How Did BART Kill Cellphone Service?
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system initially claimed a phone service shut-down was performed by telecoms, but that's not the latest story
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Harnessing Residents' Electronic Devices Will Yield Truly Smart Cities
The best way to harness a city's potential for creativity and innovation is to jack people into the network and get out of the way
All Together Now: Scientists Take Peer Review Public
Scientists take peer review public
Readers Respond to "Rethinking the Dream" and Other Articles
Letters to the editor from the April 2011 issue of Scientific American
Skinlike Electronic Patch Takes Pulse, Promises New Human-Machine Integration
A web of minuscule wires woven into an adhesiveless silicon patch could provide a future where heart monitors are nearly invisible, prosthetics can feel pressure and video games can take verbal commands...
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Surviving the Unwired Wild: 6 Mobile Offline Apps Make a Smart Phone an Essential Part of a Camper's Tool Kit [Slide Show]
Identify local flora and fauna, map your location, and survey the night sky using the power of your smart phone
Surviving the Unwired Wild: 6 Mobile Offline Apps Make a Smart Phone an Essential Part of a Camper's Tool Kit [Slide Show]
Identify local flora and fauna, map your location, and survey the night sky using the power of your smart phone
Digital Entrepreneur Wants to Save Books
Brewster Kahle, who has pioneered efforts to digitize written information, wants to save a hard copy of every book. Larry Greenemeier reports
Tweeting Your Health Woes Could Help Fight Disease
By analyzing tweets, public health researchers can track the progression of infectious diseases
Is There a Silver Lining for the Environment in Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing, per one report, is projected to help large U.S. companies save $12.3 billion on energy costs
Search Your Engines: NASCAR Engineers Zoom In on Motor Problems with Powerful Microscope [Slide Show]
Joe Gibbs Racing is using a powerful Nikon microscope to help solve the mystery of engine failures that have cost the team several races
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Search Your Engines: NASCAR Engineers Zoom In on Motor Problems with Powerful Microscope [Slide Show]
Joe Gibbs Racing is using a powerful Nikon microscope to help solve the mystery of engine failures that have cost the team several races
Need Blazing-Fast Internet? Gig.U Is Now in Session
A consortium of more than 30 universities plans to invest in the infrastructure to improve Internet speeds 1,000-fold
One-Way Switch for Light Paves Way for Practical Photonic Computer Chips
'Optical diode' could help make commercial photonic chips a reality.
E Pluribus Lunum: Did Earth Once Have Two Moons?
A primordial collision between two natural satellites of Earth could explain the stark differences between the moon's near and far hemispheres today
Rotation Rate Could Pin Down Age of Stars
A new study may help scientists determine when stars were born
Fast Brake: Drivers' Brain Waves Show Intent to Stop Before the Act
Sensors on the scalp and muscles could help drivers respond more quickly to emergencies, but the technology is unwieldy at present
How New York City Beat Crime
With its judicious use of cops and innovative methods, the Big Apple is a model for how to stem homicides, muggings and other ills
