Modernization
Google Is Considering Doing Away With Space Bars
The search engine giant could lead the way for the most space-saving laptop yet.
Digital Government
3-D Microscope Uses Virtual Reality to Let You Explore a Molecule
Nanotronics Imaging has created a new system, called nVisible, that lets anyone walk through a three-dimensional, digital visualization of a microscopic landscape, using a virtual reality headset.
Emerging Tech
Intelligent Windows, Self-Repairing Concrete and Other Inventions that Could Change the World
The European Patent Office has announced its finalists for the 2015 European Inventor Awards, honoring brilliant inventions from a range of scientific fields.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Has Patented Ability to Control Robot Army
The patent suggests the robots could be controlled by a smartphone
Emerging Tech
The UN Wants to Make Sure We’re Not Developing Killer Robots We Can’t Control
The United Nations has a lot of things to worry about. Famine, war, inequality, discrimination, epidemic disease… and now, reports New Scientist, the threat of autonomous robots that could destroy us on a whim.
Artificial Intelligence
IBM’s AI Computer Has Come up With Some Pretty Incredible Food Pairings
Watson scanned publicly available data sources to build up a vast library of information on recipes, the chemical compounds in food, and common pairings.
Emerging Tech
Robot Spiders Could Build the Next Generation of Objects in Space
One of the most difficult parts about constructing satellites, space stations or other orbiting objects is getting the materials into space.
Digital Government
MIT Scientists Design Bulletproof Armor Modeled on Fish Scales
A new study out of MIT may have found a protective, flexible solution for today’s soldiers in an unlikely place: the sea.
Artificial Intelligence
A Search Engine Could Become the First True Artificial Intelligence
What if Google, or Facebook, or any of the companies we entrust our information to, wanted to use our search histories to create an artificially intelligent robot?
Emerging Tech
Google's Next-Gen Robots Could Have Personalities
Google’s patent details a cloud-based system where a personality could be downloaded to a robot, in the same way one might download an app.
Emerging Tech
Steve Wozniak Says World Domination by Robots Could be Thwarted by Simple Physics
Several prominent scientists worry about the rise of artificial intelligence and robots, and about humanity’s place in the world if robots take over.
Emerging Tech
Watch New 3-D Printing Technique Create Intricate Objects From a Pool of Goo
Most existing consumer-grade 3D printers print in layers that fuse together to make the final object. Carbon3D takes a different approach.
Digital Government
Study: Americans Mostly OK With Government’s Online Snooping
For the most part, Americans seem to have greeted the revelations about government snooping from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with a shrug.
Emerging Tech
Economists Say Robots Will Have Dire Effect on US Economy
A new study explores various scenarios for an economy increasingly powered by robots, and none of them look great for human workers.
Digital Government
Scientists Say All the World’s Data Can Fit on a DNA Hard Drive the Size of a Teaspoon
One gram of DNA can potentially hold up to 455 exabytes of data.
Emerging Tech
Why the Router Needs a Re-Think
As anyone who has tried to set up a home wireless network knows too well, routers tend to use arcane software that requires user manuals and patience to navigate.
Emerging Tech
The SpaceX Dragon Delivered Flatworms and Fruitflies to the International Space Station
The astronauts also received late Christmas presents and replacement equipment.
Emerging Tech
The ‘Instant’ Internet of 2035: Virtual Worlds, Self-Driving Cars and Online Doctor’s Visits
The next generation of wireless devices could change everything.
Modernization
We’re One Step Closer to a Totally Mobile Wallet
Iowa's department of transportation announced plans to test a driver’s license smartphone app to replace the standard plastic card.
Modernization
These Are the Best iPhone and iPad Apps of the Year, According to Apple
Apple also included long lists of runners-up.
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