For many of us, "biology class" and "fun" never used to be synonymous. - Enter Labster: an award-winning virtual-reality science lab. - Labster combines scientific expertise with computer-gaming scenarios.  And the result?

(Photograph courtesy of Brent Chapman, and used with permission.) "Just because something can be connected (to the IOT), doesn't mean it should be," warns Captain Brent Chapman. - Brent, who serves as Project Manager at the Defense Innovation Unit Ex...

"The last thing the world needs is more plastic trinkets," says Brookwood 3D Design Problem Bank founder and Innovation Coordinator Rich Lehrer. - Consequently, if his students think they'll be 3D printing their names or plastic mascots,

Drones as an implement of agriculture?  That's exactly how Los Angeles-based startup UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture is using them. - UAV-IQ  President Andreas Neuman founded his global precision agriculture service in 2015,

Can anyone build an InMoov--the world's first 3D printed lifesize robot? - Technically, yes, says nonprofit Robotics Society of Southern California. - And that "yes" is due to open-source design software and the Robotics Society of Southern Californi...

Local Roots Farms founder and CEO Eric Ellestad says vertical indoor farming isn't a new idea. - "(Ancient) Babylon discovered (indoor farming) as one of the seven wonders of the world," he explained, during his presentation at Make in LA's March Too...

Dylan Harter has an extraordinarily cool job. - As General Manager at Vocademy: The Makerspace, Dylan oversees a unique program. - Vocademy, which opened in Riverside in 2013, is a maker space with a difference.

Moona CEO and co-founder Coline Juin knows the science behind helping you get to sleep. - She's also used research to improve the quality of your sleep, so you'll feel better rested. - Coline and her team have consulted with sleep scientists before p...

Tennibot founder and engineer Haitham Eletrabi loves tennis.   But he doesn't love the chore of gathering all those tennis balls, after a game or practice session. - Enter expertise and robotic innovation. -

"Why didn't they have FIRST® Robotics Competitions when I was in high school?" - That's a very common reaction from anyone no longer between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. - A FIRST® Robotics match could be described as a "varsity sporting e...