Technology
Smartphone Use while Walking Is Painfully Dumb
Distracted walking is the new hip reason for an ER trip
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Technology
Best of Next Year: 7 Gadgets to Look Watch for in 2014 [Slide Show]
SA examines emerging technologies that are almost here: Turn an ordinary table into a touch screen, monitor your kids’ whereabouts and place the power of 3-D printing in the palm of your hand—and there’s more...
Technology
7 Gadgets to Watch for in 2014 [Slide Show]
SA examines emerging technologies that are almost here: Turn an ordinary table into a touch screen, monitor your kids’ whereabouts and place the power of 3-D printing in the palm of your hand—and there’s more...
Environment
The Biggest Stories on Earth
David Biello looks back at the big environmental stories of the year covered on 60-Second Earth
Mind & Brain
How Is a Quarterback Like Your Laptop? [Excerpt]
The famous San Francisco 49ers coach Bill Walsh figured out how to make football digital
Technology
How Microsoft’s 1 Percenters Balance Basic Research with Short-Term Success
Microsoft Research head Peter Lee talks about keeping his team—about 1 percent of the company’s workforce—focused on the big picture
Technology
Memory Trick Increases Password Security
What’s my password again? Image association as a way to memorize dozens of unique security codes
The Sciences
Scientific American's Top 10 Science Stories of 2013
A carbon threshold breached, commitments to brain science made, mystery neutrinos found and human evolution revised—these and other events highlight the year in science and technology as picked by the editors of Scientific American...
Technology
Loudspeaker Is First Complete 3D-Printed Consumer Electronic
The achievement suggests that 3-D printing might soon be mature enough for people to manufacture complete devices on demand
Technology
Computers Can Be Hacked Using High-Frequency Sound
A computer's microphone and speakers can covertly send and receive data
Technology
FIFA Physics: How a Video Game Finally Figured Out Air Resistance
How a soccer video game finally got air resistance right
Environment
Emerging Nations Overtake West in Dumping Electronic Trash
China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a U.N.-backed alliance said on Sunday...
Technology
In Emergency, Smartphone Might Not Know Your Location
Just because your smartphone can bring up your position on a map does not mean that a call to 911 automatically shows responders where you are. Larry Greenemeier reports.
Technology
Scientific American's 2013 Gadget Guide: 10 Technologies You Need to See [Slide Show]
We show you some of our favorite gizmos from the past year
Technology
Scientific American's 2013 Gadget Guide: 10 Technologies You Need to See [Slide Show]
We show you some of our favorite gizmos from the past year
Technology
Smart Wig Could Compete with Google Glass
A new patent for this wearable technology could aid someone who is blind, deaf or needs to be guided through an alien environment
Technology
Clothing Fabric Could Contain Gadget Batteries
Researchers have built a battery from a conductive, nickel-coated polyester fabric, so that your phone battery could be sewn into your shirt. Christopher Intagliata reports
Policy
3-D Printing Will Be a Counterfeiter's Best Friend
Why we need to rethink intellectual property for the era of additive manufacturing
Chemistry
Could Atomically Thin Tin Transform Electronics?
The material, called stanene, could in theory mimic the properties of a room-temperature superconductor
Technology
New 3-D Metal Printer Is Open Source and Affordable
Forget plastic: for under $1,200, you could print metal components and tools
