On the second Monday of every month, the Inventors Association of Manhattan meets in a Times Square law firm. Inventors of everything from a utility belt for tool-laden workers, towels with zippered pouches for keys and cellphones and a straw with lollipop holders on the side are showcased. Given the... Read More

RHex is a 30-lb robot designed for mobility on rough terrain. It is operated remotely via an RF link that includes a high-resolution video uplink. RHex can operate right-side-up or up-side down, as shown in the video, and goes for up to four hours on one charge of its batteries.... Read More

Forests of carbon nanotubes are an efficient alternative for platinum electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), according to new research by collaborators at Rice University and Tsinghua University. The single-wall nanotube arrays, grown in a process invented at Rice, are both much more electroactive and potentially cheaper than platinum, a common... Read More

TriQuint has signed a new R&D agreement with the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to explore and fabricate high-frequency, mixed-signal circuits for communications, radar and similar applications. The new Comprehensive Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) will utilize TriQuint's E/D (enhancement-depletion mode) gallium nitride technology. The CRADA will give Army researchers dedicated... Read More

Eben Upton, founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation delivers the first batch Raspberry Pis to RS Components.