Science-Fiction Movie Roundup
Break out the popcorn for these upcoming flicks
DIY Electronic Bicycle Derailleur
Upgrade your bike with a microcontroller and servo
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iCandy: Bridges, Beams, and Bots in Bands
France’s vertical lift bridge, Nicaraguans bridging the laptop divide, and a true heavy metal band
Irwin Jacobs: Captain of CDMA
Qualcomm cofounder Irwin M. Jacobs wins the 2013 IEEE Medal of Honor for his pioneering work in digital communications
Sensuous Electronics
As we design electronics, let’s not forget the urge to see and touch them
Profile: Limor Fried
The founder of Adafruit Industries champions Do-It-Yourself electronics
iCandy: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Food to fuel, tissue regeneration, and Japanese wind power
Paying for Free TV
Aereo takes broadcast TV signals and puts them on your computer, tablet, and smartphone—for a fee
Review: Slide Scanner
Digitize your high-quality photo slides with the Plustek 8200i Ai
Basketball and Biology: A Tale of Two Social Networks
A systems biologist looks at basketball games through the prism of graph theory
Review: Duo Gamer
A Bluetooth controller makes the iPad a better platform for hard-core gaming
Easy Prototyping With Microsoft Gadgeteer
Build your own consumer electronics with this system from Microsoft
Steve Mann’s Better Version of Reality
His vision systems have been mediating and augmenting reality for three decades
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iCandy: As Seen in the Movies
A bendable display, a rocket-powered bicycle, and a gun that fires only for its owner
Steve Mann: My “Augmediated” Life
What I’ve learned from 35 years of wearing computerized eyewear
App Watch: The Final Frontier—on Your Phone
NASA brings its missions to the smallest screen
Putting the Meter Under the Microscope
How a smart-meter kit changed my energy habits
Comic Books Go Digital
Can Your Paper Version Do This?
Big Data Versus Little Data: Predicting the Academy Awards
A Microsoft Research economist’s focus shifts from presidential prediction to Hollywood handicapping
Can You Trust an Amazon Review?
Reviewers are gaming the system at Amazon and elsewhere for mischief, politics, and profit
iCandy: It’s Electric
A robotic newspaper-storage locker, an electronic fork, and shoes that track your dance moves
Simon Hauger Revs Up High Schools with Car Projects
Simon Hauger helps inner-city high schoolers build cars and start businesses
Review: Beam Toothbrush
A Bluetooth connection lets you use an app to monitor your dental hygiene
PlanetSolar’s Christian Ochsenbein Sails the Seas on Sunshine
Christian Ochsenbein was the engineer on board the only solar boat to circumnavigate the globe
Recon Instrument’s Li Chen Augments Skiers' Reality with Heads Up Displays
Li Chen turns ordinary sports goggles into digital dashboards
A Custom Game Controller
The Arduino Leonardo makes creating USB peripherals simple
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iCandy: A Better View
A panoramic vision system, an eye tracker, and a 3-D model of a fetus
Build Your Own Google Glass
A wearable computer that displays information and records video
Review: Networked Audio Players
These systems can tap vast libraries of music and the spoken word
This Is Your Computer on Skis
That is, this is a pair of custom-made skis, when designed by a computer