Lois Parshley
Why Facebook and Google's Concept of 'Real Names' Is Revolutionary
The primary version of identity online is a departure from what we expect in real life
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Lois Parshley
The primary version of identity online is a departure from what we expect in real life
Fanpop
The sharks were built by a legendary team overseen by mechanical effects supervisor Bob Mattey, who employed about 40 technicians
Yortw/Flickr
The facsimile machine, used to transmit documents over telephone lines, has seen little improvement since it debuted in the mid-1970s
Alexis Madrigal
For vast populations, SMS is the first readily accessible data channel, suitable not only for advertising but for governance and banking
Alexis Madrigal
An investigation into the origins of the laser-etched gravestones that put a face to the name
Alexis Madrigal
Why email is the perfect way to teach writing
Wikimedia Commons
Teams led by Richard Branson, James Cameron, and some unknown guy from Florida are all hoping to make it to the Mariana Trench
Google Patents
How a series of innovations, from that little stool to complex venting, made an American favorite easier to deliver and better to eat
Jan Tik/Flickr
Air conditioning hasn't just cooled our rooms -- it's changed where we live, what our houses look like, and what we do on a hot summer night
Wired.com
Chat transcripts with Adrian Lamo give us new insight into the making of Manning's conscience
Wikimedia Commons
Text-based adventures were written as much as they were designed, employing tantalizing adjectives to create a sense of the world
Creative Commons
At a time when traditional new organizations are struggling to reinvent themselves in a new world, the century-old library is emerging as a digital leader.
Creative Commons
Over the last century, IBM has created a number of important electronic advancements, including the first commercial hard disk drive
Creative Commons
Colin Hughes' programming website, Project Euler, provides a plan for how to learn anything in fun, discrete steps
Alexis Madrigal
A unique government effort is trying to understand how we use words
Creative Commons
Figuring that I have nothing to hide or steal, I've always chosen convenience over privacy and security. Not anymore.
Wikimedia Commons
T. C. Boyle, lover of a good writing machine and never a longhand writer, reflects on the technology of his craft
Al Reinert
The incredible story behind an image we've all seen hundreds of times, possibly the most reproduced photograph in history
BrightSource
Solar farms in the Mojave shows how green tech can center environmentalism
Smithsonian
Everybody, it seems, has tried to build a better mousetrap: more than 4,400 patents in dozens of subclasses have been awarded
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
