Technology

A medical device dubbed the Smart Hip is aimed at cutting down on hip surgeries while generating bone tissue via a few capsules sensors and actuators with a dash of Bluetooth.

March 19, 2010 4:56am | By Larry Dignan

Pound-for-pound, silk is tougher than steel. But scientists are still unraveling the answers behind what makes the luxurious fabric so strong.

7 | March 19, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

European researchers have created a three-dimensional invisibility cloak that made gold disappear.

9 | March 18, 2010 1:40pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Smart hips; snail-inspired aircraft covering; "no mix" toilets; nasal spray for brain damage; condoms you "turn on."

March 18, 2010 1:30pm | By Andrew Nusca

Web-based application gets top honors for improving grape vineyard yields with a minimum of waste.

2 | March 18, 2010 5:31am | By Heather Clancy

Call it the final frontier: the semiconductor industry has finally figured out how to embed silicon chips inside living cells.

7 | March 18, 2010 5:23am | By Andrew Nusca

Forget the space race; the new arms race is over high-speed trains. China plans to build a high-speed rail network that connects Beijing to Vietnam, India, Europe and Russia.

10 | March 18, 2010 4:00am | By Andrew Nusca

At age 18, Erika DeBenedictis has created a software navigation system that would let spacecraft find the fastest and most fuel-efficient transit routes through the solar system.

2 | March 18, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Dotcom turns 25. We use the Internet daily, but it wasn't always so. Trends show companies that use the Internet are profitable. Unfortunately, cyber crimes are up.

1 | March 17, 2010 9:13pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Could the iPad actually fail? Or will it be greeted as a data liberator, its march through the market a cakewalk? Don't knock that statue of Bill Gates off his pedestal just yet. Here are six...

7 | March 17, 2010 1:01pm | By Dana Blankenhorn

Americans could save a collective $120 billion if they ditched fluorescent and incandescent lights for those using light-emitting diode, or LED, technology, according to a new report.

12 | March 17, 2010 11:53am | By Andrew Nusca

General Electric said it is "doubling down" its efforts to accomplish its goal of transforming every home into net-zero energy by 2015.

4 | March 17, 2010 6:30am | By Andrew Nusca

Intel's Lorie Wigle says the company known best for its computer microprocessors is actually a top five player in the smart grid.

March 17, 2010 6:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Do erratic laptop touchpads drive you as crazy and they do me? Why can't PC makers design reliable laptop touchpads?

39 | March 17, 2010 5:59am | By John Dodge

General Motors, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Southern California have cooked up next-generation windshield technology that will integrate sensors, cameras and images to enhance...

March 17, 2010 5:46am | By Larry Dignan

Azure Dynamics made headlines when Ford announced the upcoming release of its Transit Connect vehicle. Headed up by CEO Scott Harrison, Azure produced the pure electric technology behind the new...

2 | March 17, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Solar power in residential areas is growing somewhat, but has hardly become the norm in the U.S. Why has residential solar power in Europe gained momentum relative to the U.S.?

8 | March 17, 2010 2:57am | By Larry Dignan

A government project hopes to install wind, solar and small hydro projects in some of the country's most toxic places. A windmill in every Superfund site?

3 | March 16, 2010 1:50pm | By Melissa Mahony

Sometimes, being in the dark is a good thing.

March 16, 2010 12:54pm | By Heather Clancy

One commentator explains why 'decades if business-IT acrimony' came to a head during the recent economic slowdown.

March 16, 2010 9:51am | By Joe McKendrick