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How today’s technology is rapidly catching up to Star Trek Jul 2014
100% Renewable Electricity Will Be Achieved In German State Soon Jul 2014
New chip-chemistry process could help extend Moore’s Law Jul 2014
Google I/O conference videos Jun 2014
The AP’s newest business reporter is an algorithm Jun 2014
The First Robot Commencement Address Jun 2014
INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – Mary Meeker     May 2014
Synthetic DNA replicated by living organism for first time May 2014
$200 Robo-aquarium that lets FISH drive themselves around May 2014
The rise of the ‘Uberized economy’ and what it means for business May 2014
Scientists discover how to turn light into matter after 80-year quest May 2014
Transistors that wrap around tissues and morph with them May 2014
Disposable battery melts in your body Apr 2014
Nanoelectronic circuits that operate more than 10,000 times faster than current microprocessors Apr 2014
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee: The Second Machine Age Apr 2014
Stick-on electronic patches for health monitoring Apr 2014
Watch out, creative class: Robots are coming after your jobs, too Mar 2014
Beer brewing hops to fight dental diseases Mar 2014
MIT engineers design hybrid living/nonliving materials Mar 2014
A.I. XPRIZE Mar 2014
At TED, miracles and fears Mar 2014
The Ubi Feb 2014
IBM Brings Watson to Africa Feb 2014
Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2013 Jan 2014
Technology is taking away jobs, but that's not the whole story Jan 2014
A Technological Assault on the Password Jan 2014
Ambient Backscatter Jan 2014
Time Travel a real possibility Jan 2014
Primer: The Cognitive Cloud Jan 2014
Solar to be as inexpensive as natural gas by 2025 Dec 2014
EmTech MIT 2013 - link to videos Dec 2014
What the Genomic Revolution Means to You Dec 2014
Noam Chomsky: The Singularity is Science Fiction! Dec 2014
LED-embedded carpets to replace public signs Dec 2014
Smaller Than Your Phone, This Device Could Keep You Healthy Dec 2014
Cubli - a cube that walks Dec 2014
The Seven Deadly Myths of “Autonomous Systems” Nov 2013
Something Very Big Is Coming: Our Most Important Technology Project Yet Nov 2013
An electric lollipop that simulates a real one Nov 2013
How Technology Changes The Skills We Need To Learn Oct 2013
Embracing Digital Technology - MIT Research Report Oct 2013
Solar powered car wins race across Australia Oct 2013
DIY Biology or our biohacker future? Oct 2013
Stop Saying Robots Are Destroying Jobs—They Aren’t Sep 2013
A Conversation with Eric Schmidt Aug 2013
Turn any surface into a multi-touch display Aug 2013
2013 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technology Aug 2013
These Contact Lenses Give You Telescopic Vision Jul 2013
Douglas Engelbart’s Unfinished Revolution Jul 2013
Rapyuta: The RoboEarth Cloud Engine Jun 2013
Noise-canceling tech could lead to Internet connections 400 times faster than Google Fiber Jun 2013
Videos from the Mobile Summit Conference, June 2013 Jun 2013
Measuring Industry Digitization: Leaders and Laggards in the Digital Economy Jun 2013
Techno optimism and techno realism Jun 2013
Logging Life with a Lapel Camera May 2013
What if Moore’s Law applied to humans as well? May 2013
Alien Nation: Have Humans Been Abducted by Extraterrestrials? May 2013
Entropy law linked to intelligence, say researchers May 2013
KPCB Internet Trends 2013 May 2013
EmTech 2012 ON-DEMAND VIDEO REPLAYS Apr 2013
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2013 Apr 2013
Distributed creativity of the Electric Sheep Apr 2013
Physicists believe it's possible to build a perpetual motion machine Apr 2013
Graphene Antennas Would Enable Terabit Wireless Downloads Mar 2013
The Huge Megatrends That Will Define China's Next Decade Mar 2013
Estonia: life in a networked society Mar 2013
The Age of Enhancement Mar 2013
50 Disruptive Companies 2013 Feb 2013
Software Predicts Tomorrow’s News by Analyzing Today’s and Yesterday’s Feb 2013
With Evolved Brains, Robots Creep Closer To Animal-Like Learning Feb 2013
Tech Trends 2013 Jan 2013
Synthetic Overview of the Collaborative Economy Dec 2012
5 science breakthroughs in 2012 Dec 2012
How Science Can Build a Better You Nov 2012
Memoto Lifelogging Camera Nov 2012
Industrial Internet: Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines Nov 2012
7 Most Important Tech Trends Of 2012 Nov 2012
Meeker’s Address on the State of USA Inc. Nov 2012
Let’s Unmask the Great and Powerful Oz of Technology Oct 2012
A model for development: biologists create first predictive computational model of gene networks Sep 2012
Identifying Dolphins With Technology Aug 2012
Panasonic Develops Highly Efficient Artificial Photosynthesis System Aug 2012
DARPA and NIH to fund ‘human body on a chip’ research Aug 2012
SIGGRAPH 2012 – Emerging Technologies Media Tour Aug 2012
Dr. Michio Kaku's Playlist: Five Science Videos You Must See Aug 2012
Convergence of 30 Disabling Global Trends Aug 2012
Gartner Releases 2012 Report on Emerging Technologies Aug 2012
Shopper Alert: Price May Drop for You Alone Aug 2012
(TED video) 1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography Aug 2012
Genetic ‘X-Ray Glasses’ Speed Tastier Tomatoes Aug 2012
Seven assistive technologies born from science fiction (Video) Jul 2012
New Homeland Security Laser Scanner Reads People At Molecular Level Jul 2012
Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World Jun 2012
iOS 6 unveiled with Siri enhancements, Passbook, new Maps Jun 2012
America's Brainiest Cities Jun 2012
Accelerated Tech News 8 - SpaceX and Google are Living Forever on Mars Jun 2012
Accelerated Tech News 9 - Deformable Robots Give Pills to 3D Printers in Wales Jun 2012
Accelerated Tech News 10 - Fingerprints of Robotic Jellyfish Help Test Employees Jun 2012
Accelerated Tech News 11 Jun 2012
Three Questions for Patti Maes Jun 2012
Project Glass: Live Demo At Google I/O Jun 2012
Accelerated Tech News 5 - Retinal Implants Let Blind Cars See Inside Your Brain May 2012
Accelerated Tech News 6 - Use Your Brain to Control Coffee Robots With 2pac May 2012
Should iEat? Testing Food Ripeness with a Smart Phone May 2012
Flying 3D eye-bots May 2012
Are Smart Phones Spreading Faster than Any Technology in Human History? May 2012
The open source problem solvers creating government 2.0 May 2012
Moore's Law Lives Another Day May 2012
Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead May 2012
The Debate about defeating Aging Apr 2012
Introducing Google Drive... yes, really Apr 2012
DO-IT-YOURSELF CAT DOOR RECOGNIZES YOUR FELINE Apr 2012
CROWD COMPUTING TAPS AI TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE BRAINS Apr 2012
Which Way Next? Apr 2012
Myna audio editor from Aviary Apr 2012
A match for angry words Mar 2012
Is Biological Immortality Possible? New Research Suggests "Yes" Mar 2012
Watson Moves to Wall Street Mar 2012
Pasta-shaped radio waves allow for an INFINITE number of channels to be broadcast and received. Mar 2012
Aubrey de Grey: The Economics of Immortality (video) Mar 2012
New surveillance camera can search 36 million faces for matches in one second Mar 2012
Web-based counseling -- Telepsychiatry -- is taking off Feb 2012
Thinking Cities (video) Feb 2012
How mobiles of the future will get under our skin Feb 2012
Fancyhands website Feb 2012
MathLan develops an intelligent timetable planner Feb 2012
The Coming War on General Purpose Computation Jan 2012
Clues in DNA reveal how long you'll live - and they can be read when you're a baby Jan 2012
Digital divide widens, research finds Jan 2012
Generation Flux Jan 2012
New technique to accomplish 'accelerated serendipity' using robotics Dec 2011
The Next Economic Revolution Dec 2011
Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee: When Machines Do the Work (On Point) Dec 2011
Civilian use of tiny drones may soon fly in U.S. Dec 2011
Mass Use of Cold Fusion in one year – or less. Nov 2011
A limitless power source for the indefinite future Nov 2011
When algorithms control the world Oct 2011
Forecasting human behaviour economist.com/video Oct 2011
Smart Systems Standardized by Feds Oct 2011
Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch Oct 2011
How Google's Self-Driving Car Works Oct 2011
Robot solves Rubik’s cube in 5 seconds, sets world record [video] Oct 2011
WakeMed Hospital Installs EyeClick Interactive Digital Floor Gaming System Sep 2011
Window Shopping Goes High Tech With Gesture Recognition Sep 2011
U.S. company to build scientific ghost town Sep 2011
Bulbs could soon be used to broadcast household broadband Aug 2011
Researchers create first animal with artificial genetic code Aug 2011
Searching for Intelligent E-mail Agents Aug 2011
One box of Girl Scout cookies worth $15 billion Aug 2011
Now, Even Granny's Fuzzy Slippers Are Texting You Aug 2011
Can Video Kill the Credit-Card Form? Aug 2011
Coming soon, the test-tube burger: Lab-grown meat 'needed to feed the world' Jul 2011
New way to store sun’s heat Jul 2011
Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward Jul 2011
New solution can help 'permanently get rid of germs' Jul 2011
How a Broken Medical System Killed Google Health Jul 2011
The next Napster? Copyright questions as 3D printing comes of age Jun 2011
Tracking Whale Sharks With Astronomical Algorithms Jun 2011
Coming soon, the test-tube burger: Lab-grown meat 'needed to feed the world' Jun 2011
Robotic Cars to Navigate Nevada's Roads by March 2012 Jun 2011
Darpa's Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey Jun 2011
Google's Eric Schmidt On Privacy, Politics and Facebook Jun 2011
Douglas Rushkoff: Program or Be Programmed  (video) May 2011
Moore’s Law safe into future as 3D ‘Ivy Bridge’ arrives May 2011
10 EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 2011 May 2011
Marijuana strains identified using artificial intelligence May 2011
Your iPhone Can Buy Your Groceries Apr 2011
Get a Net-Workout with Cloud-enabled Gym Gear Apr 2011
Turing Award Goes To 'Machine Learning' Expert Mar 2011
Software Progress Beats Moore’s Law Mar 2011
Can You Beat A Computer At One Of The World’s Oldest Games? Mar 2011
IBM's Watson Jeopardy Computer Shuts Down Humans in Final Game Feb 2011
The New Money Feb 2011
Microscopy analysis software decides what's worth investigating:  Feb 2011
Researcher projects 5,000 will die in Ciudad Juarez in 2011 Jan 2011
What Technology Wants. What Kevin Kelly Says. An interview with Kevin Kelly Jan 2011
The Singularity: Humanity's Last Invention? (audio) Jan 2011
How Science Changed Our World Jan 2011
We are all Cyborgs Now (TED video) Jan 2011
Android Wades Into Apple's Patent Minefield to Capture Wireless Credit Card Payments Jan 2011
The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do (Authors@Google) [video] Jan 2011
In-Store Signs Get Smart Dec 2010
Have they found the elixir of eternal youth? Scientists reverse the ageing process in landmark trial Dec 2010
Headphones Built Into Your Hoodie and Other Tech Clothing Wonders Nov 2010
UC Breakthrough May Lead to Disposable e-Readers Nov 2010
Project aims to create living buildings Nov 2010
'What Technology Wants' Tracks The Tech Evolution Nov 2010
Get Ready For Kinect To Completely Change Our Lives Nov 2010
Without driver or map, vans go from Italy to China Nov 2010
Tomorrow’s Internet: 1000 times faster Nov 2010
Don Tapscott on mass collaboration Oct 2010
Graphene Will Change the Way We Live Oct 2010
Adding Human Intelligence to Software Oct 2010
Automated Google car drives itself: Toyota Prius and Audi TT (video) Oct 2010
Autonomous Vehicle Driving from Italy to China Sep 2010
4 Ways to Attend Meetings On Your iPad Sep 2010
Smartphones Begin to Replace Hotel Keycards Sep 2010
Google Shows Off Chrome, HTML5 With Interactive Music "Experience" Sep 2010
Tech Talk Podcast: Empathetic Fabric Sep 2010
Graeme Taylor: Evolution’s Edge – The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World – Part 1 (Shift) Sep 2010
Graeme Taylor: Evolution’s Edge – The Coming Collapse and Transformation of Our World – Part 2 (Shift) Sep 2010
New Scientist Brainsources Its Latest Cover, While Guy Kawasaki Crowdsources His Aug 2010
The synthetic biologist says he can create living things faster than nature can, essentially speeding up evolution. Aug 2010
Gartner Hype Cycle 2010 Presentation Aug 2010
Fibers that can hear and sing Jul 2010
Cloud Computing Explained Jul 2010
Composer David Cope has spent the last 30 years teaching computers to create classical music  Jul 2010
A Kitchen Countertop with a Brain Jul 2010
Internet Speedtest results going public Jun 2010
Steve Jobs at D8 on Flash, iPad and the post-PC era Jun 2010
The Trilogy of Webs for Machines: Mashing It All Together Jun 2010
MIT's top 10 emerging technologies May 2010
Man Infects Himself with (Computer) Virus May 2010
Why Google's 'Smart TV' Will Succeed May 2010
Emerging Technologies May 2010
12 Events That Will Change Everything, Made Interactive May 2010
Graphene is Next May 2010
Attach photos, music, text, pdfs, zips, etc. to any barcode May 2010
Computing a theory of everything (video) Apr 2010
10 Smart Clothes You'll Be Wearing Soon Apr 2010
10 Emerging Technologies 2010 Apr 2010
Videos from the 2009 Singularity Summit Apr 2010
AutoFerret.com’s AVA Brings Artificial Intelligence to the Auto Dealership Apr 2010
Synapse on a Chip Apr 2010
Kevin Kelly tells technology's epic story Apr 2010
Technically enabled underpants Apr 2010
Forget IQ, Collective Intelligence is the New Measure of Smart (video) Mar 2010
Human arm transmits broadband Mar 2010
Fiber-wireless (Fi-Wi) to provide ultra-high-speed, short-range communication Mar 2010
Artificial intelligence: Ex-cyborg Kevin Warwick on mixing man and machine Feb 2010
Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology - 2009 report Feb 2010
How Microsoft Will Make Energy Like the Internet Feb 2010
Is the World's Most Intelligent Music Composing Software as Creative as Bach? Feb 2010
PEW Report, "Future of the Internet IV" Feb 2010
Innovative tech projects won't slow down for some Jan 2010
5 Enterprise Trends to Watch in 2010: Part 1 Jan 2010
5 Enterprise Trends To Watch in 2010: Part 2 Jan 2010
Cloud rEvolution (Vol 3): The Cloud Effect  Jan 2010
Cloud rEvolution (Vol 4): A Workbook for Cloud Computing in the Enterprise Jan 2010
Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2009 Jan 2010
Five Tech Themes for 2010 Jan 2010
Cloud rEvolution (Vol 2): The Art of Abstraction Dec 2009
Painting Circuits On Your Skin Dec 2009
You'll buy more from web ads that know how you think Dec 2009
Get Human Dec 2009
THE AGE OF THE INFORMAVORE (video) Dec 2009
IBM Report: Business Analytics for the Intelligent Enterprise Dec 2009
SmartBidNet Offers Smarter Construction Bidding Process Dec 2009
Tension On The Grapevine: Trellis Tension Monitoring Offers Accurate Solution For Grape Growers Nov 2009
Cloud Computing in Plain English Nov 2009
Ex-Palm trio loads up on Vitamin D Nov 2009
Brace yourself for cloud computing Nov 2009
Augmented reality system lets you see through walls Nov 2009
Muscle-Bound Computer Interface Nov 2009
IBM Debuts Food Traceability iPhone App Oct 2009
Special Reports Smarter IT Oct 2009
5 New Technologies That Will Change Everything Oct 2009
Researchers create smaller and more efficient nuclear battery Oct 2009
Two interesting videos from Sinularity University Oct 2009
Cloud rEvolution: Laying the Foundation (Volume 1) Oct 2009
World War 3.0: 10 Critical Trends for Cybersecurity Sep 2009
Apps.gov Gives Cloud Computing a Slice of the $75 Billion IT Pie Sep 2009
Digital Trust in the Cloud report from CSC Sep 2009
ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends in 2009 Sep 2009
European researchers use artificial intelligence to create computer lawyer Sep 2009
Five emerging sectors offer promise with new technologies Aug 2009
Where's my Jet Pack? Future Interfaces Aug 2009
Lots of articles on the "Internet of Things" Aug 2009
How smartphones are transforming our lives Aug 2009
State of the USA Jul 2009
Social Security Numbers Can Be Predicted With Public Information Jul 2009
5 Companies Building the "Internet of Things" Jul 2009
The Big Smart Grid Challenges (video) Jul 2009
Technology on way to forecasting humanity's needs Jul 2009
Memristor minds: The future of artificial intelligence  Jul 2009
H+ magazine, Summer 2009 edition Jun 2009
Cyberdyne Ready to Mass Produce Cyborgs Jun 2009
Free Tool for Gov't Agencies to Communicate Public Safety Alerts Online or Via SMS Jun 2009
Spring Mi-Fi Jun 2009
Kapitall, Like a Wii for Investment, Puts Democratic Spin on Financial Tools Jun 2009
Read It Later Jun 2009
Augmented Reality Wish List Jun 2009
Fair features low-fat cow, bovine behavior meter and neo-castor oil  May 2009
Building a Smarter Planet  May 2009
‘Intelligent’ car park offers cost, space, safety benefits May 2009
The Churchill Club’s 2009 Tech Trends: Energy, Data And More Energy May 2009
Asking a machine to spot threats human eyes miss May 2009
HowCast for iPhone hits 500,000 downloads May 2009
Nine games computers are ruining for humanity  May 2009
DNA Radio Apr 2009
Computer Derives Natural Laws From Raw Data Apr 2009
The Stranger Side of CHI 2009 Apr 2009
9 Ways Tech is the New Black Mar 2009
They Tried to Outsmart Wall Street  Mar 2009
New technology aids in bank robbery arrests  Mar 2009
Microsoft offers to just 'Fix it' Mar 2009
10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now Mar 2009
Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that can change the way we live.  Feb 2009
CISCO launches Intelligent Urbanization Initiative Feb 2009
Trackle Feb 2009
REFLECTIONS ON A CRISIS Jan 2009
Engineering Edible Bacteria Jan 2009
The Digital Road to Recovery: A Stimulus Plan to Create Jobs, Boost Productivity and Revitalize America Jan 2009
Immoral advances: Is science out of control?  Jan 2009
Top Technology Breakthroughs of 2008 Jan 2009
The Edge Annual Question 2009: What Will Change Everything? Jan 2009
You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?  Dec 2008
Scientists find way to calculate people's real age  Dec 2008
The Mother of All Demos Dec 2008
Neurobiology Will Become "No-Brainer" Substitute for Software Dec 2008
What's Next for Computer Interfaces? Dec 2008
Video of the history of the New Media Consortium Dec 2008
The Coming Wireless Revolution Nov 2008
The Singularity will go Mainstream Nov 2008
IT Agenda Setters 2008 Nov 2008
15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything Nov 2008
A Better Network for Outer Space Nov 2008
Cutting out noise Nov 2008
Technology helps commods funds outsmart market Nov 2008
Evolutionary entrepreneur drug proposed  Nov 2008
Technologies That Hurt Us Oct 2008
The Enernet: Lessons Learned from 62 years of Internet History (video) Oct 2008
Intelligent machines? Think again Oct 2008
Re-engineering HR Solutions Oct 2008
LEF Report on Digital Disruptions Oct 2008
Book Excerpt: The Numerati by Stephen Baker Sep 2008
Ultrasound to give feel to games  Sep 2008
Predicting where you'll go and what you'll like Sep 2008
'Cognitive radios' to improve wireless devices Sep 2008
Handle With Care  Aug 2008
BT to put Artificial Intelligence in its network Aug 2008
Stop Talking to Machines and Talk to a Real Human (example of "room service") Aug 2008
Alerts.com (example of "room service") Aug 2008
In 2018, expect personal mobility appliances Aug 2008
LIFT Conference: Kevin Warwick Jul 2008
Say goodbye to the computer mouse  Jul 2008
The Singularity: A Special Report Jun 2008
Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences Jun 2008
Smart CCTV cameras will hear and see Jun 2008
Self-repairing aircraft could revolutionize aviation safety May 2008
what cars can learn from drivers’ words May 2008
Intelligent paint turns roads pink in icy conditions Apr 2008
The State of the Global Telecosm Apr 2008
Microsoft creates 'instant backing band' for singers (video link available) Apr 2008
Experts hack power grid in no time Apr 2008
Coming Soon, to Any Flat Surface Near You Apr 2008
Cyber Goggles for Human Tagging Mar 2008
AI researchers think 'Rascals' can pass Turing test Mar 2008
Terahertz video transfer is foretaste of future wireless Mar 2008
New Software Allows User To Reach Out And Touch, Virtually Feb 2008
Hi Tech Gadgets Feb 2008
Special Reports 10 Emerging Technologies 2008 Feb 2008
Biometric AI Technology to Significantly Reduce Fingerprint Software False Reject Rates Feb 2008
Introduction to the Grand Challenges for Engineering Feb 2008
Smart Sticky Notes Organize Themselves Feb 2008
Transforming Communication Jan 2008
Top Ten Technology Videos of 2007 Jan 2008
2007 Breakthrough of the Year: Human Genetic Variation (and other top headlines) Dec 2007
Tech design with thought (Norman interview) Dec 2007
Many videos of science developments, notably ASIMO and the new ebook from Amazon. Nov 2007
The Future of Reading Nov 2007
Smart Phone Suggests Things to Do Nov 2007
'Aggressive but safe' SUV wins robotic street race Nov 2007
Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies   (pdf report) Mar 2007
One Would Hope, The Future of Games Jan 2007
A Head for Detail Nov 2006
Measuring the Business Value of IT Aug 2006
Create Your Own Music Radio Station Jan 2006
Artificial Intelligence Bar Jan 2006
Intelligent Homes Jan 2006
Singing Italian Benches Jun 2005
Government 2.0 May 2005
Researchware Watches Where you Click May 2005
Google Cast from AC2004 Jan 2005
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