Gift Guide: The season's weird and wacky tech gifts
Whether you're shopping for a Trekkie, a tech-savvy fisherman or a paranoid chef, gadget gifts abound this year.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 22, 2015
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News tagged with star trek
The technology in science fiction is not always what we want in the real world
Our expectations of technology in the real world are often fed by our perception of science fiction content. This is the case for children in particular.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 4, 2015
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Video: Are invisibility cloaks possible?
Have you ever wished you could hide under an invisibility cloak like Harry Potter or conceal your car with a Klingon cloaking device like in Star Trek? In a special Thursday bonus episode of Reactions, we celebrate the International ...
General Physics
Jul 23, 2015
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Review: Amazon Echo is great and will only get better
I've been playing with one of Amazon's newest gadgets, the Echo, which is part Bluetooth speaker and part Siri. I believe we're all going to have something like this in our homes in the future.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 17, 2015
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Leonard nimoy's legacy lives on in the asteroid belt
"Fascinating, Captain." If he were alive today, Leonard Nimoy, who played the half Vulcan-half human Mr. Spock in the Star Trek TV and movies series, would undoubtedly have raised an eyebrow and uttered a signature "fascinating" ...
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2015
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Tau Ceti: The next Earth? Probably not
As the search continues for Earth-size planets orbiting at just the right distance from their star, a region termed the habitable zone, the number of potentially life-supporting planets grows. In two decades we have progressed ...
Astronomy
Apr 22, 2015
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How short-term viral hits can transform a small business
Fifteen minutes of Internet fame can create long-term riches for a small business.
Business
Mar 12, 2015
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Nimoy inspired generations of sci-fi fans
For generations who've grown up on science fiction, not loving Leonard Nimoy was—as his Mr. Spock might say—highly illogical.
Other
Mar 3, 2015
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Why can't we design the perfect spacesuit?
So far, every spacesuit humans have utilized has been designed with a specific mission and purpose in mind. As of yet, there's been no universal or "perfect" spacesuit that would fit every need. For example, the US ACES "pumpkin" ...
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2015
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It's not just your TV listening in to your conversation
Be careful what you say in front of your new television, following reports that Samsung's new Smart TVs are now being programmed to listen to every word you say and send it over the internet to a third party cloud service.
Security
Feb 10, 2015
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