LED lighting

World-renowned design talents like Rem Koolhaas are introducing poorly conceived oddities that don't help solve serious workplace ergonomics issues.

2 | June 19, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

The U.S. government spying scandal has implicated programs that secure critical infrastructure, protect intellectual property, and make commercial software more reliable.

15 | June 16, 2013 11:48am | By David Worthington

Millennials love their smartphones and bikes. Cars? Not so much. This could spawn a new generation of smart bikes for hipsters and obsessive cyclists, starting with Helios handlebars.

14 | June 6, 2013 3:00am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Boeing has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner.

2 | June 3, 2013 4:43am | By Charlie Osborne

BUENOS AIRES -- Scientists in Uruguay have engineered sheep that glow green under UV light. And no, they're not meant for Scottish raves.

May 31, 2013 3:00am | By Ian Mount

To paraphrase them: "Fire up the fission. These imported fossil fuels are breaking us."

May 15, 2013 5:28am | By Mark Halper

A Cambridge University brain scanning project aims to unlock the mysteries of the creature from the room upstairs, in a first ever study of its kind.

1 | May 15, 2013 3:54am | By Mark Halper

Now you can set your home light bulbs to flash or change color when your sports team scores. Tunable to any alert - stock prices, weather forecast, traffic reports, social media - through the Net.

6 | May 14, 2013 3:43am | By Mark Halper

Now the Igor I. Sikorsky prize is worth $250,000. Check out three designs that are getting close.

2 | May 13, 2013 12:09pm | By Janet Fang

Don't go out at night?

4 | May 9, 2013 3:54am | By Mark Halper

The same machine that analyzes those cloth swatches that TSA agents wipe against your carry-on could now be retrofitted to detect black powder explosives.

May 8, 2013 2:00pm | By Janet Fang

Creating an "invisibility" cloak could one day be cheap enough to do at home.

1 | May 8, 2013 1:57am | By Charlie Osborne

The South African native is challenging the legacy rules of U.S. power generation and financing, seeking to make clean energy as cost-effective as electricity generated by fossil fuels.

6 | May 7, 2013 3:00am | By Heather Clancy

Four Harvard University women created a soccer ball that generates electricity for use in off-grid areas of the world. It is having a powerful impact.

13 | May 6, 2013 3:00am | By Jason Dearen

A team of scientists has outlined a new LED street lamp design that could help reclaim the luminosity of the heavens.

11 | April 25, 2013 6:55pm | By David Worthington

Can LED technology replace voice communication underwater?

3 | April 23, 2013 12:36am | By Charlie Osborne

Is there a market for solutions based on the concept of "urban impact"?

April 11, 2013 2:35pm | By Charlie Osborne

A material once used to create primitive transistors 60 years ago could pave the way for faster electronics in the future.

6 | April 11, 2013 5:56am | By Charlie Osborne

Company claims to cut electricity use in half for already highly efficient bulbs. Could LEDs finally crack the vast commercial office market?

8 | April 11, 2013 3:39am | By Mark Halper

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong is said to have one of the brightest night skies in the world, and it's not coming from the stars.

April 11, 2013 3:00am | By Vanessa Ko