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Leap Motion shows off Windows compatibility

Daniel Terdiman — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:59 PDT

Its newest video previews how the gesture-control system will work on Windows when it ships in July. The company promises a Mac video soon.

Let your shoes do the charging

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 PDT

Rice University mechanical engineering students hope their PediPower shoes can one day power pacemakers, artificial hearts, and more.

Boom! NASA captures massive moon explosion on video

Amanda Kooser — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:17 PDT

NASA has its eye on the moon as a boulder-size meteoroid crashes into the lunar surface with a force equal to 5 tons of TNT.

Originally posted at Crave

A look back at NASA's planet-pinpointing space 'scope

Edward Moyer — Sun, 19 May 2013 00:01:00 PDT

The space agency says the Kepler space telescope is having equipment issues. With the mission threatened, we look back at Kepler's mind-expanding search for Earth-like exoplanets.

Which ear you hold your cell phone to may reveal brain dominance

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:28 PDT

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say that, similar to handedness, most people who hold their cell phones to their left ear are right-hemisphere dominant and vice versa.

The Week in Pictures: Google's utopia to a stem cell burger

Carrie Mihalcik — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:52:29 PDT

Google CEO Larry Page imagines a tech-driven utopia, robotic bees take flight, and a $325,000 stem cell hamburger is ready to be eaten.

Meta glasses bring 3D and your hands into the picture

Dan Farber — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:01:00 PDT

The startup is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund manufacturing of the first generation augmented reality glasses for app developers.

NASA plans asteroid mission. First stop: Bennu

Eric Mack — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:23:55 PDT

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft has been approved for development, and NASA plans to send it to meet up with asteroid Bennu within the next five years.

Originally posted at Crave

Mars rover Opportunity hits new record for miles driven in space

Dara Kerr — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:45 PDT

Breaking the record of miles trekked by a NASA vehicle in another world, the Mars rover traverses 22.2 miles across the Red Planet.

How injectable nanogel could help fight diabetes

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:27:05 PDT

Nanotechnology could remove the finger prick from the daily routine of people with diabetes with an injectable gel that monitors blood-sugar levels and automatically secretes insulin.