A single Eyefly 3D protector contains 500,000 tiny lenses — each the size of a single pixel — that create the illusion of depth by sending separate display data to each eye.
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In a recent study of elderly people with poor blood flow, researchers found that drinking two cups of hot chocolate each day improved the seniors’ circulation, resulting in more blood flow to the brain.
Our immigration policies are counter to the philosophy of the country and certainly counter to sound economics.
Scientists at Princeton University have created a bionic ear using a three-dimensional home printer and combined the prosthesis with electronics that can “hear” radio frequencies.
What kind of people confess to crimes they didn’t commit? You might imagine they’re sleepless and terrified, with cops telling them there’s already proof of their guilt. And you’d be […]
The greatest Messier object of them all, a treat all winter long. “What caused me to undertake the catalog was the nebula I discovered above the southern horn of Taurus on […]
During my time in the Department of Defense we had to and did in fact give military commanders enormous freedom and flexibility.
Proposed at this week’s D11 conference: A chip in the form of a daily pill that, when swallowed, turns a person’s body into an authentication token. Also offered: An electronic tattoo worn for a week at a time.
Even as the U.S. government continues to spend huge sums of money underwriting cancer research, public health agencies are failing to make people aware of a proven, well-tolerated, low-cost anti-cancer drug: aspirin.
Energy becomes literally the fuel that allows us to fulfill almost all of our dreams and what I point out to people is we do have a squanderable abundance of energy. It happens to be sunlight.
So I thought I’d share with you my contribution to a symposium sponsored by a fairly conservative organization on what to do to improve the teaching of the humanities. The other contributions […]
Vivian Maier took about 150,000 pictures during her lifetime, but never showed a single one to another living soul. When she died in April 2009, Vivian was remembered as a […]
I’m not good at language learning. It’s the method. And that method can be copied.
Last week, I invited a few friends to come together and talk about Bitcoin. The conversation was wide ranging (read: ill-organized), but interesting. Three key topics emerged out of the […]
What would people use a 3-D printer at home for? Probably for making things that are consumable that they need on demand.
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When people use plastic to pay for food, they make more impulse-based purchases, like ice cream, donuts and chips, compared to those who pay with cash, as I wrote here […]
A well-known example of irrational decision-making people’s tendency to overvalue the things they own (I would pay $1 for a coffee mug but will demand $5 for an identical coffee […]
The less money you have, the more time you probably spend getting to your job. Christine Quinn, a candidate for mayor of New York City, wants to smooth out the curve.
The first lab-made burger has been dubbed by some the Frankenburger. It has also been dubbed the ‘Googleburger,’ since Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, funded the $330,000 experiment as a potentially transformative project for the benefit of humanity.
Today I went into my closet and realized that I had an old pair of shoes that I no longer wore. The shoes are still pretty serviceable, so I’ve been […]
A new trade pact between the United States and European Union aims to create a new united western front to hedge against a world whose power is shifting to the east.
I just came to realize that what we got involved in and what I had been supporting was turning education into a desiccated, data-driven, anti-human activity and this would not encourage the love of learning.
Despite the growing number of mobile payment technologies available, and the uptick in users in both Europe and Japan, many Americans are either unaware of them or concerned about their security.
Ford engineer Zach Nelson’s 21st-century creation combines hardware and software to let the newbie driver know when it’s time to shift gears.
In addition to its humor, quality drawing, and thoughtfulness, the thing that separated the strip and its maker was the refusal to license and merchandize the work.
Bill Westheimer’s current Kickstarter project, called Ascent: the evolution of analog man to digital man, imagines how man’s future evolution might happen, and what we might become.
Huge prison break, huge setback for costly war, many lives imperiled: no coverage.
Earlier this month, the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act was introduced as a bill in Congress, proposing that the spot where the Apollo 11 team landed be made a national park. Reactions range from ridicule to enthusiasm.
At the turn of the century when the internet first began to blow up, a wonderful technology emerged called Rich Site Summary, now more commonly known as Really Simple Syndication […]
James Madison’s analysis of the American republic is often praised for its brilliance, but the 4th president could not have envisioned the chutzpah and anti-government zeal of the 2013 House Republicans.