It’s scientifically impossible to use a tape measure to just measure something. It’s the workshop tool of 1,000 other useless uses, including lightsabers, or seeing how far it can extend before the ...

Discover how the brilliant minds at DARPA are making superhero dreams a reality with their wall-climbing invention. This ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Look up.

Iyaz Akhtar works tenaciously to make technology work for him so he can live a life of leisure. He's been in the tech sector as a writer, an editor, a producer, and a presenter since 2006. Bridget ...

Engineers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich research institute have created an intriguing and impressive little robot that they call the Magnecko. The robot is inspired by a spider's design while also ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When technology works it can be amazing. But when it fails, that’s a different story. Normally, a Spider-Man animatronic performs a stunt, flying through the air, wowing the crowds ...

An animatronic Spider-Man stunt robot that swings over Disneyland visitors at Avengers Campus crashed into the side of a building, park officials say. Screengrab from Instagram video by Darren Lee ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Perhaps it was a case of weak spider webs. Spider-Man crashed shortly after taking flight in a stunt gone wrong during a show at the newly-opened Avengers Campus at Disney California ...