The End of the Public Phone Network
A Washington, D.C., committee wants to phase out traditional telephony worldwide, by June 2018
License Plates, Cameras, and Our Vanishing Privacy
New license-plate video cameras are tracking millions of us as we drive around
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Is Windows 8’s Lack of Windows a Mistake?
Usability guru Jakob Nielsen says Microsoft’s new OS takes a giant step backward
Paranoia Update: U.N. to Take Over the Internet
Beneath the overhyped fears, there are real issues—backbone policies, cybersecurity, the free flow of information—at a major telecom conference
Rewriting the Constitution on Facebook
The Icelandic Constitutional Assembly relied on social media in drafting a new constitution
Son of Sandy
Are we going to just sit back and wait for the next superstorm, or do something about it?
Efficient Lighting = Enormous Savings
With the right designs, buildings can cut 40 percent of their lighting costs
Hybrid Online-Classroom Education: How’s It Working?
A Duke University bioengineering professor offers his first impressions of Coursera
Does the Brain Work Logarithmically?
New research suggests it does, when it’s the efficient way to process information
Training Engineers With Baseball
A new college textbook teaches introductory statistics through America’s pastime