Emerging Tech

What Color Lightsaber Would Use the Most Energy?

Is R2-D2 battery operated? And other questions pondered by the Energy Department.

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Video: Smartphone Tech to Expect in 2016

The smartphone might evolve into a universal remote control for all things "smart."

Emerging Tech

Video: The Year in Tech

2015 was the year we embraced the future and "Back to the Future."

Emerging Tech

Video: Are Self-Driving Cars Really Safer?

Research shows that automated vehicles might not be accident free.

Emerging Tech

Video: How Do You Build a Death Star? A NASA Engineer Explains

It wouldn't be created by launching pieces from a planet, which is how NASA built the International Space Station.

Emerging Tech

Video: Car Crash Testing Goes Virtual

Computer-aided design is keeping us safe on the roads in new ways.

Emerging Tech

Video: Honey, I Shrunk the Satellites!

These NASA mini-satellites are tiny, but can pack a big punch.

Emerging Tech

These 9 Innovations Changed the Future and They All Came From One Place

The MIT Media Lab helped originate some of the indispensable tech we use today.

Emerging Tech

NASA Celebrates 20 Years of Heliophysics

This spacecraft has kept an eye toward the center of our solar system.

Emerging Tech

Video: 9-Year-Old Cub Reporter Interviews NASA's Charles Bolden

This kid has big questions about NASA's future, including the space agency's space travel plans.