Technology
Technological applications and advances in computers, agriculture, industry and transportation
Your Cell Phone Could Soon Become Part of a Massive Earthquake Detection System
In the future, your cell phone's accelerometer could help detect earthquakes
December 05, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
The First Text Message, Sent Twenty Years Ago, Was ‘Merry Christmas’
Text messaging turns twenty - celebrating two decades of helping people plan where to meet, wish happy birthday, break up, make up, and generally communicate without actually having to talk to one another
December 05, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Electric Bus Charges While It Picks Up Passengers
Utah State University's buses charge like an electric toothbrush or cell phone while dropping off and picking up passengers
December 04, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Could a Computer Out-Diagnose Dr. House?
Could computers may make diagnostic wizardry a thing of the past?
December 04, 2012 |
By Rachel Nuwer
You Can Now Have Pixar’s Cute Moving Lamp As a Pet
A playful, moving pet robot lamp
December 03, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Find Out How Stressed Out Your Dog Really Is
If tracking your own personal feelings, calories, productivity and health weren't keeping you busy enough, the Japanese company Fujitsu wants you to be able to do it for your dog too
December 03, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Have GPS Devices Taken the Fun out of Navigation?
With the rise of the digital age, the fascinating skills of map reading and celestial navigation are becoming lost arts
December 03, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
The Pope’s Tweets Are Official Church Doctrine
The pope is officially Tweeting now, under the handle @pontifex, and his Tweets are officially "part of the church's magisterium." Which means that anything he Tweets is the teaching authority of the Catholic Church
December 03, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Video Games Are Officially Art, According to the MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art bought 14 video games last week to add to their permanent collection - making video games not just interesting anthropological artifacts, but also a form of art
December 03, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Open-Fire Stoves Kill Millions. How Do We Fix it?
Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
December 2012 |
By Ingfei Chen
Dr. NakaMats, the Man With 3300 Patents to His Name
Meet the most famous inventor you’ve never heard of – whose greatest invention may be himself
December 2012 |
By Franz Lidz
Elon Musk, the Rocket Man With a Sweet Ride
The winner of the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car
December 2012 |
By Carl Hoffman
Photos: A Last Look at Fall
Before the weather turns cold, take one last walk in the woods with these beautiful autumn photos submitted by our readers
December 2012 |
By Smithsonian.com
How Artificial Intelligence Can Change Higher Education
Sebastian Thrun, winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for education takes is redefining the modern classroom
December 2012 |
By Tom Vanderbilt
Watch All of 2012′s Hurricanes in One Video
Today marks the end of hurricane season. Here's the run down on the year, and every storm on one animation
November 30, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Strange Things We Do To Keep Our Food Cold
Whether it was shipped to you from somewhere, stored in a warehouse, or sold nice and chilly, over 3/4 of the food we eat has been commercially refrigerated
November 29, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Meals That Starving Travelers Dream Of
Daydreaming of food is a tradition as old as the saga of man versus wild. What would you wish to eat if you were starving in a tent or a dinghy at sea?
November 28, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
A Real, Working Transformer Robot!
This remote-controlled car turns into a walking, missile-shooting robot
November 27, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Getting the Prosthetic Is Easy, Compared to Getting It To Do What You Want
Prosthetic technology is getting better, and many of these amputees are learning to live with new arms and legs. But while getting the prosthetic might be costly, it's learning how to use it that's the real struggle
November 27, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
This Robot Is a Better Dad Than Your Dad
Disney is building a robot that can play catch
November 27, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
