From his vantage point as chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force, Mark Maybury had a bird’s-eye view of myriad advantages and challenges that modern technology presents...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 31, 2013
In 2006 Salman Khan logged on to YouTube and uploaded a handful of videos he had made to help his cousins with their homework. Today six million students visit...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 26, 2013
When my father was growing up, his father offered him 25 cents to memorize the complete list of U.S. presidents. "Number one, George Washington. Number two, John...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 25, 2013
In the early 2000s it was the height of geek fashion to run your own email server—then along came Gmail with two gigabytes of free storage and excellent spam filtering...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2013
The gadget blogs may work themselves into a frenzy over megapixels and processor speed. But if you want to know what really dazzles the masses, consider a feature...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | June 27, 2013
Google has stoked our collective imagination via relentless promotion of its Google Glass wearable computer in recent months.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 2, 2013
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?Scientific American From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2013
The number of smartphones, tablets and other network-connected gadgets will outnumber humans by the end of the year.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | February 19, 2013
Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has long relied on technology to help him connect with the outside world despite the degenerative motor neuron disease he has...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 18, 2013
Okay, great: we can control our phones with speech recognition and our television sets with gesture recognition.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 26, 2012
"Nothing quite like it exists yet, but we have begun building it," Henry Markram wrote in the June 2012 issue of Scientific American. He was referring to a "fantastic...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 16, 2012
Bill Foster, member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives, wants more scientists in Congress who can bring to bear an analytical mind-set to lawmaking.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2012
More than a dozen science and engineering organizations worked with ScienceDebate.org to draft 14 top science questions to ask the two main presidential candidates...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2012
Innovation, economic growth, and climate change are just a few of the challenges and opportunities that face the U.S. They are also firmly linked to science.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2012