TECHNOLOGY

AI Is Tackling Yet Another Creative Medium: Improv Comedy

The bot has been likened to a “completely drunk comedian."

Highway Fidelity: When Cars Came With Record Players

In 1956, Chrysler introduced a record player that could be mounted under dashboards and promised that it would never skip. Common sense argued otherwise.

Baskin-Robbins Russia Debuts Self-Driving Ice Cream Truck

Forget self-driving cars—the future is self-driving dessert trucks.

This Build-Your-Own Touchscreen Computer Will Help Your Kid Learn to Code

Kano's new touchscreen kit is the more educational alternative to constant iPad usage.

Move Over Life Alert: New Apple Watch Can Tell When You Fall and Will Call For Help

It launches September 21.

Drones Rearrange This Canopy Prototype So You're Always in the Shade

One of life's minor inconveniences has been solved by technology.

This Mindfulness App Wants to Break You of Your Smartphone Addiction

Can't stay off your phone? Download Flipd.

Google Street View Cars Are Now Testing for Air Quality, Too

You'll soon find out how breathable your neighborhood is.

Hidden Library: How Science Is Virtually Unwrapping the Charred Scrolls of Herculaneum

Papyri that were sealed shut by a volcanic eruption in 79 CE are too fragile to open by hand. One computer scientist has developed the X-ray vision to read them.

You Could Get Paid $2000 to Binge-Watch 100 Hours of TV This October

Put your television-watching experience to good use.

11 Facts About the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List

For 70 years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been alerting the public to some of the most dangerous criminals in their midst.

Online Museum Is Preserving 'Endangered' Sounds for Future Generations

Because everyone should know what the click of a View-Master sounds like.

Sweden's Twitter Account Will No Longer Be Run By Its Citizens

Follow the "Curators of Sweden" while you still can.

Tesla has taken the electronic vehicle world by storm.

10 Things You May Not Know About Tesla, Inc.

Since the introduction of the Tesla Roadster in 2008, fans of performance and green technology have flocked to Tesla Motors’ electric cars. Here a few things you may not know about the pricey, innovative rides.