Georgia Tech
maggots
Watch 10,000 Maggots Scarf Down a Pizza in Two Hours
Black soldier flies are the Joey Chestnuts of the larvae world.
Becky Ferreira
2.7.19
DRONES
Drone Swarms Avoid Crashing With 'Safety Bubbles'
Watch out! A team of autonomous quadcopters can now work together without crashing.
Emma Griffith
5.15.17
Watch out for that tree
Farmers Could Have Teams of Tarzan Robots Swinging Around Their Fields in the Future
The king of the jungle is moving to the farm.
Grennan Milliken
4.11.17
studies
This New Fabric Harvests Energy from the Sun and Wind
Stylish, too.
Michael Byrne
9.12.16
Health
This Gross Sound Your Knee Makes Could Be a Sign of Health
Scientists are developing a microphone knee band to measure the sounds of an injured joint's healing progress.
Madison Margolin
5.29.16
Space
We Talked to Bill Nye About the Solar Sail He’s Sending to Space
The former Science Guy believes LightSail 2 could lead to better space travel, debris cleanup, and solar weather monitoring.
Bryson Masse
3.1.16
Music
This Drummer Has Three Arms—Two Human, One Robot
Five, six, seven, eight.
Rachel Pick
2.17.16
video
Researchers Develop a New Algorithm That Helps Robots Brace Themselves in a Fall
Now humanoid bots can preserve some of their dignity.
Rachel Pick
10.13.15
Gaming
This Is the Best 3D Animation of Putting on Pants Yet
Getting 3D animated characters to dress is surprisingly difficult, but researchers are making progress.
Emanuel Maiberg
8.10.15
Obama
What Exactly Is a 'Flop,' Anyway?
President Obama's call for exaflop supercomputing is as good a time as any to talk about floating-point operations per second.
Michael Byrne
8.1.15
robots
Dawn of the Rat-Brained Robots
In the 2000s, lab-grown brains flew planes and drove robots—but real-world applications remain basic, and a very long ways off.
Matthew Braga
6.13.15
machines
Welcome to the Internet of Skin
Engineers devise a way of printing kilometers-long sheets of "smart skin."
Michael Byrne
5.17.15
