The First crew of the starship Enterprise shall fly no more. Paramount has announced they are canceling the most recent iteration of the Star Trek franchise and will not bring the show back for a fifth season. This version featured ...READ»
Swine flu still rumbles on in the background, and it is still dangerous--but could two new inventions revealed this week give us Star Trek-like medical technology to help us combat future pandemics?
Claims that scientists have ...READ»
Rick Rashid, head of Microsoft's Research labs, is a major Star Trek fan, and we talk about that along with a ton of what Microsoft's R&D labs are developing.READ»
Solar cells use photosensitive dye to provide power for e-book
readers to cell phones, but what happens when a solar charged cell phone
breaks? Independent repair shops will still be on standby.
New solar cells can convert ...READ»
I was reading about Vuzix's new VR projection glasses--actually looking pretty snazzy, versus a prop from Star Trek--when a thought struck me. It seems that the gadget as a nice-to-have bolt-on to modern life is dead. Instead, the ...READ»
Accio ticket sales! The Hogwarts crew returns with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on July 15. So far, the films' grosses have been stunningly consistent. Here's how other major franchises compare.READ»
Good charting software has many features. One of the most important is that is eliminates all paper. That means the dental software must accommodate all the bits of paper data we have stuffed in our patient folders and it must have a ...READ»
Androids like Data, a Star Trek character, have recently been recycled into devices less humanoid but more functional – like Motorola’s new Android phone.READ»
This is going to be fascinating news for those of you out there with trypanophobia--fear of hypodermic needles. Pantech Biosolutions has just been given approval for its painless drug delivery system that uses frickin' laser ...READ»
After going three-for-three in drawing public criticism for its Whopper Virgins, Texican and Square Butts campaigns, Crispin Porter + Bogusky has scored another trifecta: a three-picture Burger King marketing tie-in with Viacom's Paramount Pictures, starting with Friday's release of Star Trek.READ»
It may not be quite up to the spec of Geordi La Forge's visor on Star Trek TNG, but researchers in Germany have come up with an eyeglass-mounted display that's so freakily high-tech you may need only to move your eyes to control a PC.READ»
A research lab inside the U.S. Navy tasked with dreaming up the future of the armed force has been busy working on a new command center design. It's suitably high tech--and is undeniably influenced by Star Trek.READ»
When I first started helping organizations with change, leaders were coming to me saying, "We have new and better ways of doing business. Can you help us get people's attention, then create the appetite and uptake so we can realize a ...READ»
Hollywood had a blockbuster year at the box office in 2009. An uptick in 3-D offerings, IMAX venues, and big-name sequels carried the sagging industry to a recession-proof $10 billion in ticket receipts. Good thing, because up-front ...READ»
3-D printing is still crazy expensive. But as it gets cheaper, it's spawning a wave of bizarre tsotchkes. Here's an early candidate for Garden Gnome of the 21st Century: A model of your unborn child.
For about $1,700, a clinic in ...READ»
The cellphone is already a constant companion for most of us. But a few developments around the world are utilizing cellphones in new ways that, if popularized, will make it hard to get by in life with a cellphone in your pocket ...READ»
Uh oh. The Whenever-We-Feel-Like-It Internet Police are back on the job.
The FBI arrested 47-year-old Bronx resident Gilberto Sanchez earlier this morning and accused him of copyright infringement for allegedly uploading a copy of ...READ»
Here's a medical innovation that's pretty amazing: It's a blood filter that could actually reduce deaths from sepsis in hospitals. The system works by removing dangerous bacteria not by using fine porous filtration, but instead the ...READ»
Science fiction is one of the 20th century's most characteristic and dominant literary forms. Despite serious criticism and misunderstanding, it has millions of readers worldwide and has established itself at the heart of popular ...READ»
Another starship Enterprise just undertook a bold new mission: This time it's Virgin Galactic's premier space vehicle, which has flown its first manned glide flight. It's another successful step on the road to tourists in space.READ»
