What’s Wrong With Common Sense
A “Techwise Conversation” with social network theorist Duncan Watts
Duncan Watts: From Sociology to Social Network
Everything changed for an Ivy League professor when he reinvestigated the “six degrees of separation”
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Dynamic Pricing: “How Much” Is Not a Simple Question
The algorithms that price airline seats are being applied to cameras and cereal
Digits: Hands-Free 3-D
Microsoft's new gadget Digits eliminates gloves from 3-D motion capture with a wrist-worn sensor
Police States and Domestic Terrorism
U.S. security agencies are collecting billions of phone calls, texts, and e-mails. Is there an upside?
Microsoft Researcher Predicts Obama to Win
Says Economy-Driven Prediction Models Miss Key Data
A Revolutionary Cancer Treatment Device Inspired by the Mosquito
Fiber-optic microneedle will deliver chemotherapy drugs—or more-cutting-edge nanoparticles
Artificial Materials to Repair Damaged Nerves and Disappear
Plastic biomaterials would electrically stimulate nerves to grow faster
Paraplegic Patient Tests a Medical Exoskeleton
Helping paralyzed people and those with spinal injuries to stand and walk
Brain-Computer Interface for Spinal Cord Injury
Sensors use the brain’s electrical signals to power a robotic arm