When this grueling race began in 1903, the 20,000-franc prize ($4,000
in today's dollars) wasn't enough to entice entrants, and its
organizers had to also offer a five-franc daily allowance. Fast-forward
a century: The top prize is ...READ»
This four-day conference is all about pushing the robotic envelope, building humanoids that are more like their creators and in the process teaching us a thing or two about human movement and speech. But what we really want to know ...READ»
As the quest to improve America's health-care system continues, the tech crowd is ready to offer its own prescription: Apply the fundamentals of Web 2.0 (consumer-focused tools; crowd-sourced, minable data; robust community) to the ...READ»
Farhad Manjoo
"I was recently confronted with a personal example of the true cost of free stuff," says Farhad Manjoo, our tech columnist and author of True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society. "I moved to a new ...READ»
If you have to moderate a panel discussion about sex, Las
Vegas is probably the best place on the planet to do it. So last January, I splashed on a little
Shalimar, hiked up my fishnets, and headed over to a back hall at the ...READ»
If you're one of America's 750,000 Corvette owners, start your engine: 25 caravans -- with cars and drivers from every state in the Lower 48 -- will mark the National Corvette Museum's 15th anniversary by converging on GM's Corvette ...READ»
One tip to avoid the spread of infectious diseases: Don't gather in confined spaces.
Like, you know, a ship at sea. (We haven't forgotten all those news
stories about the stomach-churning, disinfectant-resisting norovirus.)
This ...READ»
Should we go to the hog races first or the PigCasso art show? Welcome to bacony bliss,
a three-day celebration of porcine proportions that draws 40,000
consumers, producers, and vendors to Iowa, the top pork-producing state
in ...READ»
Does the mere thought of PowerPoint-glutted conferences send your
fingernails inching toward your eyeballs? Then we suggest the
pecha-kucha night at this designers' gathering. The brainchild of Tokyo
architects Mark Dytham and ...READ»
They play Connect Four. They mix martinis. They paint. And at this sixth annual event, robots go head-to-head in categories from
navigation to remote-controlled flame throwing. In the past two years, the gathering has doubled to 70 ...READ»
A hot topic at this meet-up of solid-waste execs will be the booming business of trash to cash.
Some 55% of American waste still ends up in landfills, and operators in
this $52 billion industry have long been required to collect ...READ»
In 1908, some 15,000 women Marched through the streets of New York
for shorter work hours, better wages, and voting rights. One hundred
and one years later, this global celebration of female achievements now
runs more toward ...READ»
