Technology Innovation
Quick and Cheap DNA Sequencing On the Horizon?
A new technique reads DNA base by base by threading it through a tiny pore
May 29, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
The Genome That Keeps on Giving
When scientists mapped the human genetic blueprint, people said it would change medicine because we'd be able to get clues about our future health
May 29, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Big Things Ahead… But Keep Your Shirt On
Americans in the 1940s had wondrous expectations about the post-war world. Meet one author who advised them to curb their enthusiasm
May 25, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
What’s Going On With Ice Cream?
Not only is it now available in once unimaginable flavors, like salted caramel and prosciutto, but scientists also are trying to make it good for you.
May 24, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
New Coating Gets Ketchup Out Lickety-Split
A substance developed at MIT sends viscous condiments pouring out of bottles with ease
May 23, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
What Sunken Sandwiches Tell Us About the Future of Food Storage
The sinking of the Alvin was an accident that demonstrated the promise of a novel food preservation method
May 23, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
Maps of the Future
A 1989 prediction about portable GPS devices was right on the money
May 22, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
When Cities Run Themselves
We're moving toward an "internet of things," where machines talk to machines and there's little need for human involvement. A lot of experts think it's the key to ensuring that cities of the future don't fall apart
May 21, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
The Rise of the Bionic Human
New technology is allowing the paralyzed to walk and the blind to see. And it's becoming a smaller leap from repairing bodies to enhancing them
May 17, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Jobs of the Future: How Accurate Were the Soothsayers of 1982 At Predicting Today’s Top Careers?
College graduates take note: Your dream career as a robot psychologist or nasal technologist is just around the corner
May 15, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Is Facebook Good For TV?
It wouldn't seem to be. But social TV, where people interact with their friends on a second screen while they're watching a show, may be boosting ratings
May 14, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
What Really Sparked the Hindenburg Disaster?
Seventy-five years later, opinions still vary on what caused the airship to explode so suddenly
May 10, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
What Makes a 21st Century Mom?
Not an easy answer. But here are 10 recent studies on what it means to be a mother today
May 10, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Rebuilding Rainwater Collection in India
From one conservationist's perspective, harvesting rainwater doesn't necessarily mean high-tech strategies—traditional techniques have been around for centuries
May 09, 2012 |
By Sarah C. Rich
Big Data or Too Much Information?
We now create an enormous amount of digital data every day on smart phones, social networks and sensors. So how do you make sense of all of it?
May 07, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Medicine Goes Small
Nanotechnology is taking health care to the molecular level and changing it in profound ways. But is it all good?
May 02, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Groundwater, Gravity and Graphic Design
An important piece of science recently popped up in Times Square, in the form of a 19,000-square-foot interactive map by a Dutch information designer.
May 02, 2012 |
By Sarah C. Rich
Will America ever love electric bikes?
Most bikers scoff at them, but as the U.S. population ages and gas prices rise, expect to see more bikes running on batteries.
April 27, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
The Magazine of the Future (on floppy disk!)
More than 20 years before the iPad, an entrepreneur saw the potential of interactive, digital magazines
April 23, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
To the Asteroids and Beyond
A group of big-name tech billionaires wants to open up a new frontier in space--mining space rocks.
April 23, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
