How does memory foam remember?

How NASA’s invention is now used to help us get a good night’s sleep.

Video: AI vs. AI – Two chatbots talk to each other

Watch as two artificially intelligent chatbots hold a hilarious voice-conversation, with topics ranging from God to unicorns.

Technology

Top Five Facts: Toilets

Here’s some, uh, ‘fascinating’ facts about toilets…

Technology

Experimental crowd control: Riot foam

How sticky riot foam could be used to control crowds of rioters

CREDIT Paul Hickson University of Nritish Columbia 6m LMT 180724main_6-mMirror

Technology

What are liquid mirror telescopes?

How do these high-tech mirrors use the likes of mercury as their primary reflectors?

3D printers are capable of producing protypes from computer drawings, such as this NASA space plane (© NASA)

Technology

How do 3D printers work?

The workings of the machines that print actual 3D objects

Technology

How does an Etch A Sketch work?

How does this mechanical drawing toy operate?

Technology

Top Five Facts: World’s fastest commerical vehicles

The facts are so speedy we had quite a job tracking them down. If I were you, I would check them out now before they rush off again.

465px-Flea_Scanning_Electron_Micrograph_False_Color

Technology

How does an SEM work?

A scanning electron microscope may only produce images of ridiculously tiny things, but the Science Museum’s Chi Wing Man delivers only massive awesome facts. Check them out after the jump!

Technology

Why don’t Apple Mac computers get viruses?

Why would Tron prefer downtown OS X to downtown Windows 7? David Houston takes a trip to the Grid to find out.

Technology

Why don’t energy-saving light bulbs come on instantly?

How many How It Works experts does it take to answer this question? Just one, it turns out

Technology

Why do 3D movies look washed out?

We’d like to have delivered this answer in 3D, but were concered you might not be able to read it. Check out why now.

Technology

How to win Wimbledon

We take an in-depth look at everything you’ll need to know (and everything you won’t) to win the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, 125 years since its inception

Technology

How are underwater tunnels built without them flooding?

We really had to dig deep into the How It Works facts pit for this one. Check it out after the jump.

Technology

Video: How does Artificial Intelligence work?

This fascinating video with David Ferrucci of IBM explains the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence, and explains in detail how IBM’s Watson computer works. It’s definitely worth a watch.