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Keith Hampton

How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings

Sociologist Keith Hampton believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways
July 11, 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Einstein using an iPad

Turn on, Log in, Wise up

If the internet is dumbing us down, how come I've never felt smarter?
April 2011 | By Donald Morrison

Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal on How Computer Games Make You Smarter

The "alternate reality game" designer looks to develop ways in which people can combine play with problem-solving
February 2011 | By Amanda Bensen

Bill Moggridge

Q and A with Bill Moggridge

The director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum discusses the future of computing and design
February 2011 | By Megan Gambino

Fox River Promotion Booklet, 2006

Postmodernism's New Typography

In an act of rebellion against the prevailing Sans serif aesthetic, designers looked to celebrate creativity in their digital fonts
December 20, 2010 | By Jess Righthand

Google Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf on Where the Internet Will Take Us

Google’s “Chief Internet Evangelist” talks about the direction of online connectivity and communication
August 2010 | By Brian Wolly

John Gerrard

Q and A: Irish Artist John Gerrard

Artist John Gerrard uses 360-degree photography and 3-D gaming software to create a virtual reality
February 2010 | By Jeff Campagna

Ants in the acacia

From the Castle

Smithsonian 2.0
September 2009 | By G. Wayne Clough

Indus script

Can Computers Decipher a 5,000-Year-Old Language?

A computer scientist is helping to uncover the secrets of the inscribed symbols of the Indus
July 20, 2009 | By David Zax

Javier Movellan with robot

Robot Babies

Can scientists build a machine that learns as it goes and plays well with others?
July 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Charles Babbage

Booting Up a Computer Pioneer’s 200-Year-Old Design

Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now
April 02, 2009 | By Aleta George

Smithsonian online

Long Tails

April 2009 | By G. Wayne Clough

Woman at work with her child

The Journey to Elsewhere, U.S.A.

A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit
January 29, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey: The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait

A portrait created by a graphic designer ended up becoming the icon for the Obama campaign and an international phenomenon
January 14, 2009 | By Megan Gambino

The Luce Foundation Center

The End of the Game, a Mystery in Four Parts

In a first-hand account of participating in an alternative reality game, one player gets caught up in the challenge
December 22, 2008 | By Anika Gupta

“His scientific contributions are joyful, spark curiosity and inspire the young,” computer scientist Jeannette Wing says of her colleague Luis von Ahn (on the Carnegie Mellon campus, seated upon one of the “guest chairs” he keeps in his office).

The Player

Luis von Ahn's secret for making computers smarter? Get thousands of people to take part in his cunning online games
October 2007 | By Polly Shulman

“I wanted to build something that grows from large to huge,” Schachter (at Yahoo!’s Palo Alto office) told the Guardian. “I don’t know if I have another innovation in me, but it would be nice to try.”

Site Seer

Faced with the Internet's overwhelming clutter, Joshua Schachter invented a deceptively simple tool that helps us all cut to the chase
October 2007 | By Adam Rogers

Jon Kleinberg has found that even within networks of Web users, people tend to have relationships with people not so far away.

Net Worker

Where are your friends in cyberspace? Closer than you might think, says Internet researcher Jon Kleinberg
October 2007 | By Matt Dellinger

“Lending to somebody,” says Flannery, “sends the message that you’re treating them as an equal. It’s a dignifiedway to interact.”

I, Lender

Software engineer Matt Flannery pioneers Internet microloans to the world's poor
October 2007 | By Amy Crawford

Michael Dell may have assembled this Turbo PC.

Baby Dell

A proto PC harkens back to the birth of an industry
August 2007 | By Owen Edwards


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