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Japanese Scientists Develop World's First All Rubber Speaker (October 18, 2012): Scientists from Tokai Rubber have developed the world's first all rubber speaker, which uses flexible rubber touch sensors made from its Smart Rubber technology.

Lit Motors Unveils Gyro-stabilized Electric Motorcycle (October 15, 2012): The C-1 from Lit Motors is a gyro-stabilized motorcycle.

Robotic Wheelchair Can Climb Steps (October 14, 2012): There are still many areas that are not wheelchair accessible and lack ramps.

Mission Highlights Video: Austrian Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Speed of Sound in Record Jump (October 14, 2012): Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, 43, is the first skydiver to break the speed of sound.

Absorbent Nanomaterial Called Osorb Can Clean Up Toxic Water (October 12, 2012): Osorb is a glass nanomaterial that swells rapidy and pulls small toxins into its matrix.

Researchers Create Germanium Sulfide Nanoflowers for Next Generation Energy Storage (October 11, 2012): Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of a germanium sulfide (GeS), a semiconductor material.

Microsoft Develops Wrist-Worn Gloveless Sensor for Freehand 3D Computer Interaction (October 9, 2012): Microsoft Research in Cambridge, U.

Israel Launches Foul Smelling Crowd Control Weapon Called Skunk (October 6, 2012): Reuters reports that Israel has developed a foul smelling crowd control weapon called Skunk.

Isaac Newton's Death Mask Scanned in 3D (October 2, 2012): The video below shows the results of a 3D scan of Isaac Newton's death mask.

New Ultrathin Flat Lens Technology Could Lead to Credit Card Thin Smartphones (October 1, 2012): Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an ultrathin flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortions of conventional lenses.

Researchers Develop Electronics That Can Dissolve in Water or Bodily Fluids (September 28, 2012): Researchers at the University of Illinois, in collaboration with Tufts University and Northwestern University, have developed a biodegradable electronics technology.

New iPad App Lets You Examine Slices of Albert Einstein's Brain (September 28, 2012): There is a new app from the National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago (NMHMC) that lets you examine slices of Albert Einstein's brain as if you were sitting in front of a microscope.

MIT Researchers Develop Wearable Sensor System That Automatically Maps Buildings (September 27, 2012): MIT researchers have developed a wearable sensor system that creates a digital map of a building in real time as the wearer moves through it.

National Physical Laboratory Develops System That Identifies People Based on the Way They Walk (September 23, 2012): The U.

IBM Scientists Image Individual Molecular Bonds Using Atomic Force Microscopy (September 14, 2012): IBM scientists have used a technique called atomic force microscopy (AFM) to distinguish individual molecular bonds in a molecule.

Researchers Develop Computer Program That Can Identify Sketches (September 13, 2012): Researchers from Brown University and the Technical University of Berlin have developed an interactive sketch recognition engine (computer program) that can identify abstract sketches.

Researchers Turn Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches Into Remote Control Cockroach Cyborgs (September 7, 2012): Researchers from North Carolina State University have created remote control cockroach cyborgs.

Japanese Researchers Develop Cooking Simulator (August 27, 2012): Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a cooking simulator.

Technology Turns Hand Drawn Images Into Interactive 3D Images (August 23, 2012): Cybernoids has developed a technology, named Live2D, which can convert 2D images into interactive 3D imags.

Aerofex Developing Hover Craft Vehicles (August 20, 2012): A company named Aerofex is developing and testing hover vehicles that fly above the surface of the ground.

Disney Researchers Develop New Physical Face Cloning Method (August 13, 2012): Disney researchers have created a new physical face cloning method.

MIT Researchers Develop Method for Making Perfectly Ordered Patterns of Microscale Wrinkles (August 2, 2012): MIT Researchers have developed a method for making perfectly ordered and repeatable surfaces with patterns of microscale wrinkles.

Scientists Create Slippery Technology That Prevents Bacterial Slime From Forming on Surfaces (July 30, 2012): Scientists have created a new slippery technology, named SLIPS (Slippery-Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces), that prevents more than 99% of harmful bacterial slime from forming on surface.

Tokyo Bakery Tests Visual Computer System That Identifies Multiple Pastries in One Second (July 25, 2012): A visual computer recognition system developed by Brain Corporation is being tested at a Tokyo bakery shop.

Scientists Build Artificial Tissue-Engineered Jellyfish Named Medusoid (July 24, 2012): A team of researchers at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have turned silicone and living rat cardiac muscle cells into a jellyfish-like thing they have named Medusoid.