GADGETS - TECH NEWS

	Ball Lightning Has Been Seen in Action in Nature for The First Time
	You've no doubt heard the phrase "a ball of lightning" before. Turns out it's real. Lyrically known as St. Elmo's fire, it is a phenomenon where electrical storms create a moving glowing sphere that just sort of hangs in the sky. The whole thing has...
	The Clearest and Darkest Sky on Earth Gets Filmed in Time Lapse [VIDEO]
	Nicholas Buer went to the San Pedro de Atacama region of Northern Chile to film the clearest and darkest sky on Earth. This may just be one of the most beautiful time lapses you've seen so far. Watch the video after the break below and read what B...
	ILM Created Hong Kong, Only to Destroy It Again in Pacific Rim [VIDEO]
	Special effects are awesome. And the ones seen in Pacific Rim is a result of FX done crazy great. Touted as one of the most insane fighting sequences in Pacific Rim was when a Jaeger fought a Kaiju in the streets of Hong Kong. Needless to say, the ...
	Will Playing Video Games Make You Smarter? [VIDEO]
	Can video games make you smarter? Can it train hand eye coordination? More and more studies are finding that casual gaming can have a positive effect such as boosting memory and motor skills. ASAP Science discusses the topic in detail in this new v...
	Scientists Create the First Working Cell Made From Plastic
	A team of scientists have produced a functioning cell - made from polymers. You're looking at the first ever eukaryotic cell. It contains a nucleus and other sub-units known as organelles within its membrane and are made from plastic. Eukaryotic cel...
	New Method of Mammography Uses Sound Waves and a Table
	Mammography machines can be very uncomfortable. It relies on ionizing radiation to image a patient's breasts. But radiation ironically also increases the risk of cancer developing. A company called Delphinus Medical Technologies has a safer alternat...
	Newly Created 3D Quantum Matter Works Like Graphene
	Graphene is one of the most lusted after materials in science. Now, a team of scientists have made a 3D counterpart we can use to build things with. Led by Oxford's Yulin Chen, the sodium-bismuth compound, Na3Bi holds many of the same properties of ...
	Amazon Has an Idea to Ship Things To You Before You Even Buy Them
	Here's some thing crazy. What if Amazon could send you stuff you want to buy, before you buy it. The Wall Street Journal unearthed a recently-filed Amazon patent for "anticipatory shipping." The idea is that the products you buy start coming to you ...
	Intel Used Another Company's Chips For Its Wearables at CES
	Intel showed off a couple of impressive concepts for wearable tech. But the weird part is? The tech they showed off weren't entirely Intel's. PCMag says they received an insider tip that Intel's Jarvis smart headset used an ARM-based chip inside, ra...
	In The Future, Your Clothes Will Have Sensors That Can "Feel"
	Your clothes in the future could feature an entire computer that could be stretched, pressed or adjusted. Let's call it cyborg-wear for now. A team of scientists has used nanowires to create a new wearable, multifunctional sensor. It uses the same t...

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