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Wean Yourself Off Facebook with Shock Therapy and Harassing Phone Calls
Two MIT students were having trouble finishing their dissertations because of Facebook. Time for some high-tech weaning.
Mass Transit Powers… Activate! This Ring Could Replace Your Subway and Bus Pass
Stuff a ring with the same technology that lets you into the subway or onto a bus, and you’ve got yourself a Sesame Ring.
Careful What You Wish For: Faster In-Flight Internet Is Supposedly on Its Way
Streaming Netflix? Good. People Skyping? Bad.
New Microsoft Tech Turns Any Surface into a Touchscreen
Software startup Ubi, in conjunction with Microsoft, has begun selling a system capable of turning any surface into a touchscreen.
From the Future: Wireless Devices that Don’t Require Batteries
The devices use existing radio signals to communicate without a wired power source.
4 Reasons Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Could Tank
Don’t expect to be riding one by 2020.
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop: 5 Things You Should Know
Elon Musk, he of Tesla and SpaceX fame, is looking to shake up the transportation industry with an idea called the Hyperloop. Here are the basics
We Need a Moratorium on ‘Brain-Like’ Tech Stories
Brain research needs more skepticism, not less.
What If Your Piano’s Keys Supported Multitouch and Gesture Control?
It’s more than mere aftertouch.
A Solution to Skimpy Storage Is in Our Future
New technologies promise more than incremental storage boosts for phones and tablets.
Back to School: Get Free Digital Textbooks from Boundless
Boundless turns open-source education content into free textbooks that serve as alternatives to textbooks from big-name publishers.