Articles on California Institute Of Technology

Methanol fuel cells for gadgets forge forward - Nov 3, 2009

Crave Direct Methanol Fuel Cell has licensed a patent from CalTech to build methanol-based gadget chargers, a week after Toshiba took the wraps off its own portable fuel cell. Toshiba introduced a ... Read story »

Wheeled robot helps scientists to understand the visually impaired - Oct 22, 2009

Crave Researchers at Caltech have developed a mobile, four-wheeled robot that could help refine artificial retinas and other prostheses used by the visually impaired. At first glance, Cyclops resembles a bot ... Read story »

3D geomapping company Earthmine lets you "tag" buildings - May 21, 2009

Crave Earthmine, a serious geomapping company I first covered back in 2007, is launching a completely ridiculous demo site Wednesday called Wild Style City, which allows users to paint graffiti on buildings ... Read story »

High-res mini microscope ditches the lenses - Aug 17, 2008

Crave Researchers have come up with a microscopic microscope, tiny enough to fit on a fingertip, that can be cheaply mass-produced and used to scan blood and water for pathogens. An optofluidic ... Read story »

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