The thermostat startup rethinks a second mundane product category.
Innovation
How ‘Angel’ Investors Made NakedWines.com Successful
A winery that acts like a tech startup uses grapes instead of silicon or software to deliver its goods.
Tesla Stock Plummets After Model S Catches On Fire — So Are Lithium-Ion Batteries Safe?
In a word, yes.
Google Snaps Up ‘Flutter’ Motion Control Company that Bills Itself as ‘Kinect for OS X’
Google draws a new card in the motion control game.
The Carbon Nanotube Breakthrough Moore’s Law Needs to Survive? We’ll See.
Imagine processors made of carbon tubes nearly as small as atoms.
First Responders, You Can Buy That JetPack You’ve Always Wanted Next Year
The world’s “first practical jetpack” is expected to launch in 2014.
iPhone, I Could Quit You for Phonebloks, a LEGO-like Smartphone Concept that Sounds Way Smarter
If this “smartphone” ever happens, it just might earn the appellation.
Researchers Find a Way to Look People in the Eye During Skype Calls
This is definitely an innovation worth keeping an eye on (pun fully intended).
Where We’ll Find the Next Major Communication Innovation
Even if our basic communication methods don’t change much, we’ll still see new ways of engaging with each other.
Yes, Microsoft Could Have Invented the iPhone. Here’s How
Steve Ballmer’s company knew what the future of user interfaces would look like.
Zite Gets Nice on Android, Lands on Google Glass
New versions of the personalized-magazine app for one of the world’s biggest platforms, and one of the smallest.
Mind Meld: Researcher Apparently Controls Colleague’s Finger from Afar
Researchers claim the first ever “mind-meld.”