Bill Christensen

A palm-sized "robo-bat" with shape memory alloy is designed for surveillance.

SHUTi (Sleep Healthy Using the Internet) is an automated online treatment system to help people with insomnia.

Psikharpax has working whiskers, cameras for eyes, microphone ears and a set of tiny wheels.

New material is stronger than steel.

A mesh material uses images gathered from cameras on drones and satellites to create camouflage.

Handheld ultrasound probe is used in conjunction with a Windows-based mobile phone.

Who wants to type in a code when you want to make a call?

Specially-equipped Roomba robot vacuum cleaner can now sense human emotional states.

Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you.

Physicists have created a laser weapon that targets mosquitoes.

Amazon's new Kindle electronic book reader has a text-to-speech feature.

A robot for breast exams and breast biopsy is being developed at Duke University.

A new prototype surgical robot developed in Britain bores into the brain like a wood wasp.

A new way to close surgical incisions looks a lot like Star Trek technology.

They propel themselves every which way, bouncing off hardened walls and breaking through doors.

A bio-compatible ice slurry is injected right into the body.

Sci-fi writers have solutions to our woes.

CNN's election coverage had reporter Jessica Yellin beamed in.

Nobody needs this. Really.

The Zephyr solar plane has sailed to a record for sun-powered unmanned flight.

The U.S. military may be 30 percent robotic by the year 2020.

The first E-ink cover for a magazine will come out with the September issue of Esquire.

Nanopaper made of gently processed natural cellulose nanofibers is found to have remarkable strength.

Guaranteed never to snigger if you three-putt or slice one out of bounds.

A biopolymer that switches from rigid to flexible mimics sea cucumbers.