A permanent cloud of moon dust could cause trouble for space travel
The moon may be a lot dustier than we previously thought. Scientists from the University of Colorado-Boulder have found evidence of a permanent dust cloud surrounding the moon as a result of thousands of tiny collisions of comet dust particles with the moon’s surface.
June 18, 2015 at 12:20PM
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Millions of Samsung Galaxy Phones May Be Vulnerable to Hackers
If you’re one of the millions of users of a Samsung Galaxy phone, you might be a potential target for a malicious hacker.
June 18, 2015 at 11:12AM
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What The Pentagon Has To Do To Recruit Silicon Valley’s Nerds
The Defense Department and national security political leaders are eager to attract tech minds. But are they willing to change enough?
June 18, 2015 at 11:12AM
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The Man Who Hears Colors, Even In His Dreams
Neil Harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a rare condition that causes complete color blindness. In 2004, Harbisson and Adam Montandon developed the Eyeborg, a device that translates color into sounds.
Harbisson has been claimed to be the first recognized cyborg in the world, as his passport photo now includes his device.
June 18, 2015 at 09:53AM
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‘Screen Time’ For Kids Is Probably Fine
The evidence against it doesn’t really stack up.
June 18, 2015 at 09:45AM
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The Dark Web as You Know It Is a Myth
I’ve learned that the real story is not at all the one you commonly hear—the tale of a gigantic space below our usual web, where hard-to-find vices are traded among sordid individuals totally beyond the grasp of the authorities. That is not what the dark web is.
June 18, 2015 at 07:34AM
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Patent Values Return to Earth as Mania Dies Down
As the result of a key Supreme Court ruling and other shifts, the issue is starting to recede and the once sky-high valuations of patents have inched lower.
June 17, 2015 at 09:12PM
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The NFL Team That Is Solving Millennials
Recognizing that young people play football and older people manage it, the 49ers are reexamining how a team should be run.
June 17, 2015 at 12:54PM
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Superhuman Sports: The Japanese Society Turning Athletics into a Video Game
Imagine if you could use augmented reality to turn football into a real-life video game. Or how about racing against another person in an exoskeleton? Such visions for the future of sport aren’t just the stuff of fiction, they’re actually some of the ideas that Japan’s “Superhuman Sports Society” are toying with right now.
June 17, 2015 at 12:54PM
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Bitcoin Will Be Money If It Becomes Boring
Is bitcoin ever going to become money? That’s certainly on the mind of bitcoin enthusiasts and backers of the blockchain record-keeping technology that potentially makes it possible. It’s also on the minds of the economists at central banks, who wonder how the new currency will affect their ability to manage inflation and economic growth.
June 17, 2015 at 12:54PM
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