The X-47B comes in for a landing on March 4 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. (Credit: Northrop Grumman) Almost from the very beginning sev... read more »
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There is no plane I feel safer in than a Boeing 747. Its sheer size and its apparent effortlessness offer something no other plane seems to manage: t... read more »
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After a six-and-a-half-year fall into the inner solar system, NASA's compact Messenger probe fired its main engine for 15 tense minutes today to brak... read more »
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Will Japan's astro-droid look cute like Actroid (Credit: Tim Hornyak/CNET) NASA's tough-looking Robonaut 2 ... read more »
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Floor bots: The new Roomba 760 (back) for vacuuming and Scooba 230 (front) for scrubbing. (Credit: Tim Hornyak/CNET) LAS VEGAS--iRobot demoed it... read more »
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One thing we can probably all agree on is that in the future, robots will be everywhere. But will they play the role of master or servant Sexy tim... read more »
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The &39'NASA Explorer&39' badge on Foursquare (Credit: Foursquare) The first live Twitter messages from space were less than a year ago, but alread... read more »
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Given that we are unlikely to get past 2012, perhaps it's churlish to even think of what 2025 might look like. However, the indelible optimists at NA... read more »
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(Credit: Martin Aircraft) The three-year wait for a recreational jetpack may be almost over--assuming regulators give their approval. New Zealand... read more »
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This thin section of brain has been treated with a pink neuropathological stain to show fine anatomic detail. (Credit: Allen Institute for Brain S... read more »
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Babyloid is perfect for caring humanoids. (Credit: Aichi Prefecture) The nightmare of robot babies continues apace in Japan, a rapidly aging soc... read more »
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Imagine if you could pray to your computer to stop the beach ball of doom from spinning, the blue screen of death from staring you in the face. Pe... read more »
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Susannah Gal (left) and Susan Bane have devised a new imaging technique to view specific proteins in action. (Credit: Jonathan Cohen) Two professo... read more »
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A nearly-completed Boeing 777 sits on the company&39's production line in Everett, Wash. (Credit: Kent German/CNET) In two days the annual Paris ... read more »
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Not long after creating a functioning rat lung in her lab, Yale University Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Engineering Laura Niklason is t... read more »
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Researchers in Germany are reporting two thumbs up for their first clinical trial testing a remote-controlled capsule endoscope in the stomachs of he... read more »
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Intel Labs will invest $100 million in U.S. university research over the next five years, the chipmaker announced today. Intel will open Intel Sc... read more »
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Have you ever forgotten to turn your cell phone off during a flight Did you survive The question might seem slightly churlish, but the airline indu... read more »
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The idea of human beings flying around in the sky like Michael Jackson used to fly into concerts--via jetpack--might seem a trifle outlandish. Howeve... read more »
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Certification testing of Honeywell Phase 3 Display Units on Boeing 737NG aircraft revealed the potential for interference from Wi-Fi for those spec... read more »
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