Thought Innovation
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
Why the Best Success Stories Often Begin With Failure
One writer’s unexpected bout of unemployment inspired him to catalogue the misadventures of those who came before him
February 2013 |
By Amy Crawford
Most of What You Think You Know About Grammar is Wrong
And ending sentences with a preposition is nothing worth worrying about
February 2013 |
By Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellarman
These Machines Will Be Able to Detect Smells Your Own Nose Cannot
We're getting closer to the day when your smartphone knows you have a cold before you do
January 30, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Learning From Nature How to Deal With Nature
As cities like New York prepare for what appears to be a future of more extreme weather, the focus increasingly is on following nature's lead.
January 23, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Can a Buzzing Fork Make You Lose Weight?
HapiFork, a utensil that slows down your eating, is one of a new wave of gadgets designed to help you take control of your health.
January 17, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Why Are Superachievers So Successful?
Two authors spoke to dozens of the highest-achieving people in the world. Here’s what they learned
January 15, 2013 |
By Amy Crawford
When Machines See
Giving computers vision, through pattern recognition algorithms, could one day make them better than doctors at spotting tumors and other health problems.
January 07, 2013 |
By Randy Rieland
Six Innovators to Watch in 2013
All are inventive minds pushing technology in fresh directions, some to solve stubborn problems, others to make our lives a little fuller
December 27, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
A More Human Artificial Brain
Canadian researchers have created a computer model that performs tasks like a human brain. It also sometimes forgets things.
December 14, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
10 Gifts to Celebrate Innovation
From glasses that fight jet lag to a plant that waters itself to a rocking chair that fires up the iPad, here are presents no one will forget.
December 07, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Why Mass Incarceration Defines Us As a Society
Bryan Stevenson, the winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in social justice, has taken his fight all the way to the Supreme Court
December 2012 |
By Chris Hedges
8 Ways People Are Taking Twitter Seriously
Born in desperation and long mocked, the social media platform has become a popular research and intelligence-gathering tool.
November 30, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Shopping Gets Personal
Retailers are mining personal data to learn everything about you so they can help you help yourself to their products.
November 27, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
The Sharing of the Screens
Get ready for the day when your big screen and your small screens work together to connect you with shows and products.
November 09, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Can You Change Your Political Beliefs?
New research suggests that most people may not be as committed to their moral principles as they think they are
October 01, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
How Brains Make Money
A new breed of scientists says that if you really want to understand why people make financial decisions, you need to see what's going on inside their brains.
September 28, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Getting Smart About Traffic
Thanks to GPS, sensors, artificial intelligence and even algorithms based on the behavior of E. coli, it's possible to imagine the end of commuting madness.
September 20, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
How Dogs Fight Cancer
Man's best friend is becoming a key player in fighting cancer, allowing scientists to speed up the process of connecting the dots between genetics and disease.
September 17, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Wearable Tech Makes a Fashion Statement
When models wore Google's goggles on the runway, it signaled that the next wave of digital devices may actually go post-geek.
September 13, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
