ICYMI: Pedestrian tracking bot and earthquake simulation

Today on In Case You Missed It: Stanford engineers are using a robot to understand the way humans move through a crowded space. University of California, San Diego researchers are using the world's largest outdoor shake table to simulate earthqua...

ICYMI: Squashing brain cancer and autonomous drones arrive

Today on In Case You Missed It: The Airobotics drone system can autonomously launch UAVs and perform basic maintenance, like swapping out batteries. Researchers designed a device that agitates bubbles in the blood to get more chemotherapy into the...

ICYMI: Raining tiny satellites and the laundry-folding machine

Today on In Case You Missed It: A company called FoldiMate is selling a standalone machine to sit alongside a washing and dryer and fold about 20 garments at a time for $850. Cornell University engineers are sending tiny interstellar computers to...

Yet again, ‘Game of Thrones’ is the world’s most pirated TV show

For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones has won the dubious honor of being the world's most pirated TV show. The annual study, carried out by TorrentFreak, reveals that an estimated 14.4 million people snaffled HBO's opus this year. By comparis...

Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscars Selfie Got Highest Retweets Ever


President Obama may think he is a big thing in terms of influence and fame. Whereas it is Ellen DeGeneres that takes the prize for that achievement away from him. She tweeted a selfie of herself...