Programmers in San Francisco and Berlin got together recently to attempt to build a system that would allow immigrants to tell their families they’ve arrived safely at their destination without anyone ...

On June 4th and 5th, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA, HP and the World Bank, through their initiative Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), will bring together thousands of people in over 18 locations ...

Homicides aren’t easy to deal with. But in a year with 40 of them — just shy of the record 48 in 2011 — Edmonton Police Service Staff Sgt. Bill Clark says the toughest ones are those that make the ...

Chris Bunnell has worked at a host of startups over the years, always drawn to the opportunity to take a clean slate and create something of value, something that solves someone’s problem, and ...

It’s time for a public service announcement! If you are one of the few people who are troubled by a PC which randomly and unwantedly wakes up in the middle of the night, or any time for that matter, I ...

Seattle voters are staring down the barrel of a big shake-up on the City Council. But does anyone believe that a new group of inevitably self-promoting individuals, each scheming against the others to ...

Peter Bierhorst’s machine is no pinnacle of design. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains inside a facility for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the photon-generating behemoth spans an ...

Traditionally, public transportation has been about using large amounts of infrustructure to move large amounts of people in large vehicles on rigid routes. The obvious problems are: * large ...

Part of the innovation that helps Nintendo Switch stand out is the implementation of the Joy-Con controllers, which combine to create a dual-stick controller but also function as solo options for ...

Game development produces a lot of code and content that's ultimately left unused, eagerly found by fans that are determined enough to uncover such secrets. One example is a 'lost' - or test - stage ...