Using data from a variety of sources, writer Andrew Leonard points out the growing dominance of mobile computing, calling it “2012’s biggest technological transformation.”
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The Tor Project was originally created to hide dissidents’ online activity in countries that censor the Internet. Westerners now make up a significant share of its volunteer base, but signing on comes with risks.
Our displays of techno-freedom are turning more and more of us into dependents: Apart from specific job categories, technological advances in products and services, along with greater outsourcing opportunities and […]
Never mind remembering creative strings of data: Google is researching small devices — a USB card, a wireless “smart ring” — that will automatically log you into a Web site or database.
As neuroscience, cognitive science, computer programming, and artificial intelligence progress, we’re understanding better and better how we learn.
What if you could deliver your product to your customer the moment it was manufactured? What if your customers could manufacture a replacement part whenever they need one? What if […]
We are no longer in a period of rapid change! We have now entered a unique period of time, unlike anything any of us have ever seen, that can best […]
The brilliant Albert Einstein didn’t believe in this realm, and yet he won a Nobel Prize for playing in it.
These 7 apps have what it take to turn your tablet into a powerful academic tool.
The pioneering technology, which involves a combination of different medical imaging systems, could eventually replace conventional autopsy.
One of the hits at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, the device is a flexible high-resolution tablet that feels, and in some ways acts, like a piece of paper.
The HAPIFork senses how quickly you’re eating and vibrates when you’re going too fast. It’s built on the theory that slower eating helps the body regulate fullness.
With our increasingly global 21st century making the traditional college quadrangle look a little parochial, the Minerva vision is an intriguing development.
Brain-computer interfacing has allowed quadriplegics to move robotic arms and hands with impressive dexterity. Researchers hope the technology will allow them increased autonomy in life.
Every year since 1967, the world’s technology companies gather at the International Consumer Electronics Show to exhibit the latest flashy products they’ve been working on. For the tech nuts who […]
Several case studies suggest that the absence of non-verbal communication cues and a tendency to idealize online relationships can result in symptoms of psychosis.
The ability to upload the human brain into computer software, or advanced artificial intelligence modeled on specific individuals, could overcome technical roadblocks to deep-space flight.
The ability to track diverse health metrics is becoming easier and more effective. Some technologists believe amassing data will transform medicine from being reactionary to predictive.
Science fiction writer William Gibson famously stated on NPR’s Fresh Air back in 1993, “The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.” It’s a quote that in […]
When seeking intellectual stimulation on the Internet, TED can be regarded as one of those special “signals within the noise”. The site releases one talk a day, helping to create […]
By fitting a computer, a camera, and a projector into the spot where the bulb would go, the lamp can display information onto a surface, and recognize and respond to user contact with that surface.
This week my son’s school was canceled for the day, in the usual hyperventilating overreaction to weather. At first the school proposed to open two hours late, and I was […]
How long will it take for computers to exhibit human-level intelligence? Experts wildly disagree, and the most exciting scientific race of the 21st century is underway.
A newly published paper reveals that the rate at which temperatures are rising was greatly underestimated, and the results parallel those recently found in Greenland and other northern polar regions.
Launched last week, the game, called Clouds, is the newest addition to the Milky Way Project and to Zooniverse, which is home to some of the largest online citizen science endeavors.
If the pace of technological advance holds steady according to its historical rates, we will be able to upload a significant part of our identity into computers well-before century’s end.
The field of tissue engineering is close to some big advances after helping to create human tissues that can be stored like data on computer chips and tested to create novel drugs.
Technology is always evolving. That’s why smart organizations stay ahead of the trends by anticipating them, adapting them to their unique environment before the competition does, and ultimately enabling the organization to profit from them.
A company has started an Indiegogo campaign to bring its Muse wearable headband to market. Writer Stacey Higginbotham describes what has to happen to make this kind of interface a commercial success.