Everything's mini now, it goes to follow that they run on minibatteries as well. But there's no such thing as minibatteries... right? Wrong. MIT researchers have just created this breakthrough technology, and they used viruses for it.

While the talk on global warming is all the rage these days, one scientist says the phenomenon isn't to blame for everything. Tom Knutsen put together a study that leads him to believe that the rise in hurricane frequency is due to multi-decade weather patterns, not warmer seawater. More in the full article.

No matter how pesky rats may seem in our homes, we can't deny how helpful they are in our fight with diseases. After being studied to cure liver cirrhosis, rats are now pivotal once again in the research against Parkinson's disease. More details after the jump.

It seems that more and more start-up companies are being innovative in their efforts to be environment friendly. Last time, Konarka Technologies revealed how it makes cheap solar film cells using an inkjet printer. Now 1366 Technologies aims to have multi-crystalline silicon solar cells edge out coal-based electricity.

More "green" innovation follows in the full article after the jump.

More details about Capcom's upcoming Mega Man Star Force 2 for the Nintendo DS have finally been released. If you want to find out more about the different game versions and the various features found in the game, head on over to the full article. Just click on the "read more" link below to do so.

Rhythm games galore seem to be the trend these days, even among the homebrew developers. Daren has come up with a new homebrew rhythm game based on the PC freeware title StepMania. Entitled StepMania DS, it includes all the major features which made the highly flexible rhythm title so popular over the past few years. For more details about the game, check out the full article.

Download: StepMania DS
Download: StepMania DS (alternate version)

Ever wonder if there's life outside planet Earth? If so, then you might probably be interested by the new found information by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Ideally, this planet should be filled with carbon monoxide, but in reality the astronomers were able to detect water vapor. More information in the full article.

Sony's recent revelation of having PlayStation 3 owners create games using their own drawings is really interesting and something new for gamers. However, it seems that the company is not alone in developing the technology behind this.

An engineer over at MIT has just come up with a software that just exactly that - turn sketches into interactive mechanical systems. Watch a demo video of the MIT engineer right after the jump!

If you have dreams of publishing your own game, but don't have the programming savvy to make your own homebrew script, then you might be interested to know that we have a worthwhile alternative for you.

Developer PyTom has created a Windows-based engine which works on the concept of creating your own visual novel or dating sim. Check out more about this visual novel game generator after the jump!


Download: Ren'Py 6.4.0 Character Actor
Download: chuu-dunnit v1.0 Ren'Py adventure

Students from all over the United States flocked to an abandoned Air Force base outside Los Angeles to compete in a race staged by the U.S. Defense Department. The goal is simple: Finish the race in six hours to win the US$ 2 million cash prize. With names like Stanford University, Cornell University, MIT, and other topnotch institutions in the running, who do you think took home the money and the bragging rights? Let's find out in the full story.

Read what went down in the robot car race after the jump!