Researchers from the Department of Science at Dartmouth College have developed a software tool for rating the extent to which a photo has been Photoshopped, aiming to bring a bit of honesty back into images of celebrities and models.

This kind...

UK schools may be getting widespread reform in computer science lessons, in the hope it'll provide a foundation to take advantage of the multi-billion video games and visual effects industry.

The decision to target computer science comes in...

A leap in augmented reality could be just around the corner as developments in nano-projection have enabled scientists at the University of Washington to say that such tech would be not only feasible, but...

The "all-new" Asimo has been shown off,  equipped with what Honda describes as "autonomous behaviour control technology".

The new system allows Asimo to continue moving without input from a controller, whilst its new, slimmer body gives the...

Boffins at Stanford University have posted a rather interesting video that shows off a flexible artificial skin, which makes use of nanotubes in order to deliver very accurate capacitive feedback whilst maintaining flexibility.

The skin consists...

With the Ultrabook fad in full-swing, and smartphone makers always keen to stress just how skinny their new devices are, there becomes a point where the power being supplied is compromised because smaller batteries simply aren't up to the job.

But...

BAE Systems has developed a system that can integrate vital battlefield communications technology into the fabric of a soldier’s uniform. 

The British defence contractor is calling the futuristic comms kit the Body Wearable Antenna and...

British defence contractor BAE Systems, in collaboration with the Swedish Defence Material Administration, has created and successfully trialled a technology that renders tanks invisible to night-vision goggles and infrared scopes.

Adaptiv...

DARPA’s Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV2) will take to the skies on Friday (its 11 August flight was cancelled due to the weather) for its second, and final, test flight - where it will reach speeds of 13,000mph.

A speed that...

The 2mm water boatman insect is the loudest creature on Earth in relation to its size, according to scientists in Scotland and France.

In addition, the feat is achieved through the frantic rubbing of its, ahem, penis.

The insect can...

As you can imagine the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is already chock-full of some of the most outrageous technology available. The latest addition however, a 10,000 OLED screen packing 'digital globe' puts most of the...

Professor Stephen Hawking has dismissed the idea of heaven or an afterlife as a "fairy story", and admits that while he has no desire to die yet, he is not afraid of the idea either.

Talking to the Guardian newspaper, the world famous physicist Hawking,...

A new project, called Virgin Oceanic, headed up by entrepreneur and adventurer Richard Branson aims to explore new areas of the deep ocean using an 18-foot submersible.

Made from carbon fibre and titanium the Virgin Oceanic Sub has an operating...

Picture the scene. It’s late. You’re driving down the motorway on a snowy Christmas Eve when disaster strikes and that ratting somewhere in your engine reaches breaking point. Your car slows to a stop and with it your dream of getting home...

Engineers based at the University of Glasgow have created the world's smallest Christmas card using nanotechnology, and it's so small that they could fit 8,276 of them on a single first class postage stamp.

The Christmas tree image and message...