Virtual reality is one of many inventions that never seemed to make the leap from science fiction to mass-market product. Again and again, headsets that promised to immerse people in wondrou... Read more
When Patrick Langevoort’s company issued him an electric vehicle two years ago, the first months were filled with misadventure: he found himself far from Amsterdam, with only a 25 percent ch... Read more
“I decided it would be fun to do patent trials,” said Richard Posner. We were sitting in his spacious office in the federal courthouse in downtown Chicago, where, for more than three decades... Read more
THE robots are coming! Word is they want your job, your life and probably your little dog, too. Robots have once again gripped the nation’s imagination, stoking fears of displaced job... Read more
Analysts are concerned about how long it will take for the phones to go on sale in the United States. One of the most awkwardly named companies, Research in Motion, has decided it should no... Read more
Each built a working gun that included a part made in plastic with a 3-D printer A man in Wisconsin viewed it as a technical challenge. Another, in New Hampshire, was looking to save... Read more
AN Android smartphone with unlimited calls, unlimited texting, unlimited data and no contract, all for $19 a month? Really? When I first saw this offer fromRepublic Wireless, I rubbed my eye... Read more
Facebook just made a potentially game-changing announcement. It got less fanfare thanTuesday’s announcementthat it is going into the social search business, but this other announcement may h... Read more
The greenest cars on the market —electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids — have attracted very few buyers so far. But instead of scaling back, major automakers are eager to bring more battery-... Read more
The largest and most sophisticated rover landed safely on Mars and the world’s most famous Moon visitor died, but the space event that most captured the public’s imagination in 2012 involved... Read more
Solar photovoltaic technology can significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and our dependence on the grid WE don’t think much about pitch pine poles until storms like Hurricane Sand... Read more
Kidnappers used to make ransom notes with letters cut out of magazines. Now, notes simply pop up on your computer screen, except the hostage is your PC. In the past year, hundreds of thousan... Read more
Lab lit is not science fiction In Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel, “Flight Behavior,” a central character is an entomologist tracking the effects of global climate change on monarch butterfli... Read more
Yet the publication of “Reversing the Life Cycle” barely registered outside the academic world. After more than 4,000 years — almost since the dawn of recorded time, when Utnapishtim told Gi... Read more