May 16, 2018 Kentucky middle schoolers design 3D-printed device to help fight opioid crisis A group of Kentucky middle schoolers have won a prestigious award for developing an ingenious device that lets first responders to safely collect hazardous needles left behind by opioid and other drug users.
January 21, 2018 Tech Q&A: Eavesdropping Echo, flammable laptops, switching to Android and more Want to know more about Amazon Echo, the HP laptop battery recall, ransomware, web printing and switching to Android? Then read this column.
January 9, 2018 The 10 best laptops, drones, and other gadgets from CES 2017 Here are 10 of the biggest standouts at CES 2017, from a $9,000 curved screen gaming laptop to an underwater drone for “immersive” fishing.
December 14, 2017 Archaeologists reconstruct face of ancient, 1,200-year-old Peruvian queen Archaeologists have learned a great deal about “the Huarmey Queen” in the five years since they discovered the tomb El Castillo de Huarmey in Peru and found her body inside.
September 27, 2017 Duped by Photoshop: People are Bad at spotting fake photos Recently, a fake photo of a baby girl with a sparkly piercing in a dimple on her cheek went viral and incited outrage from many who assumed the photo was real.
April 21, 2017 The first Mars colony could be 3D printed from Red Planet dust A new technique could allow the first humans on Mars to 3D print everything from tools to temporary housing out of a tough rubber-like material — using only Martian dust.
February 19, 2017 Tech Q&A: Digitizing old photos Want to digitize old photos, de-spam your email and expand your screen? Then read this column.
January 12, 2017 Proposed regulation could keep 3D-printed gun blueprints offline for good Those handy digital blueprints that enable anyone to 3D print gun parts or even a weapon from scratch could be under threat thanks to a new proposal from the State Department.
January 12, 2017 Powerful 3D-printed rifle fires NATO rounds A group of gunsmiths just 3D printed a bigger, better caliber rifle.
December 28, 2016 CES 2017: What to expect The eyes of the tech world will be firmly fixed on Las Vegas when the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off next week.