What would President Mitt do for science, technology, and startups in America? And would he use his missionary zeal to drive policy in these directions?READ»
The Verge's Joshua Topolsky and The Wirecutter's Brian Lam hope to distinguish themselves in a crowded field. By taking two vastly different approaches, they may just do it. READ»
Is stabbing at an iPhone more intuitive nowadays than glancing at your wrist? The makers of Mutewatch seem to think so. A sleek, minimalist timepiece, Mutewatch behaves more or less like your iPhone. To access the functions--the ...READ»
Organizing a group-bought gift for someone special can be a gigantic hassle. Enter Shareagift--which leverages social networking, online payments, and gift-suggestion algorithms--to sweeten the whole deal.READ»
After years bubbling under the success radar, Pixel Qi has revealed a large high-resolution screen that works indoors and outdoors with equal ease. If it succeeds, it could change how and where you use computers.READ»
Despite incredible advances in energy efficiency, American households use the same amount of energy as they did 30 years ago. Why? It's all the gadgets plugged in.READ»
Picture a metal that's so clever it can be blown into a mold like plastic materials, then think of the amazing gadgets that could be crafted from it--gizmos that make Apple's unibody Macs look like child's play. READ»
The Egyptian government, facing mass protests in the nation's streets by citizens calling for regime change, has shut off the Internet, SMS, and BlackBerry service and may have shuttered some mobile phone systems too. Now the population is turning to 20th century solutions.READ»
What are the opportunity costs of our digital addiction? Last Sunday, at a Keith Jarrett piano concert in Carnegie Hall, a magical musical moment is ruined by something very ordinary. "When people take whatever they take home with them, it's meaningless," the jazz great later explains, "BUT IT SCREWS WITH US."READ»
Medical devices tend to look weird and intimidating. While that might be useful for film directors like David Cronenberg, it's not great for normal folks who just need to perform personal medical checks, like monitoring their blood ...READ»
While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»
Just when we thought the tablet-versus-e-reader argument was dead in the water, along comes another development that makes one realize there's life in the old dog yet. LG has revealed its grandiose plans on the e-paper front--and it's ...READ»
A custom app to interface with a supercomputer and complete some of its calculations? You've got it--courtesy of MIT and Texas Advanced Supercomputer Center. And it's not Apple's glory this time, it's Android's.
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Nikon's S1100pj camera is one of those gadgets that is absolutely guaranteed to impress any onlookers. It's a normal point-and-shoot camera in every way--except that it has a full-scale, surprisingly good projector crammed inside it.READ»
