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Sticky Film Makes Nonslip Ladders, Wall-Climbing Robots
MENLO PARK, California — Scientists at SRI International have figured out how to make a plastic film that can stick to walls when you apply a small electric current — then peel off effortlessly when...
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Vending Machine for Geeks Stocks USB Cables, LEDs, Arduinos
Visitors to Metrix Create:Space in Seattle can avail themselves of the hacker space’s many amenities: 3-D printers, work benches, hand tools, power tools, oscilloscopes, and 50 Mbps internet. If you...
View ArticleGoogle Conference Swag Already Selling for $1,000 on eBay
Google gave everyone attending its developer conference a free Android tablet. Now, a couple enterprising attendees have already listed the swag on eBay, where the tablets are nearing a bid price of...
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Ballmer to Skype Fans: You Can Trust Us
SAN FRANCISCO — Trust us. We’re not going to screw up Skype. That was the message Microsoft delivered Tuesday, hours after formally announcing that it was buying the internet telephony pioneer for a...
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Fire Artist Mixes Propane, High Voltage
SEATTLE — Rusty Oliver sets things on fire. During our visit to his workspace, the aptly-named Hazardfactory, he demonstrated how two long propane-filled tubes can act as a kind of fiery audio EQ...
View ArticleDIY Lasers Are Irresistibly Dangerous
See Also: New Use for Lasers: Blinding Pirates NASA Considers Shooting Space Junk With Lasers Video: Navy Laser Sets Ship on Fire Making Rain Clouds With Lasers Army Turns to Lasers for Copter Defense...
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Patent Firm Explains Why It Targets Developers, Not Apple
After threatening last week to sue several iPhone app programmers for implementing a new iOS feature, a patent firm touched off a storm of controversy and even received death threats. Now the company...
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May 25, 1945: Sci-Fi Author Predicts Future by Inventing It
1945: Arthur C. Clarke begins privately circulating copies of a paper that proposes using space satellites for global communications. It was a bold suggestion for 1945, as the war was just winding down...
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How to Make a Clock Run for 10,000 Years
High on a rocky ridge in the desert, nestled among the brush, is the topmost part of a clock that has been ticking for thousands of years. It looks out over the ruins of a spaceport, built by a rich...
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How Microsoft Researchers Might Invent a Holodeck
Wired recently toured Microsoft's R&D buildings to see some of the work the firm's scientists and engineers are doing to invent the computer interfaces of the future. The post How Microsoft...
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