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4 Webby Award-Winners in 1996

The Internet in the '90s was full of drop shadows and Times New Roman text. Read More »

Could Paint Particles Help Cool The Planet?

Could titanium dioxide – mankind’s most commonly used pigment – be the answer to climate change?

Move Over, DNA, and Meet the More Durable XNA

Future synthetic lifeforms could use XNA, not DNA, as the basis for their genetic code.

Where's My Personal Spaceship?

Forget a bicycle built for two, what people really want is a spaceship built for one.

Where's My Brain-Computer Interface?

New brain-computer interfaces have come so far that jacking into the Matrix doesn't seem like science fiction anymore.

Inventions Ahead of Their Time: The Hair Dryer

It took decades of research to get past those burnt ends.

Where's My Food Replicator?

Cuppa Earl Grey? Three course steak dinner? The food replicator makes it all.

Inventions Ahead of Their Time: The Helicopter

The helicopter needed 450 years for technology to catch up with imagination.

Inventions Ahead of Their Time: The Paper Shredder

Long before Watergate made them popular, paper shredders searched for office acceptance.

Where's My Lunar Colony?

Just because technology allows humans to survive on the Moon doesn't mean they can live there.
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