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The world's lightest material is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam. It's so light that it can sit on top of a dandelion without disturbing the seeds. Meet the "ultralight metallic microlattice" which is 99.99% made of air.

Scientists achieved a feat that sounds almost divine: creating light out of nothing. Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, managed to capture photons, the most basic component of light, within a dark vacuum.

Remember that coffee-table-sized tablet computer that Microsoft debuted in 2007 at the Consumer Electronic Show? Now those table sized computers are finally available for pre-orders from Samsung resellers in 23 countries, including the United States and Australia.

Sony Australia has announced the pre-order details for its next generation portable console, the PlayStation Vita for eager gamers.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 8.9 at only 8.9 inches is smaller than Samsung's more popular Galaxy Tab 10.1 but this sleek, well-designed tablet proves that size doesn't matter.

After saying goodbye to the space shuttle program, NASA is also ditching its big, bulky space suits for something slimmer.

Do you consider yourself a Battlefield fan? Then if you really want to experience the game, you don't need to look further than the combat simulator built by The Gadget Show.

Do you get up to do something, walk into another room and then don't remember what you were going to do? Don't worry you're not going senile yet because it's actually the door's fault.

Cloud computing has ceased being an upcoming trend that techies talked about to becoming a reality that everyone uses in some capacity. Major tech companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple offer cloud computing services for users. The cloud is becoming the new front in the ongoing battle among these tech giants. So what is cloud computing? How do the cloud computing services of Google, Microsoft and Apple differ from one another?

. Both tablets are due to be released before the holidays with Amazon selling the Kindle Fire on November 15 and Barnes and Noble set to put its Nook Tablet on sale on November 17. So now consumers will have to make a difficult decision of what tablet to buy. Here are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each tablet that could make your decision easier.

About 6,000 to 8,000 years ago the Sahara Desert was actually a thriving ecosystem with rivers and abundant rainfall. Around 4,500 year ago, the region turned into the arid wasteland of today. Now a Dutch artist wants to turn this vast desert into a fertile oasis by conjuring ice from thin air.

At first glance Jukusui-Kun looks like the perfect children's toy. He's cute, cuddly and shaped like a polar bear. But Jukusui-Kun has another purpose aside from looking so adorable; he's also designed to help sleepers suffering from sleep apnea from snoring too loud.

Tired of your new iPhone 4S running out of power before Siri had the chance to answer your question? Your battery problems may soon be a thing of the past as researchers have developed a way for batteries to hold ten times the charge than current technology.

A group of scientists from Australia and the U.S. report finding two related genes that cause the dangerous skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma.

Android users beware: there has been a rise in malware in Android apps that could infect your smartphone or tablet.

If you're having a problem with your iPhone don't call 911. Apparently a man in Illinois forgot that little fact when he called 911 five times to complain about his busted iPhone. The result? The police came but he never did get his iPhone fixed, the police arrested him instead.

Sony Ericsson has confirmed that it will upgrade its entire Sony Experia line of devices to the newest version of Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich

Tiny scout drones could soon be seen zipping around a city to find the enemy target. The U.S. Army is now looking at developing a tiny hovering robot that can scout through an entire city to identify the right target and then exploding itself to effectively take out the target.

Controlling computers and other electronic gadgets with just a thought seems like technology that would decades before it becomes a reality but scientists are already developing computer chips that can connect to a computer system.

Solar energy if harvested in space could meet global energy needs in as little as 30 years, according to a new study by the International Academy of Astronautics.

A new high- resolution, ultra-thin device that can record brain activity from the cortical surface without the use of invasive electrodes has been developed by a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania.

A robotic snake could one day lead to a completely scar-free surgery procedure. Two UK teams are working at developing the first robots that can allow surgeons to perform operations using small incisions.

Amazon's Kindle Fire could topple Apple's iPad lead in the tablet market according to a new survey.

The competition between Android and Apple has sharply divided the mobile phone users into two very loyal camps. Reminiscent of the PC wars between Microsoft and Apple, this new phase of mobile wars have led to some contentious debates over which operating system is better. Here's a breakdown of each system's strengths and weaknesses. Which side are you on?

Another one of Hewlett Packard's discarded tablets has been discovered. A Chinese site Palmjoy was able to snag a prototype copy of the HP TouchPad Go, a 7-inch tablet that HP had been working on before it decided to discontinue its TouchPad line.

Nvidia has said that the chip will be replacing previous chips in tablet devices and now there are also reports that the new chip will be coming to mobile phones as well. HTC is said to be making the first smartphone with a quad-core processor in its upcoming HTC Edge. The new Tegra 3 processor will be better than the Tegra 2 processor that most smartphones use today but should this mean that device manufacturers and developers should jump to the quad-core bandwagon?

Malware in mobile phones is generally thought of as just an Android problem but iPhone users shouldn't be so casual about security. Although the Apple App store keeps malicious apps out it iPhone users should still have some type of protection.

The relatively new class of laptops called the ultrabooks isn't as crowded as the laptop or tablet markets but it's still another field that Apple has taken the lead in. Apple's MacBook Air is considered as the leading lightweight, ultraportable laptop but that doesn't mean that it's going to stay that way forever. New competitors from Toshiba, Lenovo and now Asus are taking a crack at the title for best ultraportable laptop.

To help you decide you what smartphone is right for you, here's a breakdown of each smartphones features and how they match up against each other.