Tablets | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/tablets/RSS feed for TabletsenThu, 19 Dec 2024 15:58:39 +0000Ancient Texts Reveal How Mesopotamians Felt Emotions—From Happiness in the Liver to Anger in the Feethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-texts-reveal-how-mesopotamians-felt-emotions-from-happiness-in-the-liver-to-anger-in-the-feet-180985675/Researchers found that ancient Mesopotamians associated body parts with emotions, just as we do—but they discovered some hilarious differencesThu, 19 Dec 2024 15:58:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-texts-reveal-how-mesopotamians-felt-emotions-from-happiness-in-the-liver-to-anger-in-the-feet-180985675/Ten Research-Backed Tips on Parenting in a Digital Erahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ten-research-backed-tips-parenting-digital-era-180977025/With screen time at a high during the Covid-19 pandemic, two educators offer some adviceTue, 16 Feb 2021 17:46:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/ten-research-backed-tips-parenting-digital-era-180977025/Is COVID-19 the Tipping Point for Telemedicine?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/is-covid-19-tipping-point-for-telemedicine-180975131/Sheltering in place has pushed virtual health care into the mainstream, making us wonder if we'll ever go back to waiting roomsFri, 19 Jun 2020 14:44:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/is-covid-19-tipping-point-for-telemedicine-180975131/This Artist Imagines How Nature Evolves Following an Environmental Apocalypsehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/artist-imagines-how-nature-evolves-following-environmental-apocalypse-180972679/Ginny Ruffner’s “Reforestation of the Imagination” at the Renwick uses augmented reality to show the plants that might grow after environment devastationFri, 19 Jul 2019 15:46:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/artist-imagines-how-nature-evolves-following-environmental-apocalypse-180972679/Use Your Hand (or Your Coffee Cup, or Your Cat) as a Remote Control https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/use-your-hand-or-your-coffee-cup-or-banana-or-your-cat-remote-control-180965111/A new gesture recognition technology could allow users to turn almost any item into a remote for controlling televisions, tablets and moreFri, 06 Oct 2017 14:38:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/use-your-hand-or-your-coffee-cup-or-banana-or-your-cat-remote-control-180965111/How Can Schools Use Virtual Reality?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-can-schools-use-virtual-reality-180957974/The expansion of Google's VR education program could make classrooms more engaging, and also more justWed, 03 Feb 2016 16:51:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-can-schools-use-virtual-reality-180957974/How Transgender Women Are Training Their Voices to Sound More Femininehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-transgender-women-are-training-their-voices-sound-more-feminine-180957537/Does striving for some ideal female voice just reinforce stereotypes?Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-transgender-women-are-training-their-voices-sound-more-feminine-180957537/This Is How You Live Paint an Eventhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-is-how-you-live-paint-an-event-180955823/Artist Jeremy Sutton painted on his iPad while musicians performed and visitors played virtual reality games at the Smithsonian American Art MuseumTue, 07 Jul 2015 14:54:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/this-is-how-you-live-paint-an-event-180955823/Seven Inspiring Innovations In Education From Around the Globe https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/seven-inspiring-innovations-in-education-from-around-the-globe-180955484/American schools, start taking notes! There may be some things to learn from these successful programsFri, 05 Jun 2015 16:24:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/seven-inspiring-innovations-in-education-from-around-the-globe-180955484/These New Computer Chips Are Made From Woodhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-new-computer-chips-are-made-from-wood-180955471/A new technique replaces the bulk of smartphone-friendly microchips with a transparent, flexible material made from wood pulpWed, 03 Jun 2015 11:34:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/these-new-computer-chips-are-made-from-wood-180955471/