
The Intellectual Property System Is an Impenetrable Maze
The first step toward fixing it is to map it
The first step toward fixing it is to map it
Scientists help firefighters battle changing conditions by combining computer fire models and infrared satellite data
Many Filipinos embraced wireless in response to a history of poor landline service, leaving them with few communications options after the superstorm
Don’t listen to pundits who say the intellectual property system has outlived its usefulness. It needs to be updated, not abolished
As a platform to help with decision-making, Watson has a lot to learn—which is exactly the point
Participate in the collective noise mapping of your city or neighborhood
Exactly how much natural aerosols from volcanoes and sea spray cool the climate remains an elusive question
Computer chips inspired by human neurons can do more with less power
Making sense of one of the thorniest issues of the digital age
New research shows how mobile devices can identify single viruses, maybe single molecules
A program uses an algorithm to identify dolphin whistles similar to that of the Shazam app, which identifies music from databases by changes in pitch over time. Christopher Intagliata reports...
These mobile tools help you become a citizen scientist, whether you’re documenting wildlife or measuring the effects of light pollution
Can helium improve the capacity and efficiency of hard drives?
An experiment demonstrates the radio-controlled hijacking of a drone
Tell us how paper and digital devices shape your reading habits
The virtual reality pioneer talks Facebook, the NSA, the limits of big data and the future of our digital selves
Fleets of unmanned aircraft may soon scan terrain for forest fires and deliver FedEx packages. Yet drones' security flaws allow them to be readily hijacked with simple technologies
Primate Labs found that the tablet comes close to reaching Apple's promise of doubling the speed of the iPad 4
Digital medical records can easily go awry, but nobody is tracking the errors
Data from Sandy is improving models that can predict storm surge and pinpoint sites for storm barriers
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