A QWERTY Keyboard for Your Wrist
Zoomboard—a miniscule keyboard that zooms when you tap it—could make it easier to type on smart watches.
Computing
Google Fiber’s Ripple Effect
The threat of superfast Google Fiber is causing other Internet providers to crank up their own offerings.
What Happened When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet
A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone.
A Simple Way to Turn Any LCD into a Touch Screen
Electromagnetic interference can turn a plain LCD into a touch screen on the cheap.
Preventing Misinformation from Spreading through Social Media
New platforms for fact-checking and reputation scoring aim to better channel social media’s power in the wake of a disaster.
Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
A former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
Introduction to the 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013
MIT Technology Review identifies the 10 most important technology milestones of the past year.
Baxter: The Blue-Collar Robot
Rethink Robotics’ new creation is easy to interact with, but the innovations behind the robot show just how hard it is to get along with people.
Temporary Social Media
Messages that quickly self-destruct could enhance the privacy of online communication and make people feel freer to be spontaneous.
Big Data from Cheap Phones
Collecting and analyzing information from simple cell phones can provide surprising insights into how people move about and behave—and even help us understand the spread of diseases.
