Fitness Roundup
Exercise equipment that looks like comfortable furniture, and technology that cuts the boring parts out of sports broadcasts.
Optical Biopsies
A scope with a special microscope attached can replace conventional biopsy.
Fake Fingerprints
Designing a fingerprint-i.d. security system that can tell fake or dead fingers from real ones
Voice Recognition
A demonstration of a security system that uses your voice to verify you.
Cell Phone Traffic
Using cell phone signals to monitor traffic flow in smaller cities
Fire Hydrants
Why is it that if pipes inside your house can freeze during winter, that fire hydrants outside dont freeze? (because they ain't got no water in Ôem)
Driving Side
Is it safer to drive on the left or the right side? (It doesn't matter.)
Ultrasound Bug Killer
Reconfiguring ultrasound to pass through air -- it can kill anthrax spores in an envelope
Tiny Tech Roundup
Heart monitor that calls the doctor, disposable mics for rescue, memory metals motor
Growing Vocal Cords
Attempting to grow vocal cords in the lab to replace damaged ones in the body.
Bacterial Builders
Engineered bacteria make a protein that can lay down a pattern of circuits on a computer chip.
Horse Bones
Getting design ideas for aircraft parts by studying the holes in horse bones
Heavy Metal Roundup
Exoskeletons for lifting loads, steel frames for homes and a self-assembling satellite
Cold Car Start
Why is it that an automobile left outside in subzero is hard to start, but not one in an unheated garage? (residual heat in garage car from last use, outside cars lose that heat faster)
Microwave Drill
A drill that uses microwaves to quietly bore clean, dust-free holes in non-metallic objects
Gait Recognition
A system that analyzes how people walk could identify suspicious behavior.
Solar Surgery
A new surgical tool that uses focused rays from the sun as an alternative to the laser
Military Roundup
More autnomous machines, virtual boot camp and listening fabrics
Dust and Stuff
Smart dust particles to detect bioterrorist agents, stimulating paralyzed legs to walk, and pet allergens helping infants to avoid asthma
Tech Roundup
Water-cooled microchips, a million-dollar robot race challenge, and conductive fibers
Carbon Dioxide Cooling
Car air conditioners that use carbon dioxide instead of HFCs are under development.