Remember handwriting? The old-timey art of transferring ink or charcoal to paper has been largely sidelined by technology, but a technology-infused pen is looking to bring handwriting into the current century.
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We Can Almost Print New Organs Using 3D Stem Cells
File this under unexpectedly cool: organs you don’t harvest, but instead print using an honest-to-goodness printer, just as you might words on paper, except in this case, the “words” are actual stem cells that could save someone’s life.
Finally, a Tiny Robotic Vacuum for Smartphones and Tablets
Here we are in 2013, a bunch of suckers – suckers! – cleaning the screens of our phones and tablets using our bare hands. It’s time to shake things up.
TIME Magazine Cover Story: Rise of the Drones
Links to the cover story from this week’s issue of the magazine and related online content.
Goodbye Silicon, Hello DNA: The Future of Data Storage?
As data storage needs grow more pressing, an unconventional technology offers hope.
Firefighters Pop High-Tech Pills to Monitor Vitals Wirelessly
Firefighters in Oz take the red pill because it might save their lives.
Beam Toothbrush Connects to Your Smartphone, Can Tattle to Your Dentist
The Beam Brush looks like a chunky vibrating toothbrush, but the chunkiness merely makes way for a AA battery and a Bluetooth chip that wirelessly reports your brushing habits to your smartphone.
Make Your Own Products: 3D Printing Reaches Consumers
Adore your Shih Tzu? Now it’s possible to create a tiny replica of Fluffy in figurine form for your office. You could also create customized jewelry, an iPhone case or something far more personal.
Will Self-Driving Cars Change the Rules of the Road?
As the momentum for self-driving cars grows, one question is getting little attention: should they even be legal?
Next in Motion-Controlled Gaming: Crotch Harnesses and Bungee Cords
Picture yourself playing a first-person shooter while strapped in an adult-sized baby bouncer that controlled your onscreen movement. I know, right?!
Fork from the Future Senses When You’re Eating Too Fast, Vibrates to Slow You Down
And lo, on the eighth day of the calendar month of January in the year 2013, a fork from the future appeared before the bewildered eyes of weary pressfolk attending a technology event in the city of Las Vegas.
Plastic Logic Proposes a Futuristic Kind of Paper
For all the guilt-tripping about dead trees, we still can’t live without paper. But some day, we may be able to use flexible sheets of digital ink instead.