Technology
Wearable Sweat Sensor Paves the Way for Real-Time Analysis of Body Chemistry
Flexible plastic sensor sends molecular test results to a smartphone
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Technology
Computer Beats Go Champion for First Time
Google's DeepMind program, which has mastered the 2,500-year-old board game, is a big achievement in artificial intelligence
Electronics
Apple's "Night Shift" Mode: How Smartphones Disrupt Sleep
The company's latest mobile operating system update signals growing awareness of the potential negative health effect of using smartphones and tablets at night
Technology
Star Wars Terms among 2015's Worst Passwords
In general, people tend to use passwords that are so common and easily guessable as to be nearly worthless in practice
Making Art with Drones
What can you create with 100 drones flying in formation? Intel and Electronica FutureLab partnered to answer that question, with spectacular results
Electronics
Bright Idea? Talk to Your Lightbulb to Control Your House
A closer look at the Sengled Voice bulb at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show
Technology
How 3-D Printing Threatens Our Patent System
Patents will have even more trouble with 3-D copies than copyright law had with digital music sales
Technology
HTC Vive Pre Adds Front Camera to Blend VR, Real World
Hands-on with the HTC Vive Pre at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Technology
How to Save the Internet from Ads--and Ad Blockers
New services already let you pay to skip ads, but do we really want to turn the Web into a vending machine?
Technology
Google Glass Redux: High-Tech Wearable Gets Ready for Business
Google is modifying the next generation of its Glass wearable for use in the workplace
Technology
"Writable" Circuits Could Let Scientists Draw Electronics into Existence
New method uses soft sheets made of silicone rubber that have many tiny droplets of liquid metal embedded inside them
Technology
How to End Online Ads Forever
We could easily go ad-free—if we put our money where our mouse is
Technology
NASA and the U.S. Air Force Test a New Ground-Based GPS
The terrestrial network could eliminate the GPS’s blind spots and advance indoor mapping
Technology
Superfast Computer Chip Transmits Data with Light
Researchers designed a chip that transfers data not with electrons but with photons—resulting in a potential 10-fold boost in speed. Christopher Intagliata reports
The Sciences
New Ink, and Regular Pen, Draw Working Electrical Circuits
Silver-based ink, flowing from a ballpoint pen, write circuits that power lights
Technology
So Your Neighbor Got a Drone for Christmas
Can you stop them from flying it over your house? No one knows, and that is a big problem for the drone industry
Computing
How to Destroy a Hard Drive—Permanently
Were the San Bernardino suspects smart to toss theirs into a local lake?
Technology
SA's 2015 Gadget Guide: 10 Technologies That Have Your Life Covered [Slide Show]
These devices teach you new things, monitor your health and protect your property
Electronics
Lifting the Visor on Virtual Reality
Ken Perlin, a New York University computer science professor and virtual reality pioneer, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the state of virtual reality, its history and where it's heading ...
Technology
In Israel Kids Cross Streets in Virtual Reality for Safety Science
Children lack the hazard-perception skills of adults, but training could bolster their ability to stay safe on the street
