Technology & Innovation

Advances in download speed, digital storage, and device capabilities have led to an audiobook renaissance. With such a rising demand for spoken entertainment, could the dormant audio drama format make a mainstream comeback?

Over-saturation of a brand doesn’t mean consumers will be able to recall it exactly. Researchers found only one out of 85 students was able to replicate the Apple logo in a drawing, perfectly.

Millennials are the first American generation who have not been taught how to use tools and that could have a negative effect on the country’s trade industries.

As of this posting, researchers in England have raised £38,124 to fund the world’s first study of the brain on LSD. 

Swiss researchers, operating with the knowledge that kids learn better when able to teach their skills to other pupils, have developed a robot student to assist with lessons in penmanship.

The Facebook CEO says he won’t hire anyone to work directly below him unless he’d feel comfortable if roles were reversed. It’s a simple way of saying, “Hire team players who share your values.”

Some automakers worry about the ability of companies like Apple and Google to quickly leverage their substantial cash reserves to innovate the auto industry ahead of them.

The success of a decades-long attempt to boost female achievement has revealed a troubling new gender gap: the rise of the unskilled, underemployed male.

The author of a new book about the habits of successful creative people explains why rebuffing, rebutting, and straight up just saying “no” will fuel your endeavors.

The leading research and technology company in the Nordic countries, VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland Ltd, has developed a mass-production method that allows the manufacturing of decorative organic solar panels that can be used on a variety of surfaces.

Though the job market is seeking more Spanish-English bilingual employees, there are far more jobs valuing their skill at less than $35,000 per year than $95,000 per year.

The technology draws on the concepts established by theatre companies like Punchdrunk that create an immersive world for an audience to explore while the narrative unfolds around them.

Teaching Girls to See Themselves as Leaders, with Tara Sophia Mohr In order to guide young women to achieve their full leadership potential, life coach and author Tara Sophia Mohr […]

Your handshake communicates subtle social information about who you are, but it has nothing to do with whether your grip is firm or limp, say researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

The selfie has become part of our culture of sharing. But should some things, like the ballot, remain private?

The author of a new book on straightening out bad personal habits recently offered a basic glimpse into her anti-sabotage playbook.

Designers of the new federal system for sending emergency alerts to our cellphones devoted a lot attention to setting up the technical aspects, but not enough to figuring out what the messages should say. Research suggests those messages don’t say enough to keep us safe.

Plenty of careers previously thought to be untouchable by automation have already experienced robotic disruption.

Japanese owners of the Aibo brand of robot dogs revere their electric pets so much they hold funerals for them when they break down.

By consciously taking specific actions — from seeking out role models to reevaluating how we think about failure — we can train our mind to behave more confidently.

Mergers, promotions, retirements, acquisitions, firings: there are plenty of reasons why the names and faces above you on the organizational change might change. In each case, find where you fit in the new structure and make sure the new leadership notices.

A San Francisco startup (what else?) is looking to make the home-buying process much simpler, leveraging data to find a fair market price as soon as a house is listed.

When conducting a pragmatic assessment of the economic value of ideas, The Innovator’s Hypothesis author Michael Schrage was shocked to find that “good ideas” don’t make much money.

Uber drivers don’t have taxi licenses and do not pay taxes on the income earned.

The Journal of Brief Ideas wants to encourage researchers to publish their work in 200 words or fewer as a way to network with other scientists and find ideas.

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin was able to ride a wave confidence to run for Congress through the support of her friends and family. Perhaps to stop underestimating ourselves, we need to find our own confidence boosters — in our lives or online.

Big data may be the future, helping companies reorganize, and giving employees more breaks and corporations the productivity boost they’re looking for.

1964ADEL, a line of earphones that features new, patented in-ear technology and also recently raised more than half a million dollars on Kickstarter, promises to deliver supreme sound quality without the damaging side effects of traditional earphones.

Some people just love their jobs and can’t fathom having to hang it up. If you’re one of these people, it’s important to put yourself in a position where you can keep going as long as you like.

The internet may be costing the economy dearly, and not just because we’re distracted by Facebook when we should be doing our job.