Believe it or not, design can be a matter of life or death. Learn about a device based on wind-blown toys that was exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art on its way to saving lives in the designer’s native Afghanistan.
Just how happy are we with the use of technology to aid our shopping experiences in-store? Are we comfortable with virtual help in the dressing room?
Today’s consumers prefer to spend money on experiences rather than material things.
Four Irish students from a school in Co. Clare beat 4,000 other students from around the world to scoop the NASA prize at the International Space Development Conference in Puerto Rico.
Read this first-person account by a woman who worked in the Lowell, Massachusetts, textile mill in the 1830s and 1840s. She describes the role women played in society at the time and recounts one of the first strikes in U.S. history.
Early personal computer advertising needed to explain the need for such devices.
Droughts can be disastrous, but scientists have new technology to help them predict wet weather patterns and their effects around the world.
View the photo gallery and read the captions for an overview of the settlers and workers affected by the transcontinental railroad. Explore the links on the left for more information on the topic.
Researchers at MIT are looking at how data collected from individuals and groups can be used for functions such as predicting sociopolitical change or measuring the effectiveness of policies in the developing world.
In April, physicist Stephen Hawking and a Russian billionaire announced plans for mankind’s furthest-ever exploration.
