Distributed systems of servers now power almost everything we do online, from file sharing to video streaming to shopping.

How one amazing YouTuber turned a 3D printer into an automated tattoo machine.

His new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

Nobel-winning scientist Omar Yaghi's new solar-powered device harvests 1,000 liters of drinking water daily from dry air using advanced MOF technology.

The artificial intelligence-powered robots are being positioned to work alongside officers as “service” droids to assist the public or “crime-fighting” machines that could catch suspects ...

The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube. In ...

Can machines think? Having been raised on a fairly steady diet of science and speculative fiction, this is a question that has intrigued me for most of my life. But over the past few weeks, it’s been ...

Chinese scientists have helped create a new safety system for automated driving systems that can sometimes react to hazards more quickly than the human brain. The slower reaction time of machines ...

Sound machines may not be the sleep saviors many believe. Researchers found that pink noise significantly reduced REM sleep, while simple earplugs did a better job protecting deep, restorative sleep ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.

Giant electronic computers can solve difficult mathematical or logical equations in fractions of a second, but in other ways they are mental defectives. They have no imagination or initiative. They do ...

Japanese company Science is commercially producing its Mirai Ningen Sentakuki – Human Washing Machine of the Future – after an overwhelming response at the Osaka-Kansai Expo this year. Only 50 models ...