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This section honors the most innovative technological innovations, ranging from robots and drones to ground-breaking devices. It keeps readers motivated by the limitless possibilities of human creativity by showcasing future ideas and visionary concepts that push the envelope of what is possible.

Less than half of mobile employees are “more productive” in the office

Less than half of mobile employees are “more productive” in the office

The thing that most people fear when they have mobile employees is the productivity level. As humans, the common belief...

Verizon Strike: 45,000 union workers take battle to the streets

Verizon Strike: 45,000 union workers take battle to the streets

Verizon customers who have land line phones, internet, and FiOS television services will be affected by the strike of 45,000...

Street Fighter stop motion: Ryu vs Ken as you’ve never seen before

Street Fighter stop motion: Ryu vs Ken as you’ve never seen before

There have been many renditions of fights between Street Fighter primary characters Ken and Ryu. Cartoons, CGI, even real-life movies...

Nissan to add QR window stickers to new cars‎

Nissan to add QR window stickers to new cars‎

Nissan has become the first automaker to use Quick Response (QR) codes on individual vehicle window stickers across its entire...

The cost of being an early adopter

The cost of being an early adopter

Having the latest shiny new gadget is something that many people strive for. They are the ones who are willing...

iPhone 5 to land in October, not September

iPhone 5 to land in October, not September

With all of the rumors and false sightings, we were starting to believe there was more myth and legend to...

How things would change if every roof had solar panels

How things would change if every roof had solar panels

Solar power has long been perceived as the answer to many of our energy woes. It is relatively efficient, extremely...

3D Printer makes working tools with moving parts

3D Printer makes working tools with moving parts

We're not quite to the point where we can push a button and say, "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." Then again,...

Neil deGrasse Tyson pleads for the future of NASA

Neil deGrasse Tyson pleads for the future of NASA

"The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be...

Losing a phone is challenging

Losing a phone is challenging

For most things, when we lose them, we lose them. Depending on the value, we either replace it or put...

More brilliant Apple marketing: appealing to iPad and Mac owners for the iPhone

More brilliant Apple marketing: appealing to iPad and Mac owners for the iPhone

As if they didn't do a great job already of marketing each individual product they put out, Apple has stepped...

Yet another iPad rumor: HD

Yet another iPad rumor: HD

While rumors of an iPad 3 coming out later this year bouncing between yes, no, maybe, and we don't know,...

The ever-expanding world of mobile device payments

The ever-expanding world of mobile device payments

The last few months has seen mobile device payments skyrocket. As consumers move in droves to smartphones and companies create...

Games, weather, and social media top mobile app downloads

Games, weather, and social media top mobile app downloads

Our mobile devices have many uses to us, well beyond the talk and text functionality of the past. Millions of...

Augmented Grocery Shopping: How a Korean grocer moved virtual shopping to the subway

Augmented Grocery Shopping: How a Korean grocer moved virtual shopping to the subway

It's the kind of experiment that seems like it was hatched for a satirical spoof video, but the results were...

South Korean schools to be paper-free by 2015

South Korean schools to be paper-free by 2015

There are two potential winners in South Korea's recent announcement that they would be moving to a completely-digital curriculum model...

For all of those games that you didn’t finish on the NES

For all of those games that you didn’t finish on the NES

Have you ever been tempted to pull out the old Nintendo Entertainment System from the attic just to finish that...

GPS tech turns on a light for the blind

GPS tech turns on a light for the blind

The visually impaired don't get a lot of help when it comes to next-gen tech to help them better live...

Phone phishing. It’s the new funky.

Phone phishing. It’s the new funky.

With nearly 70% of the US adult population accessing the internet via their mobile devices, it has become a strong...

App use surpasses web browsing

App use surpasses web browsing

For the first time, we're spending more time in mobile applications than surfing the web via desktop or mobile browsers,...