Researchers at HP Labs are building a device that could vastly increase the amount of information you can store on a camera memory card -- or any device's memory, for that matter. They are testing the first circuit boards that combine conventional transistors with a new kind of electronic ele...

A special team at Ames Research Center has finally found two solutions to a problem that has concerned NASA for more than 2 years: The tiles designed to prevent the Space Shuttle from burning up are not up to the task of protecting Orion, the new spacecraft that will replace the Shuttle in jus...

A group of doctors and biophysicists at the University of California have built a device that could mean better medical care at home and in underdeveloped countries. CellScope is a cellphone that serves as a medical microscope.

When you need to make copies, you go to a copy shop. When you need to make a picture frame, you go to a frame shop. But where do you go when you need to make the next brilliant invention? Now, there's the TechShop.

It's the first step in computing. The Babbage Difference Engine was the first digital computer ever designed. It weighs nearly 5 tons and doesn't use electricity. See it Now.

The next step in lamps isn't a bulb; it's a glowing microchip. And it's revolutionizing everything from flashlights to chandeliers, from jewelry to knitting needles, and even brooms. To see how much LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) have affected your life, look no farther than the nearest intersection...