The NSA has not been having a good week. First the leaks, then the protests, now they have lost some of their best support in Congress and the Senate. What more could go wrong? Let’s focus a bit more on that latter point. Fr...
Forget to plug in your smartphone or tablet? You’re dead in the water then. Or are you? If you have a Genneo charger you might not be so out of luck. The Genneo charger uses movement to power your device, charging it even when you...
It may look weird but having an iPhone strapped to your head may be the next step in advertising. There is a new tool being developed that will scan your brain and record what interests you. The Neurocam, as it is being dubbed, is...
Think the NSA’s site was the only one attacked or hacked recently? Think again. According to Ars Technica, there has been a hacking spree on US government websites and databases and it’s been going on for over a year. Accused of t...
Worried about food borne illnesses? Most people are. Consuming under cooked foods such as eggs and chicken can cause you to become ill with salmonella poisoning. But the biggest outbreaks for the food borne sickness isn’t from chi...
Researchers from MIT are planning to test a new theory about dark matter and how it exists. Dark matter is estimated to be make up the majority of the universe but little is known about its structure. In fact, there has never actu...
In light of the recent NSA scandal, US congressmen and women are planning to do something to help make Americans to feel safer about their privacy while they are online. The new bill, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfillin...
There is a group of researchers at Disney that is working to give you a tactile experience while playing hands free game systems such as the Xbox Kinect. In other words, you’d be able to touch things out of thin air thanks to a de...
There have been a string of government site hackings lately, the most recent is President Obama’s own Twitter account. The account is used by the president’s Organized for Action (OFA) campaign and was recently the victim of foul ...
The national economy is something that all United States citizens wonder about from time to time, especially when haggling over the budget had government offices shut down for a period of time. A question spawned by the shutdown h...
Have a curious child that wants to know why computers and web pages do what they do? An option in the future could be the Play-i, an interactive robot that will also help children learn about computer programing as they play. Befo...
There may be a new way to transmit data rather than the traditional radio-based wireless Internet. For years groups have been working on a way to communicate by using visual light communication. And now a group of UK-based researc...
Patients suffering from cardiac diseases such as heart attacks and strokes may soon have a new way to relay information to their doctors. The QardioCore is a device that will help to monitor you and can then transmit the informati...
The human brain is the source of inspiration for many things. Making a computer think like a human is one way the brain has inspired scientists. Another way the brain inspires is the way that it is cooled. The human body uses blo...
Everyone is looking for fast Internet. No matter what your cable or broadband company can do, the fastest company always has the most customers. NASA is looking for ways to increase its download rate as well. Their method? Shootin...
