Thinking Tech

Archive: 08-2012

• Disabled Chinese farmer builds his own bionic arms

  After losing his arms in a bomb explosion, Sun Jifa pieced together a pair of functioning limbs using scrap metal.

  August 22, 2012, 5:13 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen

• 3 things we still don’t know about U.S. broadband

  The FCC reports that 19 million Americans lack access to broadband. But even with that data, there’s still a lot we don’t know.

  August 22, 2012, 3:15 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey

• Ride of the future? Start-up shows off new ‘hoverbike’

  The test video of a Star-Wars inspired personal aircraft may mean that the technology is on its way to becoming a reality.

  August 21, 2012, 4:00 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen

• U.S. Army designing nasal spray to suppress suicide

  Nasal spray may soon do more than fight hay fever.

  August 20, 2012, 10:43 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson

• Your body double is an iPad on a Segway

  It’s not warm and fuzzy, but the new Double Robotics iPad on wheels can act as your telepresence virtual body.

  August 20, 2012, 5:41 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey

• Live every week like it’s shark week with new tracking robots

  Solar-powered surfing robots will track Great Whites in the Pacific Ocean and transmit data back to shore.

  August 19, 2012, 7:44 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson

• For $600,000, you can live in a glass house

  Ever get that feeling you’re being watched? Well, if you’re spending the night in one of Carlo Santambrogio’s specially-designed houses, you better get used to it.

  August 17, 2012, 4:01 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen

• HDMI stick turns your dumb screen into a smart TV

  The IMJ Corporation introduces MGS, an HDMI Wi-Fi stick that promises to turn almost any television with an HDMI port into a smart TV.

  August 16, 2012, 3:03 AM PDT | By Mari Silbey

• Do photos show the lost pyramids of Egypt?

  Using Google Earth, an amateur archaeologist believes she has discovered a mysterious ancient site.

  August 16, 2012, 1:00 AM PDT | By Tuan C. Nguyen

• 6th Circuit rules that tracking cell data requires no warrant

  Got location data on your phone? You’re fair game.

  August 15, 2012, 11:16 AM PDT | By Jenny Wilson