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Impatient Futurist: Your Domestic Robot Servant Has Finally Arrived (in a Fashion)

05.21.2012 All you need is $400,000 and the patience of Job.

by David H. Freedman

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How to Achieve Near-Immortality: Wear the Right Clothes

A cobbled-together, $10,000 suit can protect you from radiation, chemicals, bullets, and pretty much any other insult of modern life—including socializing. 10.19.2011

The Bright, Hi-Tech Future of Food Preservation

Irradiating food? Pssh. Old news. Engineers are working on more effective (and cooler) techniques like super-high pressure, chemical coatings, and, yes, laser ovens. 09.02.2011

The Internet May Soon Include All of the Things Around You

As wireless nodes become cheaper and more common, our electronic networks will expand to include many of the non-electronic things you really care about: your missing pants, a new shoelace, and the city’s best produce stand.
 08.22.2011

Forget 3D Screens—We Need 3D Audio, Like in Real Life

A backward march of audio quality has left 
us listening to tinny, stripped-down MP3s. It’s time to show the kids what they are missing. 07.29.2011

Are We Finally Ready for Self-Driving Cars?

Google isn't the only company working on truly automated automobiles. Robot cars will reduce accidents, ease congestion, and keep others from interfering with my 
excellent driving—especially if we can get the bad drivers into them. 05.23.2011

Future Tech: Looking Forward to the Post-Screen Era

iPads, 3-D TVs, and other slick modern 
displays would be a lot better if they weren't hemmed in by frames and limited by solidity. 05.02.2011