Crowdsourced Ratings Could Help Improve Lousy Polling Places
A Harvard professor calls on voters to expose substandard venues by rating them on his new website.
Communications
EmTech: Reebok and MC10 will Launch an Impact-Sensing Skullcap for Sports
A flexible electronics startup, MC10, lifts the veil on its first commercial product, in partnership with Reebok.
What Google Knows About the Presidential Race
Political insight: people lie to pollsters, and probably on Facebook. But not to Google's search bar
Isobenefit Lines Rewrite Rules for Understanding City Life
A new way of mapping cities according to the benefit they give residents has the potential to change the way planners think about city design
Fighting Poverty by Clearing a Satellite Bottleneck
In India, new technology aims to help more poor farmers skirt loan-sharks and get real banking services.
635,392 U.S. Road Miles Lack 3G or 4G
FCC takes a stab at closing parts of the nation's wireless divide
Sharing the Big Screen from Your Smartphone
Large screens could display content simultaneously from different devices, using a startup's new software.
Rivals Soar After Apple Apology
iPhone users are apparently keen to avoid relying on Apple's new mapping app.
A Nosy Smartphone App Wants Your Data
A project called The Human Face of Big Data collects data points via smartphones, and lets you find "data doppelgangers."
The Colour Of Alien Earths
Earth is a pale blue dot when viewed from space. Now astrobiologists have worked out the likely colours of Earth-like planets orbiting other stars
