New Quantum Dots Make Colors in LCD Even Brighter
Doping of quantum dots promises LCDs comparable to OLED displays for color brightness
3-D Printed Gun's First Shot Has Big Implications
A mostly 3D-printed gun represents an imperfect weapon with big implications
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Japan's Telepathy One Aims Smaller Than Google Glass
A Japanese wearable visor promises the social sharing of real-time experiences
Samsung Imagines a Future With Mind-Controlled Tablets
A tablet controlled by the brain could help the disabled sooner than average consumers
A Smartphone App That Takes Your Temperature
The Kinsa Smart Thermometer can also tell you what illnesses are going around your school or community
Taser Cam Puts Policing in the Spotlight
Taser's new head-mounted camera for police officers offers both promise and peril
Palo Alto Company Will Help Apple Navigate
Apple’s purchase of navigation startup is just the latest sign that a hot technology is getting hotter.
Glasses-Free 3-D From Almost Any Angle
Grid of gratings could create 3-D displays for smartphones and other small devices
Tablet Telephone Adds Captions to Calls
A new phone combines old and new tech to bring call captions to the hearing impaired at home
Kinect Fusion Lets You Build 3-D Models of Anything
The new API will make it easy to generate 3-D models with a handheld Kinect
Back to Apple’s Future
Apple's 1987 promo video forecast the world 25 years hence. Hey! That's now!
Consumer Electronics Winners and Losers
Tablets were the brightest spot in sales for the U.S. 2012 holiday season
A Dumb 3-D Printer is a Million-Dollar Idea
Smart 3-D printers are capturing the public’s imagination, but a couple of robotics engineers think there is still room for a dumb one.
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Defiance: The First Video-Game Television Show
A new science fiction franchise faces many technical challenges in marrying a video game with a television show
Etch A Sketch Was My First Videogame Machine
This “drawing” tool foreshadowed early video games
Mind Reading to Predict the Success of Online Games
Engineers devise a way to predict an online game’s success by gamers’ initial emotional response
Put Away Those 3-D Glasses If You’re Watching The Super Bowl
Today’s Super Bowl will not be televised in 3D
Bang & Olufsen’s Geoff Martin Pursues the Perfect Sound
At Bang & Olufsen, Geoff Martin brings a musician’s sensibilities and an engineer’s precision to loudspeaker design
The Librarian Of Congress Gets To Decide Whether Americans Can Unlock Their Phones. And He Says No.
Tomorrow it becomes illegal to unlock smartphones in the U.S.
Ford Motor Corp: Calling All App Developers
Ford engineers explain how to write an app for Ford's SYNC system
CES 2013: Making a Case for 4K TV
Manufacturers hope “pull-you-in” immersion will draw consumers.
Gaming at CES 2013
Retrogaming made a splash at the show, with classic console emulators and pinball machines
CES 2013: Redesigns That Shine At CES
Latest generations of MiFi, BodyMedia armband show that engineering persistence pays off.
NHK’s Hybridcast Promises Sophisticated Interactive TV
Broadcaster aims to create a “virtual big living room”
CES 2013: A Tale of Two Television Strategies
Panasonic puts "smarts" front and center, while LG wants to overwhelm you with pixels
Your Car as Entertainment Center: Ford Motor at CES
Ford’s Jim Buczkowski is a top researcher, a company executive, and an avid consumer electronics beta tester
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CES 2013: The Future of Consumer Electronics
Personal 3-D printing, personal data clouds, and personalized cars—notice a trend?
CES 2013: Flying a Helicopter With My Brain [Video]
Puzzlebox uses the Neurosky headset and a tablet to let me fly a helicopter by just thinking about it
CES 2013: Share Battery Power Between Mobile Devices
Used to your devices sharing a data plan? How about sharing power?
CES 2013: Replacing the Game Board with a MultiTouch Computer
Intel’s vision of a family computer gets people out from behind their laptops and tablets
Lighter, Brighter Displays
Electrowetting combines the best of LCD and E Ink
Digits: Hands-Free 3-D
Microsoft's new gadget Digits eliminates gloves from 3-D motion capture with a wrist-worn sensor