Innovation

A child holds a tablet computer in a classroom.

Building the Libraries of Tomorrow

With people increasingly reading on ever-more-mobile devices, libraries need a reboot to stay relevant.
Mark Harris
Nov 13, 2014 2 min read
A promotional picture of Hedy Lamarr

Happy 100th, Hedy Lamarr!

The Hollywood actress was also one of the key inventors of the technology that became wifi
Alice Bell
Nov 12, 2014 2 min read
A radio mic on an outside table

Giving Everyone the Chance to Be Their Own Radio Station

Taking radio back to its roots as the most widespread form of mass media.
Stephen Abbot Pugh
Nov 11, 2014 2 min read

TV Shows Could Power the Internet of Things

Energy efficient chips can communicate with each other, powered only by ambient communication waves.
Mark Harris
Oct 30, 2014 2 min read

Grass is Fixing The Pollution From Your Cup of Coffee

Runoff from the coffee industry in Ethiopia is being cleaned by a special kind of grass.
Alexander Sehmer
Oct 24, 2014 2 min read

Meet the Swimming Robots Measuring the Arctic

Autonomous underwater drones will measure melting ice for months at a time.
Mark Harris
Oct 13, 2014 2 min read
A CGI render of the wooden skyscraper at street level.

The World’s Next Tallest Building–Made of Wood?

The tallest new wood building is the world is 10 stories tall–and the next ones could go even higher.
Mark Harris
Oct 7, 2014 2 min read

The Man Who Wants to Shoot the Moon

If you want to get something into space using a big gun, then John Hunter's the person to talk to.
Duncan Geere
Apr 10, 2014 22 min read

Space Guns

Humans long settled on rockets as the best way to get into space. But we spent a long time experimenting with...
Duncan Geere
Apr 7, 2014 16 min read
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