MP3… Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from how we learn and work to how we communicate and even conduct war. Frontline …
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Can war be fought by lots of well-behaved machines, making it “safer for humans”? That is the seductive vision, and hope, of those manufacturing and researching the future of military robotics. … Read more
Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica says it is considering charging Internet search companies like Google and Yahoo for network use. … Read more
Gene variants that might show how fast people’s bodies are actually ageing have been pinpointed by scientists. … Read more
A mobile phone that can act as an interpreter is being developed by Google. The firm says its device will convert spoken words into another language almost instantly. … Read more
The centuries-long history of capitalism is rich and eventful. Approaching capitalism as a culture, as important for its ideas and values as for its inventions and systems, Joyce Appleby gives us a fascinating introduction to …
In bestsellers such as Purple Cow and Tribes, Seth Godin taught readers how to make remarkable products and spread powerful ideas. But this book is different. It’s about you – your choices, your future, and …
We live in a world of innovation overdrive. Companies with talent can generate innumerable ideas for new or improved products every day. Ideas layer upon ideas; success begets success. But every layer of creativity, every …
In Watching YouTube, Dr. Strangelove, the Governor General Literary Award-nominated author that Wired Magazine called a ‘guru of Internet advertsing,’ describes how online digital video is both similar to and different from traditional home-movie-making and …
Back for the second the at Mobile Monday Amsterdam, Joe Pine II speaks about the Multiverse. He defines the universe by 3 axes: time, matter and space. But what happens if we look at the …
MP3… Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from how we learn and work to how we communicate and even conduct war. Frontline …
MP3… A new study by British and Belgian scientists has raised provocative questions about the inner life of patients in what doctors call a vegetative state. They’re seemingly unconscious or unaware. The new research published …
MP3… Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures and author of the HBR article “Funding Eureka,” talks about new model for invention. [Harvard Business IdeaCast] (14m 40s)
MP3… Stock markets in the U.S. and Europe have taken a beating in recent days because of worries about the debt crisis in Greece, Portugal, Spain and some other European countries. Financial Times reporter Stacy-Marie …
A growing number of Britons are sceptical about global warming, a poll has revealed. It found around 26 per cent – a rise of 10 per cent in just three months – do not believe …
Whether the measure is wages, earnings, or total compensation, the inflation-adjusted pay narrative remains the same: Workers have seen their inflation-adjusted pay go up only a little during the past four business cycle expansions while …
The entry of oil companies into the realm of renewable energy could present major obstacles for the development of a sustainable economy that is not based on carbon resources, according to a report in the …
Australians must prepare for a fundamental shift in the way we live because the country cannot afford to cope with 36 million people. … Read more
The Toyota recall may be a harbinger of things to come in the auto industry, where vehicle electronics are getting more and more complex. … Read more
Hawaiian officials have concluded that the resource-rich tropical state has little choice but to pursue green ambitions, reports the Los Angeles Times. Their goal is to transform the nation’s most energy-dependent state into its cleanest …
Using lasers and nanoparticles, scientists at Rice University have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. The scientists used lasers to make “nanobubbles” by zapping gold …
The battery, which has powered our lives for generations, may soon be consigned to the dustbin of history. British scientists say they have created a plastic that can store and release electricity, revolutionising the way …
Using the same quantum principles that enable the teleportation of information, a new proposal shows how it may be possible to teleport energy. By exploiting the quantum energy fluctuations in entangled particles, physicists may be …
Though America’s cybervulnerability has long been a concern of intelligence agencies, the Google episode has catapulted it to a national security priority. … Read more
A University of Miami doctor recently removed two cancerous tumors from a patient’s liver using only three needle-like probes, a computer and a powerful burst of electricity. … Read more
The head of the largest climate change study ever undertaken in Canada says the Arctic sea ice is thinning faster than expected. … Read more
Google Inc., aiming to expand beyond advertising tied to Internet search results, plans to start an online store that will sell business software developed by other companies, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday. …
University of Toronto researchers have observed quantum mechanics, an endeavour usually reserved for the high-energy physics lab, working in the biological molecules that algae use to make food out of light. … Read more
A world without Google? They can imagine it just fine in China. After all, it’s not like losing “World of Warcraft.” … Read more
Nobody worried about cold-weather performance of electric vehicle battery packs when it was warm outside, but now that Old Man Winter has descended, the problem is beginning to surface. When cars have a range of …
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