Articles on Insects
Artist's tricked-out "cybugs" creating a buzz - Apr 29, 2009
Crave For insect-phobes, the only thing scarier than a big, hairy tarantula would be a big, hairy tarantula tricked out with brass gears and looking like it had crawled straight out ... Read story »Sneak peeks at eight emerging technologies - Oct 14, 2009
Features From transparent aluminum to billion-year memory chips to household pest-eating robo-furniture, these are some of latest technology trends that promise to affect our lives. Read story »A vacuum that sucks it for insects - Feb 12, 2008
Crave Whatever happened to the good old days of fly swatters or even yesterday's rolled-up newspaper? The Japanese, of course, are masters of chindogu or unuseless inventions. So suck it up for ... Read story »Electric mosquito coils to save you from mosquitos and smog - Sep 11, 2009
Blogs If there's one thing that makes me cringe, it has to be mosquito repellants. I certainly understand the need to have it--malaria is still a deadly killer in this part of ... Read story »Fancy a phone made from cypress wood? - Sep 30, 2009
Crave The Touch Wood mockup (top) and prototype based on the SH-04A model (bottom). If you don't think plastic is fantastic, here's some good news: Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has created ... Read story »Stephen Hawking unveils oddest clock ever - Sep 22, 2008
Crave A US$1.8 million mechanical clock featuring a massive time-eating grasshopper made its debut at the University of Cambridge Friday, and famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking was on site to introduce the strange ... Read story »Now I'm scared: Toyota develops running robot - Aug 4, 2009
Blogs I'm not usually afraid of insects. But I am scared of cockroaches because they're super-fast. It's the same with robots. As much as robotics have advanced over the years, you could ... Read story »Clipper MP3 player, four years too late? - Jul 28, 2009
Crave The Archos Clipper gives the iPod shuffle a run for its money, only four years too late. Mobile phones and Netbooks may be nibbling away at the market for portable ... Read story »EDEN IN THE CITY - Mar 5, 2009
Blogs Kamal Kant Koner can hardly believe that a green and serene Yamuna Bio-Diversity Park actually exists within congested Delhi We travel so far only to realize that paradise could be just next ... Read story »Virtual ant farm will preserve your karma - Apr 9, 2008
Crave Finally, an ant farm that even PETA wouldn't protest. No ants were harmed in the making of the Ants Life Studio from Japan's Bandai for a good reason: They're not real. ... Read story »Ever wonder how a fly views the world? - May 2, 2006
Crave Well, soon you'll have the answer. Bioengineering Professor Luke Lee and his team from the University of California in Berkeley have created the "first hemispherical, three-dimensional optical system to integrate arrays ... Read story »Vestalife Butterfly flies in the face of audio sensibilities - Apr 11, 2009
Crave As the name suggests, the Vestalife Butterfly is shaped like the oft-collected winged insect. More specifically, it's roughly square in shape, except with pinched-in edges to give the illusion of wings. ... Read story »
Sony Ericsson Portable Bluetooth Speaker MBS-100
Review Have you ever wondered which Bluetooth speaker system HR Giger, the genius behind the original Alien design, uses in his home? We hadn't either, but we think we've discovered the answer. Editors' note:This review is based on tests done by our sister site CNET.com.au. As such, please note that...
6.5Flight of a dragonfly - Aug 3, 2007
Blogs Japanese are bug lovers, do you know that? We've had a kind of intimate relation with all kinds of bugs since the beginning of history. Some insects are not only loved, ... Read story »Extreme tree houses - Oct 5, 2007
Features Houses built into treetops and made from trees are the ultimate in green building. Read story »Jump to page: [1] 2
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