Night Vision: There's An App For That

Night Vision: There's An App For That

A University of Florida engineer has crafted a nickel-sized imaging device that uses organic light-emitting diode technology similar to that found in laptop screens for night vision. The device is…
Regulating the Internet?

Regulating the Internet?

The New York Times recently published an editorial opining that the Federal Communications Commission should reclassify broadband Internet service, from a U.S. regulatory point of view, as a…
What's the Point?

What's the Point?

Sometimes I find an article that is supposed to be about science or technology and I can't help but wonder what the point of bringing up the subject was.  A recent LiveScience article entitled "…
High tech solutions to low-tech problems

High tech solutions to low-tech problems

Yesterday, Eric Taub reviewed an interesting device in the Gadgetwise blog in the New York Times. It’s a pair of transceivers that help you locate your car even if you’re a half mile from it. You…
10 Emerging Technologies-Engineered Stem Cells

10 Emerging Technologies-Engineered Stem Cells

  Engineered Stem Cells    The small plastic vial in James ­Thomson's hand contains more than 1.5 billion carefully coddled heart cells grown at Cellular Dynamics, a startup based in…