Gesture control: Why 2013 is the year when we stop clicking and start waving

The shot in the gesture revolution was Nintendo’s motion-sensing game controller for the Wii, followed quickly by motion capture with infrared cameras on the Xbox Kinect. Last year, nerds praised th [...]

Samsung ad fail: IT security is hardly chill, bro

Samsung USA hoped to capitalize on millions of eyeballs on last night’s Oscars by continuing a recent campaign for its growing family of Galaxy smartphones, phablets and tablets. Situated in the (ve [...]

Austerity-stricken Brits drown their sorrows in American candy

Cultural exports often take the shape of a nation’s pride, pushing high culture or value-added products to other countries’ consumers. Think high-performance cars from Germany, Danish furniture, S [...]

Robotic farm workers won’t improve food prices or labor costs

It’s summer in the northern hemisphere, and with it comes cool fresh salads, delicious ripe fruit and favorites like corn and other fresh veggies on the grill. But, looking down at your picnic plate [...]

The sharing economy isn’t sharing its wealth with you

TaskRabbit announced a new service in late May branded TaskRabbit for Business through which it will broker temporary labor for businesses. Having built a bullpen of what the company claims are over [...]

Coming soon to a 3D printer near you: human tissue and organs

While the media focus on the possibility of 3D printing assault rifles, something far more meaningful has been going on in a number of university and commercial labs across the US: research to print h [...]

The fun and games are over. Even the internet’s got to make a living

A collective grumble went around the web in September when Twitter launched its new API, the application programming interface where other apps and web sites talk to Twitter to get its data. The main [...]

Who needs the NSA? Your dishwasher is already watching every move you make

In the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s disclosures about alleged surveillance programs by the National Security Agency, it’s tempting to undertake a wholesale rethink of your online behavior, get a [...]

Step aside Google, here come the real bionic glasses

You may or may not be able to get a full head transplant in the next few years but acquiring a new set of eyes has become sure thing. [...]