Technology Review Feed - TR Editors' Blog

Upgrade Your Hard Drive to Infinite Size

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:00 GMT

A competitor for Dropbox offers a way to seamlessly link your computer to the cloud.

Report Recommends Changes for DOE's Loan Program

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

A review of the clean-energy funding program points to ways to better manage future risks and minimize potential future failures.

Kickstarter Projects Pass $1M Milestone

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:53:00 GMT

Crowd-sourced funding site Kickstarter gains more clout as an iPhone dock and a video game are first to raise over $1M

Seismic Metamaterials Could Cloak Dams and Power Stations

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

Metamaterials that absorb seismic waves rather than steer them, might be a better way to protect some buildings, say engineers

Buy 'n' Sell

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv this week

Crowd Fusion CEO Brian Alvey on the Future of Work

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:17:00 GMT

All of Crowd Fusion's 30+ employees work at home.

Amyris Gives Up Making Biofuels

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:45:00 GMT

Humbled by production challenges, the company plans to scale back production goals, it told investors Thursday.

Which Countries Grew the Most GM Crops in 2011?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:54:00 GMT

The area used to grow genetically modified crops keeps growing, fueled by rapid increases in developing nations.

Image Stabilization Trickles Down

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:01:00 GMT

A suite of new cameras offer image stabilization.

What's in a Name? For Apple, Millions of Dollars

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:57:00 GMT

Apple may dole out a fortune to use the iPad name in China

Ultrafast Trades Trigger Black Swan Events Every Day, Say Econophysicists

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:50:00 GMT

The US financial markets have suffered over 18,000 extreme price changes caused by ultrafast trading, according to a new study of market data between 2006 and 2011

A 3-D Printed Jawbone

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:00 GMT

Last June, an 83-year-old woman received an unusual implant.

How Networks of Biological Cells Solve Distributed Computing Problems

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

Computer scientists prove that networks of cells can compute as efficiently as networks of computers linked via the internet

Google Shoots the Moon, Solves for X

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:00 GMT

Can Google save the world?

A Giant Touch Screen that Works With Gloves

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:19:00 GMT

Invite your friends over to gather around the jumbo touch screen.

How to Predict the Spread of News on Twitter

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

Computer scientists have discovered the four factors that make news stories popular on Twitter.

Why Bank Websites Are Suddenly Less Secure

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:00 GMT

So much for "two-factor authentication."

Embodiment, Computation And the Nature of Artificial Intelligence

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

The notion of intelligence makes no sense without a broader view of computation, argues one of the world's leading AI researchers

Creepies 'n' Crawlies

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:10:00 GMT

The best of the rest from the the Physics arXiv this week

When Is an Electric Bike Like a Suitcase?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:26:00 GMT

When it's the Boxx.