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To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet.

The next generation of the motion sensing technology Kinect, which is bundled with Microsoft's video game consul, may be advanced enough to read your lips. It may be able to read your emotional states, as well. "Kinect 2 will be so powerful it will enable games to detect when players are angry, and determine in which direction they are facing, and track the pitch and volume of player voices and facial characteristics to measure different emotional states."

By combining conventional medical imaging with some of the same 3-D modeling techniques used in Hollywood blockbusters, researchers are offering new hope to victims of serious facial injuries.

A new miniaturised brain scanner from the University of California San Diego could be used to monitor pilots to ensure they haven't fallen asleep at the controls - and to see if they're panicking.

Americans are eager for a little domestic help around the house — in the form of robots. That's according to new research that found that 68 percent of those surveyed said a domestic robot would make their household chores easier.