Innovation
New ideas and scientific and technological advancements
Lousy Sleep Isn’t Good For Your Body, Either
More and more scientific research is showing that sleep is more important to our state of mind--and body--than we ever could have imagined.
March 08, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Scientists Map Buried Flood Channels on Mars in 3D
Deep channels, buried under lava but now mapped with satellite data, give hints to the planet's violent, wet and recent past
March 07, 2013 |
By Marina Koren
How Smart Can a Watch Be?
Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year.
March 05, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
The War on Cancer Goes Stealth
With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
March 01, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Could Solar Panels on Your Roof Power Your Home?
Researchers at MIT are investigating how to turn houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts, into mini-power plants
March 2013 |
By James Holloway
Video: This Stretchable Battery Could Power the Next Generation of Wearable Gadgets
Durable and rechargeable, the new battery can be stretched to 300 percent of its size and still provide power
February 27, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Small Satellites—Some the Size of Postage Stamps—Are Transforming How Scientists Conduct Space-based Research
A new fleet of nanosatellites is zooming through space
February 26, 2013 |
By Mohi Kumar
How to Survive China’s Pollution Problem: Masks and Bubbles
The air quality in China's biggest cities is famously atrocious, but designers think they may have found a way to combat the issue
February 26, 2013 |
By Jimmy Stamp
Mapping How the Brain Thinks
The White House wants to fund a huge project that would allow scientists to see, in real time, how a brain does its work.
February 25, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
An Artificial Ear Built By a 3D Printer and Living Cartilage Cells
Cornell scientists used computerized scanning, 3D printers and cartilage from cows to create living prosthetic ears
February 21, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Robot Vanna, Trashy Presidents and Steak as Health Food: Samsung Sells Tomorrow
Advertisers love to use futurism as a way to position their products as forward-thinking
February 20, 2013 |
By Matt Novak
What Can We Do About Big Rocks From Space?
Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
February 19, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Any Two Pages on the Web Are Connected By 19 Clicks or Less
There are more than 14 billion pages on the web, but they are linked by hyperconnected nodes, like Hollywood actors connected through Kevin Bacon
February 18, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
The Drones of the Future May Build Skyscrapers
Innovative architects are experimenting with small unmanned aerial vehicles to prove that drones can do more than cause destruction
February 15, 2013 |
By Jimmy Stamp
10 Fresh Looks at Love
Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
February 13, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Unmanned Drones Have Been Around Since World War I
They have recently been the subject of a lot of scrutiny, but the American military first began developing similar aerial vehicles during World War I
February 12, 2013 |
By Jimmy Stamp
Imagining a Drone-Proof City in the Age of Surveillance
As drones become common as tools of the military and intelligence agencies, how are architects and designers responding?
February 08, 2013 |
By Jimmy Stamp
Can Machines Learn Morality?
The debate over drones stirs up questions about whether robots can learn ethical behavior. Will they be able to make moral decisions?
February 08, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
The Privacy Wars: Goggles That Block Facial Recognition Technology
For designers, the battle over what it means to be private in a very public world is a new frontier to be conquered
February 06, 2013 |
By Jimmy Stamp
The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla and his Tower
The inventor's vision of a global wireless-transmission tower proved to be his undoing
February 04, 2013 |
By Gilbert King
