Technology & Innovation

The company has announced a deal with Gilbarco Veeder-Root, which operates pay-at-the-pump software at convenience stores across the US.  

The demo video shows Raytheon’s Riot using social media to “gain an entire snapshot of a person’s life…in little more than a few clicks of a button.”

Beam Inc. is reducing the volume of alcohol in its Maker’s Mark brand by 3 percent in order to stretch its dwindling supply.

For an additional fee (of course), passengers can sit in a “Quiet Zone” that’s separated from the rest of economy class by curtains, bathrooms, and softer lighting.

Last Thursday, private vehicles were banned from the Colombian capital’s streets. It’s one of several attempts to decrease car traffic that have had mixed success.

Driving one comes with incentives such as free street parking, free charging, and a nice tax break. Yet several barriers stand in the way of increased EV adoption.

Two projects welcome online submission of snow depth and other atmospheric conditions from average citizens.

One of Japan’s leading dailies teamed up with an advertising agency to create an app that translates articles into a more child-friendly format.

Old school public education reformers put citizenship, and habits of social interaction, front and center. Now we see children only as pre-collegiate, proto-capitalist participants in the global economy. 

A study published this week that compared paper with tablets and e-readers showed negligible differences in reading comprehension. For older subjects, tablets beat out the other two media in terms of providing a faster and easier reading experience.

A new report predicts that humans will be outnumbered by smartphones, tablets, and other Internet-capable devices in 2013, putting increasing strain on existing networks.

A San Francisco robotics company has created a kit containing four devices, including a flying drone, that teachers can use in middle school and high school math classes.

YouTube, Facebook, and similar companies looking to grow outside of the US and Europe are finding a good fit in a country with a culture that’s already extra-social.

According to a new survey, nearly two-thirds of Facebook users have taken a voluntary break from the site in the past, and over a quarter plan to reduce their usage this year.

Starting today, the company’s iBookstore will give prominent display space to a selection of popular self-published “Breakout Books.” 

Despite the launch of Google Fiber in Kansas City, many ISPs don’t have enough incentives to provide the technology to the average subscriber. However, some communities are working to get it.

Social scientists have recognized that income over a certain threshold fails to increase the amount of the happiness the earner experiences, but spending on others may return more happiness. 

The simultaneous release of all 13 episodes of Netflix’s new series “House of Cards” takes advantage of a trend some say has been several years in the making.

This summer, people in one British city will be able to interact with seemingly-inanimate infrastructure — mailboxes, streetlamps, etc. — via text messaging.

Consulting firm OPower released a report this week showing a drastic drop in household energy use during the 2012 Super Bowl.

A company has developed a system that can be used to validate ID in almost any environment.

Since its launch earlier this month, the Web site Rinkwatch has experienced an influx of data from volunteers in Canada and the United States.

New data out from the US government shows that the country is responsible for 47 percent of global consumption and isn’t expected to reduce that amount anytime soon.

General Electric is the latest company to release software for utilities that takes advantage of social media and other data to identify outages and other problems.

If you live in Germany, that is: A court has ruled that a man should receive compensation due to being deprived of what they say is a necessity for daily life.

In Germany, it’s serious enough such that later this year, some car models will include active safety systems that recognize signs and alert drivers.

Scientists in the UK have sketched workable plans to encode hard data onto strands of human DNA which, instead of decaying like computers, would last three billion years or more.

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FaceWash is targeted towards soon-to-be college graduates looking for a quick way to scrub their less-than-PC activities.

The renovation of Delta’s two terminals include mounted tablets that allow passengers to order food, check e-mail, and read the news.