Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 5:34pm
A gesture-filled Windows 8 experience is headed your way before we ring in 2014. Asus has inked a deal with Leap Motion.
Stories by Author
Nathaniel Wattenmaker
writer
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 6:47pm
The PlayStation 2's massive success spawned an incredible library of games. Some of them were clear phenomena like Ratchet and Clank and the re-birthed Grand Theft Auto series, but others flew under the radar, only to explode into something special years later. Stories abound around the system that almost wholly defined a console generation, and we'll take a peek at some of the system's unique successes today.
Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 6:18pm
It's a fact: technology is a mostly male industry. It's a problem that affects IT well outside of Silicon Valley. It even stretches into the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where a group of women are fighting back with a femme-centric network of designers, programmers and other techies.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 5:37pm
Ever since Jurassic Park, we've been trying to come up with practical purposes for dinosaurs, since we know that the day we will be able to clone them is coming. So here's an obvious question: if we were to eat them, would they taste good?
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 7:04pm
The silver lining of being a developing continent is that you can skip entire stages of technological progress without suffering through the in-between. Africa, for example, now has more mobile subscribers than the United States or Europe, and that means big things for African economies.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 6:51pm
Deep in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest, a potentially new spider species has been found. The new breed has a trick up one of its eight sleeves as well. It's Predator-like (the kind that hunts Arnold Schwarzeneggers and Danny Glovers), creating a decoy in its web, tempting prey into its grasp.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 4:16pm
Video game publisher THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 5:46pm
It's not terribly often that little before seen work of an incredibly prolific artist comes to light. LIFE magazine has released an archived set of light paintings from Pablo Picasso taken by Armenian photographer Gjon Mili.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 3:44pm
A Bluetooth-enabled toilet is something that we expect (and secretly want) from Japan. These three Satis toilets are controllable by an Android app. It's an idea that's more creepy than it is practical.
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 6:54pm
Mind-controlled prosthetics are making leaps and bounds in terms of dexterity. Research at the University of Pittsburgh has yielded what's considered the most advanced prosthetic arm control system yet. We've come a long way from Captain Hook with brain implants and prosthesis.
