Solar-powered cell phone charging stations in New York. It’s in Fast Company

Hey disaster-preparedness geeks (or smart Boyscout types). This emergency phone runs on a single AA battery and has a standby of 15 years. It is water proof. It floats. 10 hours of talk. Impervious to heat and cold. 

Hey disaster-preparedness geeks (or smart Boyscout types). This emergency phone runs on a single AA battery and has a standby of 15 years. It is water proof. It floats. 10 hours of talk. Impervious to heat and cold. 

Robot flying bugs are here

This is a camera that captures a wide field of view with no distortion. DARPA says it is inspired by insect eyes. 

Virgin says it has the technology to produce a glass-bottomed plane. That is, er, a good idea?

(April Fools everybody).

Welcome to quantum computing“This is a revolution not unlike the early days of computing…It is a transformation in the way computers are thought about.”

The declining significance of place is associated with the rising significance of place.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter on why showing up is still so vital in the information age. 

Mushroom packaging anyone?

How the packaging of the future will be grown. (Some already is.)

Violin virtuoso Adrian Anantawan was born without a right hand. At PopTech 2012, he shares how he is using technology to help the most disabled among us to create music.