused on displaying some the country’s latest military developments. In addition to a potential Black Hawk helicopter look-alike, Parrot Labor...

Flying Taxi Takes to the Air from 2019-10-30T10:00

This spring, German air taxi startup Lilium debuted a five-seat flying car prototype an...

Uniti One's 3-Seater EV is Tiny from 2019-10-23T14:00

The Uniti One is a new electric hatchback from Uniti, an EV startup headquartered in Sweden with engineering and production in the United Kingdom.

The project started at an open innovation...

Implantable Prevents Overdose from 2019-10-23T14:00

Researchers from Northwestern University and Washington University at St. Louis have created a new implant that could save people who are overdosing on opioids. 

The autonomous device is a...

Robotic Hand Autonomously Solves Rubik's Cube from 2019-10-23T14:00

San Francisco-based OpenAI has trained a pair of neural networks to solve a Rubik's Cube with a single robot hand. 

The team places the cube into the palm of a dextrous 24-joint robot...

NSC Takes Firm Stance on Cannabis from 2019-10-23T11:00

Even as laws regarding the use of marijuana become more lax in many states, the grey areas seem to be widening. Take for example, rules regarding cannabis use by workers. Whether or not your sta...

Tesla Gets Green Light in China from 2019-10-23T11:00

Last week, Tesla was approved to begin production in China.

The company is building a $2 billion Gigafactory, its first overseas manufacturing site, in Shanghai. 

According to Reuter...

Fingerprint Smudges Can Unlock Certain Phones from 2019-10-23T11:00

Last year, we brought you a story about how easy it is to fool your phone’s facial recognition security tech, by simply scanning and pho...

Microsoft CEO Nets 66% Pay Bump from 2019-10-23T11:00

 When the economy is good, and your company is performing, it’s not unreasonable to ask for a raise, right?

 And if you’re a CEO of a major Fortune 500 business, you might just get one. A ...

Taking the Car-Driver Relationship to the Next Level from 2019-10-23T11:00

Integrating the latest creature comforts and connectivity-laden technologies with new automotive offerings has become increasingly common. But the latest concept from Toyota takes these comforts...

Faraday Backer Files for Bankruptcy from 2019-10-17T15:00

The founder of secretive electric vehicle startup Faraday reportedly declared bankruptcy in the U.S. after running up more than $2 billion in debts.

Bloomberg, citing court docum...

Dyson Scraps Electric Vehicle Plans from 2019-10-17T15:00

British company Dyson is most famously known for its high-end vacuum cleaners touted on the air by founder, chief engineer and namesake James Dyson.

But the company also makes a ...

World's Largest 3D Printer Prints Fully Functioning Boat from 2019-10-17T15:00

Yesterday, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled the Listen

Hyundai Enters Flying Car Game from 2019-10-17T15:00

This week, Hyundai threw its hat into the flying car ring. You know what? With all of the Listen

Stealth Sub Builder Accused of Falsifying Tests from 2019-10-16T11:00

Huntington Ingalls is regarded as the largest shipbuilder in the U.S. And if a recent suit filed against the company comes to fruition, it will also be responsible for one of the largest fraud c...

Grenades Use Building Block Concept from 2019-10-09T12:00

The use of hand grenades on the battlefield goes back to the 1500s. Weighing up to six pounds, these early versions were basically hollow metal balls filled with gun powder and attached to slow-...

Gov’t Paid Millions in EV Tax Credits for Ineligible Vehicles from 2019-10-09T11:00

Let’s just be real: Doing your taxes is complicated and hard, and even the most honest of individuals can find themselves making a mistake here and there. And if you do, that’s what the auditors...

HR Shames Applicant on Social Media from 2019-10-09T11:00

Social media continues to make the human resource waters murkier than ever, especially when it comes to deciding what to share on your accounts, but also what companies peruse when considering n...

Corvette Stingray Debuts First Hardtop Convertible from 2019-10-09T11:00

When GM announced this summer that they’d be moving the engine in the 2020 Corvette, people went bonkers. It was like Beatlemania. 

That’s because the change to a mid-engine was just one p...

Mattel Launches Gender-Inclusive Dolls from 2019-10-02T16:00

Makers of Barbie and American Girl, Mattel has launched a new line of gender-inclusive dolls.

Creatable World is a customizable line that allows kids to create unique dolls. The brand cons...

Tesla Cop Cruiser Runs Out of Juice During High-Speed Chase from 2019-10-02T16:00

One reason electric vehicle adoption has been slow is the range. People are worried about the charge. They think the car will run out of juice, leaving them stranded. This story isn't going...

CBD Makers Sue for $44M Over Bad Seeds from 2019-10-02T16:00

Elemental Processing of Lexington, Kentucky is suing Oregon-based HP Farms for $44 million over bad seeds.

Elemental Processing produces CBD, a wildly popular plant extract used in various...

Ford Patents Convertible Pickup Truck from 2019-10-02T16:00

If there’s one thing we know about Americans, it’s that they love trucks. But even one of the top producers or pickups in the world knows that, sometimes, even pickup drivers want some wind in t...

Boston Dynamics Starts Selling Robot Dog from 2019-10-02T16:00

Interested companies can lease the life-like quadruped — at a pretty steep cost. 

Boston Dynamics is most famously known for videos of its eerily life-life robots doing eerily life-like ta...

Chinese EV Startup Slashes Jobs from 2019-10-02T16:00

Nio delivered fewer cars as the government phases out subsidies for electric vehicles. 

Electric vehicles are considered part of the future of transportation, but in the present day, conve...

Elon Musk is Trying to Buy a Village from 2019-10-02T16:00

What does parenthood and space exploration have in common? Both take a village.

According to a recent report from Last spring, we discussed the difficulties that off-road vehicle manufacturer Polaris was having with i...

OSHA’s Top 10 Safety Citations from 2019-09-18T15:00

It’s back, and while the focus of this year’s most frequently cited workplace safety violations didn’t change too dramatically from 2018, some of the factors contributing to them offer perspecti...

Worker Dies After Affair; Death Ruled Work-Related Accident from 2019-09-18T15:00

In 2013, a safety technician was working for French railway engineering company TSO died while traveling for work. The circumstances around his death, however, stray from your average work-relat...

Boeing Plane in Development Fails Safety Test from 2019-09-18T14:00

Boeing’s disaster year continues to hurtle down the runway, as we learned this week that one of the company’s planes failed a safety test – and it’s not the sidelined 737 Max jet, the model blam...

Man Arrested in Elaborate Counterfeit Vaping Plot from 2019-09-11T16:00

A 20-year-old Wisconsin man is accused of an elaborate ...

Bentley to Produce Replica 1929 Racecars from 2019-09-11T16:00

If you look at the fastest cars in the world today, it’s hard to imagine that, 90 years ago, race cars looked the news that the iconic Lincoln Continental was more than l...

SpaceX Closer to Mars Mission After Starhopper Flight from 2019-09-04T15:00

This week, SpaceX successfully tested the Starhopper prototype in Texas. In just 57.36 seconds, the rocket lifted off, reached 150 m, and then stuck the landing. 

It was the craft’s second...

Microwave-Sized Harvester Pulls Water from Desert Air from 2019-09-04T15:00

Researchers from the University of California - Berkeley have developed a new solar-powered water harvester that's the size of a microwave and pulls water out of the air in areas as dry as ...

Exosuit Fits Like a Pair of Shorts from 2019-09-04T15:00

A research team has designed a new portable exosuit that could soon help people walk and run. You know what, it's just nice to report a new exoskeleton that from 2019-09-04T10:00

Reuters is calling it a “forgery crisis” and, in a recent forecasted the legal cannabis business to be worth an estimated $66.3...

Is Ford Finally Killing the Lincoln Continental? from 2019-08-28T11:00

Even the most casual observer of the automotive market knows that the sedan is slowly going the way of the dinosaur.

In the past few years, we’ve lost some good ones – from the practical F...

Missiles Could Find Their Own Targets from 2019-08-21T12:00

Artificial intelligence has found its way into cars, manufacturing equipment, home appliances and even aircraft. 

The Army, in a move that I’m sure has been covered by some low-budget acti...

Chinese EV Co. Stiffs Aston Martin in Deal Gone Bad from 2019-08-21T12:00

The Aston Martin Vanquish was a touring car that existed through two generations, the second of which concluded production in 2018. That happened to be the same year that the automaker went publ...

Supplier Allegedly Paid $900K in Kickbacks for UAW Contracts from 2019-08-21T12:00

As the Big 3 continue discussions with the United Autoworkers Union on terms for an upcoming contract, there’s a lot of distracting noise in the background – and it’s the roar of a raging scanda...

Salmon Cannon Fires Fish Over Dams from 2019-08-21T12:00

Based in Seattle, WA, Whooshh Innovations designs systems that help fish move over obstacles. The company's tech uses AI to identify and sort out invasive species, differentiate between hat...

Drone Swarms Descend Upon Mock City Hall from 2019-08-21T11:00

In June, DARPA held its second field experiment for the OFFSET program. The OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, pairs autonomous air and ground robots to complete missions in urban environm...

Astro the Robotic Dog from 2019-08-21T11:00

Just as soon as we cover a poop-scooping robot, the fleshy beasts could be rend...

Autonomous Boat Looks for Amelia Earhart from 2019-08-21T11:00

In 1937, Amelia Earhart tried to fly around the world. She didn&apo...

Amid Shortage, Airlines Are Leasing Older and Older Planes from 2019-08-21T11:00

Demand for air travel has increased by five percent so far in 2019, but there’s a problem. Airlines can’t keep up, and much of the blame falls squarely on Boeing, whose problems with its 737 Max...

Electric Motorcycle Concept is Wrapped in Wood from 2019-08-14T11:00

We have seen our share of exotic, Business Insider, the new and improved Air Force Ones that Presi...

Startup is Going to Use Helicopters to Catch Rockets from 2019-08-14T10:00

Rocket Lab says reusing its rockets will help it launch small satellites more frequently. 

The process of traveling to space is riddled with complicated and expensive engineering challenge...

Engineers Drop 500-Pound Weights on Lithium-Ion Batteries from 2019-08-14T10:00

Batteries go through some intense testing. Researchers drive nails through them, crush them, overheat them, overcharge them and blast them with a laser, among other tests.

Now, the engi...

Airbus Unveils Bird of Prey Concept from 2019-08-14T10:00

The engineers at Airbus have been particularly inspired by nature lately. In late June, Airbus revealed a scale-model prototype of a new aircraft concept that reported that GM was in the – likely uncomf...

Co-Worker Shot, Killed on Assembly Line from 2019-08-07T10:00

A 28-year-old employee at an automobile seat factory has been arrested and charged with murder after allegedly shooting a co-worker on the assembly line.

On Sunday, August 4, 2019, Angela ...

Latest Mustang Looks to Chase Down Corvette from 2019-08-07T10:00

A couple of weeks ago Chevy unveiled a new-look Corvette touting an upgraded engine design capable of pushing the iconic sports car to new levels of speed and maneuverability.

That news...

Inventors Sue Amazon, Target Over Trendy Lightbulb from 2019-08-07T10:00

It’s been several years since much of America has fallen under the spell of the Edison bulb – the trendy lightbulb that goes hand-in-hand with today’s standard hipster décor comprised of bronze ...

Lyft e-Bikes Are Starting on Fire from 2019-08-07T10:00

I know everyone thinks that the worst thing about those electric scooter share programs is that, once they’ve served the rider’s purpose, they’re just discarded like trash until someone from the...

Programmer Guilty After Scheming Siemens with ‘Logic Bombs’ from 2019-08-01T11:00

Most computer programmers, we can assume, use their vast technical knowledge for good and – let me just say – whoever created the “document recovery” feature in Microsoft Word – thank you from a...

Nintendo Sued Over ‘Manufacturing Defect’ from 2019-08-01T11:00

If you’re into video games you know that, if the controller doesn’t work right, then what’s the point…

It appears Nintendo users are taking issue with a specific technology that’s been on ...

Curtiss Motorcycles CEO Says Harley's LiveWire is'Bloodless' from 2019-08-01T11:00

In late 2017, Confederate Motors, a high-end motorcycle manufacturer, announced that it was givin...

Fisker is Back with an Electric Crossover from 2019-08-01T10:00

When Tesla first announced its upcoming Model Y all-electric crossover in March of this year, it was forced to share the stage with Audi,...

Inventor Crashes into English Channel on Hoverboard from 2019-07-26T11:00

I know for a fact that we’ve all wondered whether someone could successfully fly across the English Channel on a homemade hoverboard. I mean… right? We’ve thought about that?

Well, the sho...

Amazon Tells Customers They May Have Bought Fake Pills from 2019-07-26T11:00

Amazon is warning customers this week that nutritional supplements they purchased recently may be knock-offs.

In an email to customers, first reported by three years ago.  Listen

Six Untested Connectors Cost ITT Cannon $11 Million from 2019-07-19T11:00

This week, ITT Cannon, a division of ITT Inc., agreed to pay $11 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it supplied untested electrical connectors to the military.

According t...

Lead Paint Makers Pay Millions in Lawsuit from 2019-07-18T16:00

Lead based paint was banned for residential use more than 40 years ago, but those who live in older homes could still be paying the price.

But the impact doesn’t stop there. 

We lear...

Combat Vehicles Enter Video Game Mode from 2019-07-18T16:00

For any of you who have previously been or are currently being chastised for your addiction to first-person shooter games, the United States Army has your six.

The Army recently announc...

Buckle Up: The UAW Contract Talks Are Going to Be a Bear from 2019-07-18T16:00

 Yesterday marked the start of negotiation talks between the United Autoworkers Union – or UAW – and the Big 3 automakers – GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler … and according to industry experts, we sho...

Virgin Orbit Rocket Falls 35,000 Feet from 2019-07-12T11:00

Billionaire Richard Branson’s satellite launch business is one step closer to a live test flight after sending its launch vehicle plummeting into the California desert this week. 

 Like it...

Pharma Exec Gets 30 Years in Prison for Fraud Scheme from 2019-07-11T10:00

A former CEO and chairman of a multinational pharmaceutical manufacturing company will spend the next 30 years in prison for an international fraud scheme that led to the collapse of one of the ...

Bird Strike Triggers Accidental Bombing from 2019-07-10T13:00

Last week the Air Force inadvertently tried to add their own kind of fireworks to the holiday festivities. Apparently, an A-10C Thunderbolt II out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia dropped thre...

BMW Made a Pickup Truck from 2019-07-10T13:00

If you’re BMW and you’re going to make a pickup truck concept, let’s face it – it’s going to be super fancy. And you’re going to insist that it’s just this little old thing you let some trainees...

Russian Defense Unveiled a Owl Drone from 2019-06-28T15:00

So, whenever we talk about drones or unmanned aerial vehicle technology, we try to position these machines as having application potential for various industries. But let’s be real – the main pu...

Ex-Engineer Accused of Starting Identical Startup in China from 2019-06-26T11:00

For any of you who have been following the peaks and valleys of the tech company Magic Leap over the past few years, you know that for all the hype there has been just as much failed potential.<...

Robot Queen Custom Builds a Tesla Truck from 2019-06-26T11:00

When you start out a custom engineering project with the phrase “I don’t know if this is the smartest or most stupid thing I’m ever going to do”, the results are typically predictable. 

Ho...

Harley to Make a Smaller Motorcycle from 2019-06-26T11:00

Harley-Davdison is the latest in a long line of vehicle manufacturers to partner with a Chinese company in an effort to capitalize on a massive, rapidly growing market.

But the iconic moto...

Boeing May Rename Jet Involved in Fatal Crashes from 2019-06-26T10:00

The Paris Air Show kicked off earlier this week, and the most awkward guest at the party appears to be Boeing, the airplane maker that’s been scrambling since March to fix a software glitch that...

Playable Burger-Powered Guitar from 2019-06-26T10:00

James Trussart has made a name for himself by designing custom guitars for rock icons that include Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards. But I doubt any of them offered as unique a challen...

Autonomous Flying Car to Begin Flight Tests Next Year from 2019-06-19T10:00

The Aska is a new eVTOL flying car design. The door-to-door, drive and fly, hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle comes from California-based NFT, which maintains an R&D cente...

MIT Helps Factory Robots Understand Humans from 2019-06-19T09:00

Last year, MIT researchers partnered with BMW to test ways for humans and robots to assemble car parts together in close proximity.

The team created a robot on rails concept that delivered...

Beekee Box Creates Network Without Internet, Electricity from 2019-06-19T09:00

Researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have created the Beekee Box, a standalone box that can generate a wireless network that enables users to log on to a learning platform with...

Equipment Inventor Headed to Prison from 2019-06-19T09:00

Last week, exercise equipment inventor Douglas Brendle was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of tax and healthcare fraud.

A resident of Cheyenne, Wy...

Report Says GM’s Driverless Cars Are Plagued by Glitches from 2019-06-14T10:00

We hear a lot about the millions of dollars in research and development that’s being poured into autonomous vehicle projects but often, that’s it. Besides partnerships and funding announcements ...

Musk Says Tesla Has Designed a Submarine Car from 2019-06-14T10:00

If you’re a James Bond fan, you’ve certainly seen the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me. You’d also know that there is literally no way ...

‘Maker Faire’ Backer Suspends Operations from 2019-06-13T10:00

One of the world’s foremost champions of engineers, inventors and at-home tinkerers appears to be on life support amid a desperate push by its supporters to keep it running.

Maker Media...

Once the Darling of Millennials, LaCroix Water is Sued Again from 2019-06-12T11:00

As an avid consumer of sparkling water, I can attest to the fact that brand loyalty is not often a consideration when making a purchase. And if you were to ask the brands within this increasingl...

Foam Armor Designed to Stop Armor-Piercing Bullets from 2019-06-11T09:00

Researchers from North Carolina State have created a new armor out of composite metal foam (CMF). Dur...

Why You Should Keep That Extra Toe from 2019-06-11T09:00

A team of researchers believes that the birth defect that leads to extra fingers and toes could provide a blueprint for a way to control robotic limbs.

The condition is known as polydactyl...

Polymer Made from Waste Cooking Oil Could Cure PFAS Pollution from 2019-06-11T09:00

PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are a problem. Also called "forever chemicals" PFAS are commonly used in non-stick coatings, lubricants and fire-fighting foam...

New Michelin Tire Means No More Flats from 2019-06-11T09:00

Airless tires may finally be coming to passenger vehicles.

Tires are just about the most important and underappreciated thing about your car. Nobody cares about the poor, lowly tire until ...

The Genius/Madness of Apple's $1,000 Monitor Stand from 2019-06-11T09:00

At last week’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, Apple dropped the jaws of those in attendance and throughout the tech world by announcing the availability of the Mac Pro Stand … starting at $99...

Warren Buffett’s Co. Takes $377M Hit from ‘Ponzi Scheme’ from 2019-06-06T17:00

If you were to visit DC Solar’s website, you’d see a professional-looking dot-com, tiled with images of the company’s solar generators in action...

How Bosch Took a Dumb SKIL Drill Press and Made it'Smart' from 2019-06-06T17:00

At the end of the day, everyone just wants to make more money. That was the message at the Factory of the Future experience at the Bosch Rexroth Automation & Electrification facility in Hoff...

Musk: Tesla Pickup Will Be Sub-$50K, Better Than the F-150 from 2019-06-04T11:00

Elon Musk has always been one to make grand projections and, hey – if he can make good on even a handful of his brash promises then the future of the transportation industry – on earth, below gr...

Sensor-Laden Glove Could Lead to More Capable Robots from 2019-06-03T11:00

Teaching robots how to recognize and handle unknown items remains a key hurdle to enabling automation of a much wider range of routine tasks.

But researchers at the Massachusetts Instit...

Worker Gets 10 Months in Prison for Peeing on Food Products from 2019-05-31T11:00

Last Friday, 49-year-old Gregory Stanton was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for urinating on a conveyor belt that carried cereal at the Kellog's plant in Memphis Tennessee. 

Salto is a Jumping Robot Bush Baby from 2019-05-30T12:00

In 2016, researchers at the University of California - Berkeley created Salto (Saltatorial Locomotion on Terrain Obstacles). Salto is a tiny jumping robot that can leap off of the ground, hit a ...

Amazon Denies Report its Cutting Thousands of Suppliers from 2019-05-30T12:00

Amazon has found itself at odds with the news outlet Bloomberg over a recent report that the wholesaling giant could be making some big changes. But if the report is to be taken at face value, t...

Novartis Unveils World’s Most Expensive Drug Treatment from 2019-05-30T12:00

When scientists are able to develop a new treatment for a rare disease that severely impacts the lives of very young children, it’s generally considered good news.

And in the case of the n...

Ford’s Self-Driving Delivery Van Deploys Humanoid Robot from 2019-05-30T12:00

Ford has partnered with Agility Robotics to put a humanoid robot, Digit, into self-driving vehicles to create what they call the "future of self-driving vehicle delivery."

Digit ...

Wearable Sensors Designed with Octopus-Inspired Suckers from 2019-05-30T12:00

Researchers from South Korea have created a new graphene-based biosensor that sucks to your skin -- it was inspired by the suckers on an octopus.

The researchers from 2019-05-24T09:00

A group in Chicago had a great idea – they wanted to develop a series of floating gardens in creating the Wild Mile along a man-made canal of the Chicago River. The problem, not surprisingly, wa...

Boring Company Hits Pay Dirt from 2019-05-24T09:00

After talks stalled in Chicago, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has finally landed its first paying customer, inking a $48.6 million deal with the Las Vegas Conv...

Robotic Dogs Redesigned to Care for the Elderly from 2019-05-23T11:00

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati are developing robotic pets to help care for the elderly.

Led by professor Claudia Rebola, a team of researchers is working to make robotic pets...

Microscopic Robot Drops Bombs on Cancer Cells from 2019-05-23T11:00

Researchers from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and City University of Hong Kong have created a biohybrid floating-plane robot.

The robots were inspired by Transform...

Robot Designed to Forever Mop Up Blood from 2019-05-23T11:00

Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu have found an interesting new application for an industrial robot: squeegeeing blood.

Yuan and Yu combined a Kuka robot, Cognex visual-recognition sens...

WWII Plane Found in Boneyard Refurbished in Time for D-Day from 2019-05-23T11:00

One C-47 troop carrier was so visible in the D-Day Invasion of World War II that it was emblazoned with its own message for ...

Exec’s Escort-Turned-Girlfriend Charged $5.8 Million to His Company Card from 2019-05-21T10:00

A 45-year-old executive was fired after he, and his former escort-turned-girlfriend, racked up nearly $5.8 million dollars on his company credit card.

Scott Kennedy worked as a top financi...

Company Unveils Flying Taxi Prototype from 2019-05-20T17:00

The developer of a two-seat flying car recently tested a larger prototype that company officials hope will finally help realize the potential of urban air mobility.

AI SpaceFactory won $500,000 by taking first place in NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. Now, if that sentence ...

Congress Cracks Down on Manufacturer’s ‘Extreme Profit Margins’ from 2019-05-16T10:00

The U.S. House of Representatives has begun investigating a Cleveland-based supplier and aerospace manufacturer for “extreme profit margins” and “excess profit”.

The remarks stem from repo...

Designer Creates Floating U.F.O. Timeshares from 2019-05-16T10:00

Pierpaolo Lazzarini wants to build an unidentified floating object. The U.F.O. 1.2 has been under development for about three years and now ...

Engineer Gets 2.5 Years in Prison for Bribery, Fraud from 2019-05-15T09:00

A Hawaiian engineer was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for bribing public officials in Hawaii and the Federated States of Micronesia. 

53-year-old Frank James Lyon pleaded guilty to payi...

Hellfire Cuts Like Swords from the Heavens from 2019-05-14T11:00

The Hellfire missile offers an interesting perspective, not just on military technology, but product lifecycle in general.

The missile was initially developed with a shaped charge, which m...

Will All Wheel Drive Save the Sedan? from 2019-05-13T10:00

Edmunds.com says that more than 63 percent of the new vehicles sold last year were SUVs or trucks, which is no surprise to automakers who have spent the last few years slashing their small car m...

DoD Won’t Let Sonar Supplier Walk Away from 2019-05-09T14:00

Typically, if there’s demand, someone will figure out how to supply a product. However, in the case of a key naval defense asset, even a contract that has grown by more than to 50 percent in thr...

Ohio Town Solves the Mystery of the Blocked Key Fob from 2019-05-09T11:00

There was something eerie about this situation out of Ohio that was putting some residents on edge: in the small town of North Olmsted -- a suburb west of Cleveland -- people were finding that t...

Smart Suitcase Helps Visually Impaired Travelers from 2019-05-08T13:00

Running through an airport probably isn’t anyone’s idea of a particularly good time, but for the visually impaired, the air travel experience can be an especially daunting one.

Navigati...

Lawsuit After Man Dies Under'Avalanche’ of Salt from 2019-05-07T10:00

On April 30, 2017, 60-year-old Lawrence Ray Shiner Jr. was repairing a 145-foot-tall boiler at the Kapstone Paper and Packaging paper mill in North Charleston, SC. 

While he was repairing ...

Adidas a Victim of its Popularity from 2019-05-06T12:00

It looks like Adidas isn’t just for Run DMC anymore.

The company is having a banner year, dazzling investors by beating forecasts in the first quarter, though its explosive growth has an u...

SUVs Run Smart Cars Out of the U.S. from 2019-05-03T15:00

Roughly a decade after being introduced to the U.S. market, Daimler recently announced that it will stop selling the infamous ForTwo Smart vehicle in the U.S. and Canada after the 2019 model yea...

Researchers Fight Fire with Nanocellulose from 2019-05-03T10:00

Researchers from VTT Technical Research Center in Finland have created a new coating using nanocellulose.

Nanocellulose naturally adheres to wood and forms an airtight film on the surface....

Samsung's Galaxy Fold Fails from 2019-05-03T10:00

Early reviews of Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold have been critical of the new folding screen, but I think the most hilarious came from iFixit as part of the website’s product teardown, “Like a beauti...

Researchers Finally Made the Magic Fat Pill from 2019-05-03T09:00

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (NTU Singapore) have finally created the one true magic pill to fight obesity. The team has developed a prototype capsule that infl...

Man Arrested for $72M Counterfeit Component Scheme from 2019-05-02T12:00

On April 16, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 44-year-old man in California for overseeing a scheme to smuggle $72 million in counterfeit Apple and Samsung cellpho...

Man Arrested for $72M Counterfeit Component Scheme from 2019-05-02T12:00

On April 16, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 44-year-old man in California for overseeing a scheme to smuggle $72 million in counterfeit Apple and Samsung cellpho...

Man Arrested for $72M Counterfeit Component Scheme from 2019-05-02T12:00

On April 16, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a 44-year-old man in California for overseeing a scheme to smuggle $72 million in counterfeit Apple and Samsung cellpho...