A near-future wireless implant ecosystem might become a target for scripts In what amounts to a fairly shocking reminder of how quickly our technologies are advancing and how deeply our lives are being woven with [...]

How far can the sharing economy go?   As technology lets us share more and more items with greater and greater convenience, how far can the sharing economy go? In 2009, I was a student [...]

De-urbanization looks set to be an important demographic trend in the 21st century   Since the industrial revolution, humanity has flocked to the cities, where jobs are plentiful and centralized services make inhabitants’ lives easier. [...]

Only half of recent college grads are employed full-time   While Congress dukes it out over the federal interest rates on student loans, venture capitalist Peter Thiel has a solution for college students who don’t [...]

Cities and nature don’t need to be opposite ends of the spectrum.   A city that lets its residents experience the natural world is a happier, more productive city. The world’s urban population is ballooning. [...]

Starting to attract the attention of investors and entrepreneurs   By embracing new Web and mobile technologies, green energy companies are creating a new Cleanweb movement in which formerly expensive alternative energy sources – such [...]

Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are “brain candy”   Harvard neuroscience researchers have just confirmed what many of us have suspected all along: social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are [...]

There are approximately 105,000 people currently on the waiting list for solid organ transplant in the United States. 18 of those people die every day. These deaths are due entirely to the fact that there [...]

The most creative solutions to difficult problems often seem to come out of nowhere. The mysterious nature of the “sudden flash of insight” has given rise to the myth of inspiration – the idea that [...]

“NeighborGoods helps members live less wasteful and more connected lives.” Anyone who doubts that the Internet has the potential to bring people together should take a closer look at Neighborgoods, a service that helps users share goods [...]

Inexpensive technology means that anyone can easily transform an idea into a product. From Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs, America has always been a land of inventors and tinkerers, according to Adam Davidson, economic columnist [...]

The robotic future is here, and it looks nothing like we thought it would. Instead of humanoid, highly-intelligent robots that do our bidding, the future is increasingly one of robotic swarms, robotic quadrotors, and tiny [...]