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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
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Everyone talks about innovation, but most people seem uncomfortable with the creative forces that make it happen
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Experts think it’s only a matter of time before cities are being run by sensors connected to powerful computers
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Pet products are already a huge business. Innovations like pet GPS and remote feeding devices are making it even bigger
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We’re moving closer to the day when flying robots will make decisions on their own
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The idea that technology is causing us to lose our mental edge won’t go away
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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 betting it’s treehugger fantasy
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Patents supposed to turn ideas into inventions. But in the tech world, they’ve become the weapons of choice when companies like Google and Apple face off
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Football Tech to Protect Players
From “smart helmets” to “intelligent mouthguards,” football tackles the challenge of high technology to reduce injury and improve the game
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Thanks to social media and wireless networks, we have less reason to own things. Welcome to the sharing economy
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Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?
The country’s achievements in education have other nations, especially the United States, doing their homework
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A company called Booktrack Introduces a new kind of e-book. It plays music or sound effects to accompany your reading
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A Cheat Sheet to Help Schools Foster Creativity
Corporate execs say they’re looking for independent thinkers, but schools are stilled geared to assembly lines. Here are ideas to spur imaginative learning
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Clothing embedded with nanotechnology taps into our growing desire to turn everyday things into electronic gadgets
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By analyzing ancient pottery, Patrick McGovern is resurrecting the libations that fueled civilization
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Our world is a place where information can behave like human genes and ideas can replicate, mutate and evolve
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Cats and failures highlight this list of the memes that have gone mainstream. Which ones did we miss?
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Dryer Sheets as Bug Repellant?
Testing the myth
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