Scientech

Den hemmelige historie om røntgenspecifikationer

The secret history of X-ray specs The discovery of X-rays at the end of the 19th century led to fantasies of glasses that could see through walls – and clothes. But have those ideas now become reality?

Hvordan smarte hjem er blevet nutidens hjemsøgte huse

How smart homes have become the haunted houses of today Our close relationship with technology has made it easy for our devices to creep us out

Hvorfor dette højteknologiske luksustoilet koster £10.000

Why this hi-tech, luxury toilet costs £10,000 One has a robotic 'wand', electrolysed flush and UV lights, while another can be controlled by a smartphone (fingers crossed it can't be hacked). Welcome to the future of the bathroom.

Mød motorcykel-racer-robotten

Meet the motorbike-racing robot The development of a robot created to compete with human motorbike racing times has implications beyond the track.

Velkommen til Untold World – en ny sektion om BBC Future

Welcome to Untold World – a new section on BBC Future In this new series, the BBC taps into its global network of reporters to reveal how science and technology affects the most under-reported communities in the news.

En miljøvenlig måde at lave smartphones på

An eco-friendly way to make smartphones Our devices are made of rare minerals – but they come at a cost to the planet. However, scientists might have a solution to build the smartphones of the near-future.

Den revolutionerende kørestol står over for en udfordring

The revolutionary wheelchair rising to a challenge A stair-climbing wheelchair beat many other stylish and sophisticated entries to take this year's Beazley transport design of the year award. Emily Dawling talks to its creators.

Designerne hjælper os med at omfavne robotter

The designers helping us embrace robots Engineers and computer experts created robots. Now, a new exhibition shows that it is the turn of designers to encourage us to embrace them, says William Cook

Fire teenage-opfindere ændrer vores verden

Four teenage inventors changing our world Many are too young to drink, drive, or even catch an Uber – but they’re already filing patents.

De nye telefoner, der sidder fast i fortiden

The new phones that are stuck in the past These sleek, downgraded cell phones are meant to promote mental wellbeing – by turning the clock back to the pre-smartphone era.

Teknologi i dyb tid: Hvordan den udvikler sig sammen med os

Technology in deep time: How it evolves alongside us If we look at technology over very long timescales, our definition of what it is transforms, and as Tom Chatfield argues, it also displays a form of evolution entwined with our own.

TV-fjernbetjeningens overraskende oprindelse

The surprising origins of the TV remote The remote control as we know it came about for one simple reason – one man’s desire to mute the ads he felt were ruining his TV watching.