November 2012

Green Tech | Cover Story

All Aboard the Robotic Road Train

Semiautonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel

By Erik Coelingh, Stefan Solyom

RCA owned the early patents but failed to commercialize the liquid crystal display1 Nov 2012

Sophisticated algorithms boost satellite performance on the cheap31 Oct 2012

Here’s why live sports, the most popular 3-D shows, are the hardest to produce26 Oct 2012

The country wants to go nuclear-free, but many obstacles remain31 Oct 2012

The smartphone industry is gearing up to get you around when out of sight of GPS satellites1 Nov 2012

The hard drive industry shows that responding to disasters can be more important than preventing them1 Nov 2012

Write a story, make a video, invent the Next Big Thing25 Oct 2012

For almost two centuries, wired networks have given birth to wireless ones, only to spawn new wired ones31 Oct 2012

How to build a synthetic-aperture imaging system with tin cans and AA batteries1 Nov 2012

Will humans and machines merge?31 Oct 2012

Adopting environment- and community-friendly rules is essential if operators don’t want to be shut down by regulation31 Oct 2012