How to Write a Book Without Paper
Last month, my first book was published. It was released by an ebook-only publisher, and its story, like the story of writing itself, is linked to technology.
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Goodbye Silicon, Hello DNA: The Future of Data Storage?
As data storage needs grow more pressing, an unconventional technology offers hope.
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.
Sandy Hook Shooting: Video Games Blamed, Again
It’s natural in emotional times to search for answers, but there’s no evidence that violent media leads to mass homicides.
Fantasound to Odorama: 10 Unusual Movie Technologies
From seat buzzers to high-speed cameras, TIME takes a look at technologies that enhanced the sights and sounds (and smells) of movie watching.
How to Use Technology to Make You Smarter
Does technology make us stupid or smart? The answer is “both,” and the choice is up to us.
Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win
Data-driven decisionmaking played a huge role in creating a second term for the 44th President and will be one of the more closely studied elements of the 2012 cycle.
Giant Inflatable Plugs: Could New Technology Stop Future Subway Flooding?
The Department of Homeland Security is working to develop a giant plug for a giant subway tunnel.
Eye Am a Camera: Surveillance and Sousveillance in the Glassage
Digital eye glasses like Google’s Project Glass, and my earlier Digital Eye Glass, will transform society because they introduce a two-sided surveillance and sousveillance. Here is some history and my future predictions.
On Boggle App, ‘Queer’ Is a Bad Word
When I first downloaded the Boggle app, I was agog over all the unfamiliar words — AAL, AIS, ANE, etc. — the game showed me I could have found in the 16-letter jumbles. But a few hundred rounds later (yes, I’m obsessed), I’m more interested in the words the good people at Hasbro won’t let me play.
FART and CRAP are off …
Pros and Cons of the Internet (as Taught to Students in 1996)
Last weekend, I was at my parents’ house in Connecticut for a family matter. As my sister went through some of the things in her childhood bedroom, she discovered a document from 1996, explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet. This was apparently part of some high school handout packet; also included among the papers …
Review of the Apple iPhone 4S Camera
Apple is heavily promoting its new improved camera as a primary feature of the iPhone 4S. With a 60% increase in megapixels, a sharper and faster lens, and a newly engineered illumination sensor, the popular technology company is hoping consumers will now turn to the iPhone for their primary photography (and video) needs, as well as …