“The problem with a lot of clean-tech deals is that they have been about the way you make things in high volume or in production, which means you can’t prove out the ideas unless you... Read more
Color, control and function are all being reassessed, and new players have emerged like a wave of Silicon Valley start-ups. AFTER the joy of the birth itself, parenthood sometimes brings the... Read more
Storing electricity in spinning wheels isn’t new, but a new design may make it cheap enough to compete with other technologies Renewables could be the world’s primary source of e... Read more
Brain implants, viruses that wipe out cancer, and smartphones that sense Alzheimers Predicting the future of health care is a tricky business. At any point, there could be a big breakthrough... Read more
The idea that innovation and new technology have stopped driving growth is getting increasing attention. But it is not well founded BOOM times are back in Silicon Valley. Office parks along... Read more
The ephemeral now has value, at least for users of cellphones. More than 60 million photos or messages are sent each day through an app called Snapchat and then, after they are viewed for a... Read more
As the tech world creates more and more young millionaires, the question is: How will they give back? The Facebook founder’s recent donations give some hints, and it’s clear that others are... Read more
The eccentric PayPal billionaire doesn’t just invest in Silicon Valley tech companies. He’s giving money for projects that do everything from get power from the weather to find ways to progr... Read more
Networking: Enthusiasts dream of building a drone-powered internet to carry objects rather than data. Are they mad? THE spread of mobile phones in developing countries in the past decade has... Read more
“YOU are walking around naked on the Internet and you need some clothes,” says Michael Fertik. “I am going to sell you some.” Naked? Not exactly, but close. Mr. Fertik, 34, is the chief exec... Read more
G.E’s big bet on what it calls the “industrial Internet” When Sharoda Paul finished a postdoctoral fellowship last year at the Palo Alto Research Center, she did what most of her peers do —... Read more
EDEN FULL should be back at Princeton by now. She should be hustling to class, hitting the books, acing tests. In short, she should be climbing that old-school ladder toward a coveted spot a... Read more
“Now hardware is almost as cheap as software.” In recent years, Silicon Valley seems to have forgotten about silicon. It’s been about dot-coms, Web advertising, social networking and apps fo... Read more
He predicted that the first wave of robots would most likely become “the body for people with physical disabilities.” MENLO PARK, Calif. — Millions of people watched a robot descend last wee... Read more
It’s time for a new picture. Think “innovative startup” and the picture of an entrepreneur under 30 generally comes to mind — someone ready to feed new products to the coveted 18-to-34 demog... Read more
