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Researchers from MIT show off new gesture-based technology at the 2009 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Development) Conference. [credit: PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE, flickr.com]
Researchers from MIT show off new gesture-based technology at the 2009 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Development) Conference. [credit: PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE, flickr.com]

Gesture Based Interfaces–Bringing Technology Back to the Human Roots of Language

A Minority Report type interface may revolutionize how we interact with our iphones and free us from the keyboard for good.

By Erik Ortlip, June 11th, 2009

Sustainability Beyond the Greenwash

A new website from NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute examines this eco-friendly buzzword.

By Lindsey Konkel, May 19th, 2009

Entertaining Science… and Art

Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize winning chemist and published poet ponders the intersection of art and science–and reads one of his poems at an event at Greenwich Village’s Cornelia Street Cafe.

By Lindsey Konkel, May 4th, 2009

Sneezing For Some Means a Bit More(gasm)


By Dave Levitan, March 24th, 2009

Biologists Discover How Prehistoric Flying Reptiles Stayed Aloft


By Lindsey Konkel, February 20th, 2009

Cultivating Sun Tzu


By Jonathan Teyan, February 19th, 2009

Faking Cleverness and My Week of Nobel Laureates


By Robert Goodier, February 6th, 2009

The physical scars of emotional trauma


By Genevra Pittman, February 5th, 2009

President Obama’s First Green Step


By Dave Levitan, January 26th, 2009

NFL Roots for the Environment


By Lindsey Konkel, January 9th, 2009

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