Crave: The gadget blog- Category: Science

Note to hospitals: The pen is mightier than the data entry worker

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST

Shareable Ink is hoping to popularize a camera-in-a-pen that wirelessly transfers text written on paper to a remote database to better track such data as glucose levels.

Originally posted at News - Health Tech

I wear my suncontacts at night

Mark Wilson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

Researchers are working on photochromic lenses that let you go from inside to outside without putting on UV-filtering lenses.

Sponge absorbs 180 times its weight (in toxic sludge)

John Herrman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:00 PST

Researchers in China have adapted carbon nanotubes into a sponge-like material that can be squeezed dry and used to mop up oil spills.

How your cell phone can diagnose disease

Elizabeth Armstrong Moore — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:45:00 PST

An engineer at UCLA combines cell phones and $10 worth of hardware with software he developed to create next-gen microscopes that are affordable and portable.

Originally posted at News - Health Tech

Space Station IT: High technology

Mark Harris — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:10:00 PST

We burrow under the ISS' metal skin and siphon out its most interesting specifications, like some kind of star-hopping alien data vampires. But without the plutonium-coated fangs.

Man fakes moon landing in own garage for $800

Matt Hickey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:51:00 PDT

I'm serious, people: this Brit shows it was all a hoax!

NASA iPhone app full of surprises for space geeks

Daniel Terdiman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:05:00 PDT

The new, free app provides pictures, video, Twitter feeds, countdown clocks, and a wealth of other information for fans of NASA.

Originally posted at Geek Gestalt

Monocopter design takes cues from maple seeds

Matt Hickey — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:38:00 PDT

What some helicopters do with two or more blades this one does with just one--and it's inspired by nature's spiraling maple seed.

Space-inspired quilts perfect for chilly geeks

Sean Fallon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:00 PDT

Artist Jimmy McBride's quilts draw inspiration from astronomy and sci-fi movies--a mixture of real science and imagination.

Wheeled 'Cyclops' bot offers insight into blind

Leslie Katz — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:14:00 PDT

Caltech researchers are working on a remote-controlled rover with an onboard camera that could deliver some very useful data about how the visually impaired see the world.