Technology & Innovation

It’s the second South American country to create a government-backed accelerator program offering funding to local and foreign talent. Up to $78 million will be offered, on the condition that the companies stay for a while.

A team at the University of Illinois claims their design could lead to microbatteries that deliver the same power as normal-sized ones, as well as normal-sized batteries that are exponentially more powerful.

There’s still time to sign up for the International Space Apps Challenge, in which participants will attempt to provide creative answers to 50 current scientific and technological problems.

Five percent of the world’s CO2 emissions come as a result of holiday travel. Two researchers are looking into ways to encourage vacationers to reduce their carbon footprint by using social media to share rides and information.

According to recent figures, a full 61 percent of the country is experiencing drought conditions, almost double the amount in 2011. Some are warning of a coming “megadrought” in the western US.

Monday’s twin blasts occurred at a time when more people than ever use social media. Authorities hope the photos and videos that bombarded the Internet in the moments following the attack will prove useful in their search.

Now that the nonprofit service that administers the high school equivalency exam has partnered with for-profit Pearson Vue Testing to create a pricier computer-only test, 40 states are looking for alternatives.

So claims a new study that asked parents from different countries to describe their children and what they considered the “right way” to rear them. Perhaps unsurprisingly, American parenting styles stand apart.

In the multiplayer game League of Legends, players who use abusive language can see their words used against them in a court of their peers. The technology behind this jury can be applied to other online communities.

It may sound obvious, but security experts warn that as hacking technology becomes more sophisticated, employees should take care not to reveal too much when they’re away.

HealthTap allows users to pose questions to a network containing thousands of physicians. In addition to providing affordable advice, the service gives doctors a way to grow their online reputation.

The project, called RoomE, uses off-the-shelf hardware and custom-designed software to create an environment in which the computer is always watching and responds to both voice and gesture commands.

A San Francisco-based company is planning to ship its super-thin, polymer-based haptic keyboard to manufacturers next year. It offers the sensation, and even the sound, of pressing keys.

A team of researchers has figured out a way to use nanotechnology to create images at the highest dots-per-inch resolution possible. Such images could be used for anti-counterfeiting or high-density data encoding.

Researchers turned to an old Balkan folk remedy to create synthetic surfaces that employ tiny hair-like fibers to trap the insects.

The report, presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society, follows studies warning of the presence of arsenic and possibly other heavy metals.

Nuclear engineering student Russell Goff thinks so…and he’s just formed a company to turn spent fuel rods into components to be used in a safe sterilization facility.

Not current smartphone users, who already have lots of app options: It’s the estimated 1.5 billion — most of them in the developing world — who are expected to buy their first smartphone in the next four years.

A government initiative that originally focused on hotels in certain districts of Ho Chi Minh City has now been expanded to all hotels in an attempt to combat unsafe sexual practices.

A UN agency reports that outbound travel spending jumped a whopping 40 percent last year, putting the Chinese far ahead of both Germans and Americans.

With our increasingly global 21st century making the traditional college quadrangle look a little parochial, the Minerva vision is an intriguing development. 

To decrease the cost of health care, and improve the lives of patients, medical professionals are taking lessons from the developing world, where low-cost treatment is a basic requirement.

In Poynton, a shared-space concept has resulted in a revitalized village center where all manner of traffic — gas-powered, human-powered, and anything in between — is treated with respect. 

Writer David Meyer hones in on what this crypto-currency experiment — regardless of whether it succeeds or fails — could mean for the future. According to him, “The genie is out of the bottle.”

Greg Dash made his lo-fi digital fisheye camera by hand, omitting the viewscreen so that users can experience the surprise and discovery of film photography.

The environmentally friendly process, which involves a sugar found in most plants, has the potential to turn hydrogen into one of the most important biofuels in the world.

Complaints of headaches and ear pain from those living near turbines have largely been viewed skeptically from within the scientific community. A new study may start to change those views.

Last year, the FTC launched a contest offering $50,000 to the person or team who could design a system that would help solve the problem of illegal robocalls. The winners of the prize were revealed today.

If so, you’re not alone…yet: A recent survey showed that Internet radio services are slowly becoming the preferred delivery method, particularly among teens and young adults.

An algorithm that distills articles into poetry has several purposes, including acknowledging National Poetry Month and giving readers one more way to experience the Old Gray Lady’s content.