I still remember the first time I heard a commercial on the radio for a camera phone, I was driving to class. The commercial was one of those strange "reader's theater" style things, a little radio play. A female voice was talking to her friends on her cell about which shoes she should buy (yes, feminism in advertising). … » 1/23/14 8:59pm 1/23/14 8:59pm

Infinity Augmented Reality, a New-York based tech company currently working on some wacky technology stuff, has offered us a glimpse into the future. In the future, apparently, rich people will be able to don augmented reality glasses in order to accomplish a lot of cool guy things, such as playin' pool with a computer … » 12/19/13 5:15pm 12/19/13 5:15pm

Technologists insist upon the impending arrival of the singularity, a time at which human technology (particularly artificial intelligence) progresses to the point that we create a greater-than human intelligence. With this arrival of this intelligence, human civilization — and possibly even human nature itself — will… » 8/27/13 6:30pm 8/27/13 6:30pm

If there's one thing that still sucks about living in a technologically-advanced society in the year 2013, it's the fact that we're all expected to communicate with one another using long strings of words that (ugh) sometimes abide by the rules of grammar. How has technology not eliminated this inconvenience yet? I… » 6/12/13 7:15pm 6/12/13 7:15pm

These 3D printed dolls are cloned from real human heads, and all I can think of is Return to Oz. » 5/21/13 10:30pm 5/21/13 10:30pm

In one of the most unnecessary yet welcome technological innovations since the wine rack, the Kama Sutra is being adapted into a three dimensional app. The Kama Xcitra, as it is called, utilizes state-of-the-art technology to shed light on some of the illustrations contained in the 2,000 year old manuscript —… » 4/15/13 12:25pm 4/15/13 12:25pm

At least, this is what I believe will be happening. I'm not totally sure, but if the first episode with the delightful and also extremely sexually attractive Reggie Watts is any indication, then I am correct, and also: ROWR. (You can't see me but I'm doing pelvic thrusts in your direction.) (You're welcome) (I'm… » 3/19/13 9:30pm 3/19/13 9:30pm

It's not many of us who were organized enough to tape ourselves at age 12 talking to the future us, but thank goodness Jeremiah McDonald was. Now that it's 20 years later, he's having a little conversation with his past self. The results are pretty amazing, though the exchange between the two (er, one) is more… » 7/05/12 9:45pm 7/05/12 9:45pm

For most young-ish people, it's easy to be cavalier about things like saving for your eventual retirement. But what if you were forced to confront an older version of yourself in the mirror? Besides freaking out about how wrinkly and sun-spotty you've gotten, would it make you think twice about setting some money aside … » 4/12/12 4:30pm 4/12/12 4:30pm

Two scientists have developed a chemical coating for fabric that causes it to clean and deodorize itself when exposed to sunlight. This means that unless the world is too polluted to occupy in the future, we'll never have to do laundry again. Now, let's all twirl around in our dream kitchens! » 12/14/11 7:00pm 12/14/11 7:00pm

You may be aware that Conde Nast is the big publishing company responsible for most of our very most treasured women's magazines - - Vogue, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Allure, Self, W, etc. etc. — and that those very women's magazines, thanks to their huge circulations and all the companies with revolutionary new anti-aging… » 11/28/07 2:40pm 11/28/07 2:40pm