Electronics
Will L.A.’s Anti-Terrorist Subway Scanners Be Adopted Everywhere?
Terahertz millimeter-wave technology will screen passengers for bombs and suicide vests from 10 meters distance as they rush to make the next train
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Cognition
Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains?
Some say our gadgets and computers can help improve intelligence. Others say they make us stupid and violent. Which is it?
Cuba's "Sonic Attack" on the U.S. Embassy Could Have Been Merely Sounds Emitted by a Listening Device
A Penn bioengineer disputes a recent New York Times report suggesting microwaves accounted for what occurred at the U.S. embassy in Havana
Computing
Only 150 of Your Facebook Contacts Are Real Friends
Even with social media, we max out at 150 real relationships
Forcefully Unplugged
Temporary reminders of the invisible technology in our daily lives
Biotech
Smartphones Are Helping Health Workers Combat Tuberculosis
Encrypted videos enable medication monitoring from afar
Engineering
How Cryptojacking Can Corrupt the Internet of Things
IoT devices often have weak security, making them prime targets for criminals looking to score digital cash
Electronics
Turn a Wall into a Touch Screen Cheap
Researchers used a couple of hundred dollars worth of materials to turn a wall into a giant touch screen
Electronics
Do Microwaves Cause Cancer?
Let’s take a look at 4 microwave myths that science has proven false
Electronics
Should Law Enforcement Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone?
In Carpenter v. United States , the U.S. Supreme Court is about to tackle its biggest case related to the Fourth Amendment and privacy of data generated by cell phones...
Behavior
Friends of Friends Can Reveal Hidden Information about a Person
Stanford scientist Johan Ugander explains his research on dissimilarities in social networks
Computing
Net Neutrality Loss Could Rekindle ISP Alternatives for Internet Access
The FCC’s decision to kill the 2015 Open Internet Order hands more control to large broadband providers, but internet users have other options for getting online
Electronics
Private Smarts: Can Digital Assistants Work without Prying into Our Lives?
Personalized AI requires personal data. Apple, Google and others say they can now grab more of it while keeping privacy and security intact
Electronics
Why Do Robots Look Like Animals and Humans?
Boston Dynamic’s cute and uncannily realistic canine-bot is just one of many robots that are inspired by the natural world
Electronics
How to Convert Your Wall into a Giant Touch Screen
Smart walls could track people’s gestures or monitor appliances
Electronics
How Does Google Know Everything about Me?
You may wonder how Google knows what you’re typing, where you are or even what you’re thinking—they use your data to do it all.
Computing
So, Umm, Google Duplex’s Chatter Is Not Quite Human
A systems scientist breaks down the intricacies of making a machine that can fool humans into thinking it’s one of us
The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard of
Stanford Ovshinsky changed your life, and the full impact of his brilliance may still be to come
Electronics
4 Ways “Internet of Things” Toys Endanger Children
Such toys wirelessly connect with online databases to recognize voices and images, identifying children’s queries, commands and requests and responding to them
Electronics
The “Clips” Camera Just Might Be the Weirdest Product Ever
Google's new camera decides what to photograph, based on AI algorithms
