The Acceleration of Acceleration: How The Future Is Arriving Far Faster Than Expected
For the first time in history, the world’s leading experts on accelerating technology are consistently finding themselves too conservative in their predictions about the future of that technology.
February 9, 2015 at 10:33AM
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How a lone hacker shredded the myth of crowdsourcing
This is the previously untold story of how and why Adam humbled some of the brightest brains in computer science, their years-long search to find him, and the researchers who now believe that the wisdom of the crowd might be nothing more than a seductive illusion.
February 9, 2015 at 09:38AM
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What It’s Like to Regain Your Sense of Hearing, Smell, or Touch
You know what seeing is like — or hearing, or feeling. But for people who are learning (or relearning) those senses anew, they don’t work in quite the same way.
February 9, 2015 at 07:38AM
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The Rich Man’s Dropout Club
Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs whom Peter Thiel paid to forgo college?
February 9, 2015 at 06:37AM
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Facebook will tag every photo ever taken of you-whether you like it or not
Facebook is getting smarter at faces — a lot smarter.
February 9, 2015 at 02:09AM
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Sorry, But Google Glass Isn’t Anywhere Close to Dead
Yes, Glass is the tech world’s favorite punching bag — particularly in the popular press. But for those running companies developing Glass software for medical, industrial, and other sectors, Google’s eyewear is far from dead.
February 9, 2015 at 12:39AM
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A high-tech hotel opening in Japan will be staffed by multilingual robots
The Henn-na Hotel’s blinking and “breathing” actroids will be able to make eye contact, respond to body language, and speak fluent Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and English.
February 8, 2015 at 09:31PM
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SpaceX Aborts Second Try For A Potentially Historic Rocket Landing
The launch was aborted because of a “range check issue” issue, as the Air Force tracking radar went down, Elon Musk tweeted.
February 8, 2015 at 05:30PM
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Predicting the future of online dating
In 2015, no one is ashamed to admit they met on the Internet. There’s no longer a stigma attached to using technology to find that special someone, and thanks to the rise of Tinder in 2014, everyone is wearing out their thumbs swiping left and right.
February 8, 2015 at 12:44PM
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Cheap Smartphone Dongle Diagnoses HIV And Syphilis In 15 Minutes
Developed by researchers at Columbia Engineering, the low-cost dongle can simultaneously detect two markers from syphilis, and one from HIV, in just 15 minutes. What’s more, it only requires a finger prick of blood, and runs on power drawn from the smartphone, eliminating the need for extra batteries.
February 8, 2015 at 11:40AM
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