Engineers have long been trying to come up with a synthetic polymer that is flexible, waterproof, conductive, heals itself, and is sensitive to touch, all outside the carefully calibrated set-up of a lab. Just like our skin.
Engineers have long been trying to come up with a synthetic polymer that is flexible, waterproof, conductive, heals itself, and is sensitive to touch, all outside the carefully calibrated set-up of a lab. Just like our skin.
Tokelau, which consists of three small Pacific atolls administered by New Zealand, gets 93% of its electricity from solar panels, and the other 7% from a sustainable supply of coconuts.
Imagine an electric vehicle that can get you to work, or anywhere in a six-mile radius, without traffic frustrations or gasoline. Yes, this souped-up skateboard could change the face of morning commutes.
French automaker Renault aims to entice consumers to the world of electric vehicles with the Zoe. Their mini electric vehicle recently achieved the equivalent of 163 mpg (262km) in the Future Car Challenge.
French automaker Renault aims to entice consumers to the world of electric vehicles with the Zoe. Their mini electric vehicle recently achieved the equivalent of 163 mpg (262km) in the Future Car Challenge.
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of high-voltage electricity to keep working.
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of high-voltage electricity to keep working.
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of high-voltage electricity to keep working.
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of high-voltage electricity to keep working.
The dams create strong water flows which move turbine blades that turn the rotor of an electric generator. When the coils of wire on the rotor sweep past the generator’s stationary coil, electricity is produced.
The dams create strong water flows which move turbine blades that turn the rotor of an electric generator. When the coils of wire on the rotor sweep past the generator’s stationary coil, electricity is produced.
This robot mimics the gait of a real salamander by using a digital neural network that is instructed to swim, crawl or walk based on the intensity of electrical signals running through its "spinal cord" circuits.
This robot mimics the gait of a real salamander by using a digital neural network that is instructed to swim, crawl or walk based on the intensity of electrical signals running through its "spinal cord" circuits.
This robot mimics the gait of a real salamander by using a digital neural network that is instructed to swim, crawl or walk based on the intensity of electrical signals running through its "spinal cord" circuits.
In the 1960's, General Electric and the U.S. military co-developed a exoskeleton named Hardiman that made lifting 250 lb (110 kg) feel like lifting 10 lb (4.5 kg).
Supporters of the smart grid, which sends electricity usage information from a household back to the utility at frequent intervals, are learning that they need to take privacy concerns seriously.
Supporters of the smart grid, which sends electricity usage information from a household back to the utility at frequent intervals, are learning that they need to take privacy concerns seriously.
Supporters of the smart grid, which sends electricity usage information from a household back to the utility at frequent intervals, are learning that they need to take privacy concerns seriously.
You could say that nights in Cairo are electric. Midnight comes and goes, but men and women still haggle with shop owners, merchants hawk their wares, and waiters serve coffee and juice to their 24-hour clientele.
Using sensors attached to a volunteer's brain, the scientists recorded electrical signals from the person reading out words. Soon they knew which brain signals correlated with each word.
A power outage cut electricity to millions of people up and down the American southwest, prompting some residents to bond in ethereal fire lit settings.
St. Elmo’s fire is an electrical weather phenomenon occurring when the electric field like those generated by thunderstorms causes the air molecules around an object to produce luminous plasma.
Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth’s surface every single second. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.
The prohibitive costs of wind turbines made Shawn Frayne rethink how to harness wind energy, resulting in the windbelt, a taut membrane that generates electricity by oscillating as wind flows over it.
The prohibitive costs of wind turbines made Shawn Frayne rethink how to harness wind energy, resulting in the windbelt, a taut membrane that generates electricity by oscillating as wind flows over it.
The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle -- a personal transporter. It was finally unveiled on 3 December 2001 after rampant speculation on what "IT" could be.
The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle -- a personal transporter. It was finally unveiled on 3 December 2001 after rampant speculation on what "IT" could be.
The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric vehicle -- a personal transporter. It was finally unveiled on 3 December 2001 after rampant speculation on what "IT" could be.