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Designer Life Forms, Coming Soon Whether You Like It Or Not

1:00PM November 22, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Flu vaccines in a matter of hours. Bioengineering facilities the size of San Francisco. Cells and DNA, upgraded like living software. This is the future microbiologist Dr. Craig Venter sees as inevitable, and it’s only a few years away. More »


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Horizon’s Cheap Personal Fuel Cell Now On Sale—Charge Gadgets Cleanly And Cheaply

5:02PM June 16, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

First seen at CES years ago, Horizon’s MiniPak has (finally) gone on sale for $US100. It’s the first personal, portable fuel cell—if you don’t count the Japan-only Toshiba one—and is like a mini power plant for charging gadgets. More »


Fly-Powered Gadgets Turn You Into A Terrifying Supervillain (To Insects)

9:45PM June 29, 2009 | John Herrman

All those fly-catchers—the sticky ones, the glowing ones, the zappy ones—seem like such a waste. Surely there’s something to do with all those fly carcasses, aside from cringing at them. Enter James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau—insect nemeses. More »