Topic: University of California-Santa Barbara

Does the Kindle Make Good Brain-Food?

Do we learn differently from electronic paper than real books? The New York Times set out to understand the question by polling a group of experts. Does e-paper make it harder to focus? Harder to think and learn? "Initially, any ...READ»

Does the Kindle Make Good Brain-Food?

Do we learn differently from electronic paper than real books? The New York Times set out to understand the question by polling a group of experts. Does e-paper make it harder to focus? Harder to think and learn? "Initially, any ...READ»

Holographic Discs to Store 20 Times More Than Blu-Ray

Blu-ray technology out-does DVD for one reason only: the discs store more information, so you can fit a higher-resolution movie file in the same physical space. That's a great thing now everyone and their dog has an HDTV. But a new ...READ»

Inside the Virtual Brain in Life-Size

The AlloSphere is a three-story tall spherical chamber lined on the inside with 360-degree display screens--kind of like an IMAX theater, except panoramic. You view the sphere's content by standing on a breezeway that bisects the ...READ»

• MIT's Sixth Sense Machine Makes Reality Better

Business 3.0

The oblivious capitalist's days are numbered.READ»

Special Gifts

"Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes." -- Bette Midler Paul Orfalea was born severely dyslexic. His learning disability wasn't diagnosed until he was well into grade school and well behind his ...READ»

Kinko's - The Free-Agent Home Office

Sure, this fast-growing company makes copies -- 12 billion copies in 1997 alone. But its real mission is to help the growing population of self-employed professionals remake how they work and live.READ»

Can Google Stay Google?

It is the company of the nanosecond -- and a really, really rich one at that. But Silicon Valley often eats its own young. So what are Messrs. Brin and Page planning to keep Google thriving for the long haul?READ»

How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows

... Its performance is the envy of executives and engineers around the world ... For techno-evangelists, Google is a marvel of Web brilliance ... For Wall Street, it may be the IPO that changes everything (again) ... But Google is also a case study in savvy management -- a company filled with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous accountability, and relentless attention to detail ... Here's a search for the growth secrets of one of the world's most exciting young companies -- a company from which every company can learn.READ»

Reinvent Yourself

Andrew Tuck sits in a stylish loft in New York City's Soho neighborhood with some of his life's work spread before him. There's his philosophy book, published by a top-drawer academic press, which he wrote in the 1980s while working ...READ»