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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

Computers Can Be Hacked Using High-Frequency Sound

A computer's microphone and speakers can covertly send and receive data

FIFA Physics: How a Video Game Finally Figured Out Air Resistance

How a soccer video game finally got air resistance right

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

3-D Printing Will Be a Counterfeiter's Best Friend

Why we need to rethink intellectual property for the era of additive manufacturing

Could Atomically Thin Tin Transform Electronics?

The material, called stanene, could in theory mimic the properties of a room-temperature superconductor

New 3-D Metal Printer Is Open Source and Affordable

Forget plastic: for under $1,200, you could print metal components and tools

Smart Phones as Thin as Credit Cards

4 Great Tech Ideas That Flopped

We say we want simpler gadgets, but why don't we buy them?

How to Delete the Worst Computer Virus (Part 2)

Tech Talker: Quick and Dirty Tips to Navigate the Digital World

How Does Cloaking Work? [Video]

Films like The Invisible Man and the more recent Harry Potter series speak to the fascination humans have with invisibility. Will new technology grant us this ability? Scientific American 's John Matson explains how it might work...

You’ve Got Mail… about STDs

A new app stores sexually transmitted disease test results in one place and, if you like, can discretely notify sex partners of your health status

Education Is Getting a Reboot

The Silicon Valley start-up culture is causing a long-overdue disruption in universities

What's Invasive!

Locate and identify invasive species to alert experts about the spread of habitat-destroying flora and fauna

How Mobile Phones Can Solve the Retirement Savings Crisis

This is a special series of SA Forum essays produced with the World Economic Forum and to run during the Summit on the Global Agenda , held in Abu Dhabi from November 18 to November 20...