Thought Innovation
Can This Invention Save Cameras?
With the Lytro camera, you no longer have to bother with focusing an image. Plus, your photos become interactive.
January 12, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
Just How Free is Free Will?
Researchers are finding that our behavior may be more hard-wired than we'd like to believe. If so, can we handle the truth?
January 05, 2012 |
By Randy Rieland
The ABCs of 2012, Part II
Here are more of the terms you should know if you want to feel plugged into innovations changing the way we live this year
January 03, 2012 |
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
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
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
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
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
Can Crowdsourcing Really Spark Innovation?
Companies and scientists are using games and competitions to bring in fresh thinking from outsiders.
October 24, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
3D Printers Are Building the Future, One Part at a Time
Don't just download music. Download sculpture. Or a bicycle. That's the promise of 3D printing
October 20, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Why We Don’t Like Creativity
Everyone talks about innovation, but most people seem uncomfortable with the creative forces that make it happen
October 12, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
How Smart Can a City Get?
Experts think it's only a matter of time before cities are being run by sensors connected to powerful computers
October 11, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Pet Tech Gears Up
Pet products are already a huge business. Innovations like pet GPS and remote feeding devices are making it even bigger
October 03, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Drones Get Smarter
We're moving closer to the day when flying robots will make decisions on their own
September 29, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Are Machines Dumbing Us Down?
The idea that technology is causing us to lose our mental edge won't go away
September 27, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
Can Solar Survive the Solyndra Swirl?
Following the collapse of the ballyhooed solar firm, these are dark times for renewable energy. But big players are still betting it's more than treehugger fantasy
September 21, 2011 |
By Randy Rieland
