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
Marriage by Skype
When advanced telecommunications is the only way to get you to the church on time
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IEDs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Boston
The U.S. Army knows more about countering IEDs than any other organization
Sensuous Electronics
As we design electronics, let’s not forget the urge to see and touch them
Paying for Free TV
Aereo takes broadcast TV signals and puts them on your computer, tablet, and smartphone—for a fee
Let’s Talk About Hashtags
Twitter continues to spawn new social practices, and new words to talk about them
Can Cars Keep Their Cool, Even at 100 Miles Per Gallon?
A look at the top tech cars of 2013 with car critic Lawrence Ulrich
Are Paywalls Working?
The successful paywall for Andrew Sullivan’s blog may have everyone rethinking free content
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Recall Your Product
Nissan, Honda, and Subaru issue recalls to fix problems with airbags, brakes, and remote engine starters
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.
Kinect + Brain Scan = Augmented Reality for Neurosurgeons
Microsoft researchers demo a system that creates 3D models of brain scans using the new Kinect Fusion API
Comic Books Go Digital
Can Your Paper Version Do This?
Chromebook Pixel: Too Much, Too Soon
The Pixel is more Chromebook than anyone needs, for more money than anyone should spend
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Reddit and Kim Dotcom's New Mega Site Are the Latest Greatest Bitcoin Merchants
Bitcoin makes two new friends as the currency's price approaches an all-time high
Sunday Is Oscar Night—Can Anyone Beat the Prediction Algorithms?
Microsoft researcher David Rothschild has all the data, but little first-hand knowledge
Can You Trust an Amazon Review?
Reviewers are gaming the system at Amazon and elsewhere for mischief, politics, and profit
No Textbooks, Just iPads
Lynn University is putting its two-year common-core curriculum entirely on the iPad mini
Amazon Coins: Jeff Bezos's 2013 Stimulus Bill For Kindle Fire App Developers
Amazon Coins is a worn out, useless idea for customers. But Kindle Fire app developers could profit big time.
The Existential Threat to Dell: Chromebooks
Michael Dell, Chromebooks will steal your market—and your fortune
U.S. Libraries: Computer Use Up, Funding Down
Libraries increasingly find themselves helping job seekers, e-book readers, and students
Gaming at CES 2013
Retrogaming made a splash at the show, with classic console emulators and pinball machines
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?
CES 2013: UrbanHello Takes a Step Toward the HD Telephony Era
A sleek new cordless handset will talk to old phone analog networks or new digital ones
This Is Your Computer on Skis
That is, this is a pair of custom-made skis, when designed by a computer
Who Can Hold 2 Billion Transistors in His Head at Once?
It’s impossible to do engineering anymore without using mostly other people’s knowledge
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License Plates, Cameras, and Our Vanishing Privacy
New license-plate video cameras are tracking millions of us as we drive around
Check Your Vitals on Your Smartphone
New device, the Scanadu Scout, will hit the market in late 2013
High Tech Gifts for the Holidays
Presents that geeks will love
Automatons on Tap
Explore and interact with a world of robots through IEEE Spectrum’s first iPad app
Review: Slide Scanner
Digitize your high-quality photo slides with the Plustek 8200i Ai