Innovation - Page 272

October 22, 2015

What is the 'Hyperloop'? Billionaire Elon Musk to reveal futuristic transportation idea

The fevered speculation about billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's mysterious "Hyperloop" transport system is about to come to an end.

October 22, 2015

Kickstopped: 75 percent of projects delayed on crowdfunding site

Kickstarter has a poor track record when it comes to meeting deadlines. A recent report by The Wharton School found that 75 percent of all projects are delayed. Backers expecting to receive their crowd-funded gadget on time will be sorely disappointed.

October 22, 2015

Tesla founder Elon Musk to unveil high-speed Hyperloop train next month

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed more information on his top-secret Hyperloop -- a vehicle he says will take passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a mere half hour.

October 22, 2015

Peep this: Google Glass for eyeglass wearers revealed

A special prototype version of Google Glass for eyeglass wearers was spied on the faces of at least four engineers and developers at the Google I/O conference.

October 22, 2015

Alexander Graham Bell speaks again

Thanks to Berkeley Labs and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Bell’s sound waves are back in the air, this time coming from computer speakers.

October 22, 2015

The future is now: Navy to deploy lasers on ships in 2014

The Pentagon has plans to deploy its first ever ship-mounted laser next year, a sci-fi seeming weapon capable of obliterating small boats and unmanned aerial vehicles with a blast of infrared energy.

October 22, 2015

New is old again: How to turn MP3s back into records

The Instructables website has instructions for converting today’s modern MP3 files into old-timey records.

October 22, 2015

Where's my flying car? Science's promises broken

In the early decades of the 20th century, Popular Mechanics made a few predictions of future innovations. Some resembled modern conveniences ... but many never materialized.

October 22, 2015

Barnes & Noble launches new Nook HD

Barnes & Noble is rolling out two new versions of its Nook tablet with sleek new hardware and a sharper high-definition screen.

October 21, 2015

Hands-on with the decade-old predecessor to Google Glasses

A little over a decade ago, I spent a day wandering around New York City wearing a device just like the newly announced Google Glass Project, secretly reading e-mail while buying a bottle of wine and flipping through files while pretending to listen to a friend's conversation.