Smartwatch Saves Battery Life with Two Processors
The Agent, a crowd-funded smartwatch, offers a second, low-power processor, wireless charging, and fashion-forward design
Innovations, Profound and Whimsical, Compete in Stanford Challenge
Better land mine detection, tools for long distance touch among the hardware innovations that competed for prize money this week at Stanford.
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Hardware Startups: The Class of 2013 Launches at Haxlr8r
Autonomous personal drone helicopters, smart handlebars, and electrical-circuit building blocks among the products about to hit market
From STEM to STEAM: A Carnival Ride Into Engineering
Will adding art and play engage a new generation of scientists and engineers?
3-D Printed Gun's First Shot Has Big Implications
A mostly 3D-printed gun represents an imperfect weapon with big implications
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
Sensuous Electronics
As we design electronics, let’s not forget the urge to see and touch them
Demo Mobile Conference Embraces The Internet Of Things
And a Pittsburgh design lab's new tool makes it simple to connect all those things together
Taser Cam Puts Policing in the Spotlight
Taser's new head-mounted camera for police officers offers both promise and peril
Solar Robots, 4K TVs Spring Forward
Plus: the Woz-Cave and Waterproof Nanocoatings
Easy Prototyping With Microsoft Gadgeteer
Build your own consumer electronics with this system from Microsoft
Tesla News and Renewable Energy From Rising Ships
Tesla will pay back loan sooner but release next car model later and a San Francisco company wants to run the city on ship-power; plus, communicating with your car's computer
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Weekly Tek-Wrap: Fukushima Tagging of Tuna, and More
A city goes carbon neutral, Goldie Blox takes on American Girl, and news from Innovation Day at Xerox Corp.’s Parc Inc.
Authenticating Video
The Guardian Project’s software authenticates human rights videos and protects activists in the field
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.
Can You Trust an Amazon Review?
Reviewers are gaming the system at Amazon and elsewhere for mischief, politics, and profit
Do Libraries Have a Future?
As books become e-books, publishers seem happy to cut libraries out of the picture
CES 2013: Redesigns That Shine At CES
Latest generations of MiFi, BodyMedia armband show that engineering persistence pays off.
CES 2013: A Tale of Two Television Strategies
Panasonic puts "smarts" front and center, while LG wants to overwhelm you with pixels
CES 2013: The Future of Consumer Electronics
Personal 3-D printing, personal data clouds, and personalized cars—notice a trend?
Android in My Rice Cooker: Gateway to Future Cyber Home Invasion?
Internet of Things inadequate security could have future nasty unintended consequences
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
CES 2013: Transporter Lets You Create Your Own Off-site Cloud for $200
Startup company’s clever technology, styling, and naming made it a Kickstarter success
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Google Gets in Your Face
Google Glass offers a slightly augmented version of reality
Why Smart Glasses Might Not Make You Smarter
A Q&A with wearable-computer pioneer Steve Mann
Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux
Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, hints at what to expect next
Under the Radar: 7 Stories to Watch In 2013
Other technical advances worth keeping an eye on this year