Technology Innovation
One Step Closer to Beating Old Age
Thanks to medical innovations and research breakthroughs, living past your 100th birthday will one day not be such a big deal
December 19, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
So Many Gadgets, So Little Time
Innovation happens so fast now that it's harder and harder to keep up with the pace. But is it really innovation?
December 15, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Boxing Robots of the 1930s
Jack Dempsey boasted he could tear apart a robot opponent "bolt by bolt and scatter its brain wheels and cogs all over the canvas"
December 13, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
My Name is Presto and I’ll Be Your Waiter
At more and more restaurants you'll be ordering your meals on a tablet at your tabletop. Will we miss waiters?
December 13, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
When a Smartphone Becomes a Wallet
They won't go mainstream for a few years, but mobile wallets are finally starting to pick up steam in the U.S.
December 09, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
A Game Where Nice Guys Finish First
Researchers found that when it comes to building social networks, people much prefer someone who likes to cooperate over a person who looks out for himself
December 06, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
How Hackers Made Kinect a Game Changer
Machines that respond to your touch, motion or voice are making keyboards obsolete. Is your TV remote next?
December 02, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Are Mind-Enhancing Drugs a Good Idea?
Scientists are testing drugs that can sharpen our brain. But will they give some people an unfair advantage?
November 28, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
A Thanksgiving Meal (in-a-pill)
The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic.
November 23, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Will Flying Get Its Mojo Back?
Changes are on the way that should ease the grim gauntlet of long lines, security checks and cramped seats.
November 22, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Snooze Science Yields Doze Apps
Now you can reportedly track what your brain has been doing all night, all in the name of a good night's sleep
November 17, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
1968′s Computerized School of the Future
A forward-looking lesson plan predicted that "computers will soon play as significant and universal a role in schools as books do today"
November 16, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
In the Military, Inventiveness of All Kinds Is a Weapon
Experts say a changing battlefield prompts calls for increasing emotional intelligence as well as technical prowess
November 15, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Robots Get the Human Touch
Robots are able to do a lot of things. But now they're taking on the biggest challenge of all: Figuring out how humans work.
November 10, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Don’t Curse the Darkness, Get One of the Bright New Lights
It's time to say good-bye to the iconic, but inefficient incandescent bulb and welcome in LEDs
November 07, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Arthur Radebaugh’s Shiny Happy Future
For five years, a popular comic strip gave us a preview of life in Suburbatopia
November 04, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Engineering the Climate
The idea of manipulating the Earth's atmosphere has been derided as too risky and too arrogant. That may be changing
November 02, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Where Fear Lives
Scientists are testing innovative ways to keep frightening memories from controlling people's lives
October 31, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Jaron Lanier’s Virtual Reality Future
The father of virtual reality believed technology promised infinite possibilities. Now, he worries that it's entrapping us.
October 28, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Nine Inventions Whose Time Has Come
Some are ingenious, some long overdue and some a bit strange. But all provide a glimpse of a different future
October 27, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
