Tag: technology

Tuning a golf club’s signature “thwack” sound costs millions

In 2007, Nike introduced a driver called the Sumo. It was immediately…

Praveen Kumar Ganesan
16 Min Read

Buying Whole Foods could complete an Amazon ecosystem a decade in the making

Yesterday, Amazon unveiled the second generation of its Dash Wand, an Alexa-enabled home barcode scanner…

As drought looms, could this team of scientists prove cloud seeding works?

THE RESEARCHERS HAD ALREADY DONE FOUR FLIGHTS, earlier in January, before they saw…

Praveen Kumar Ganesan
21 Min Read

How to go ultralight camping

On a backpacking trip, spending the night outside takes more preparation that…

Praveen Kumar Ganesan
10 Min Read

Last week in tech: Amazon’s massive drone delivery hub may be coming to your city (in the distant future)

Summer officially started last week, so many of you were probably too…

How scientists modeled a deadly tornado with an insanely powerful computer

Supercell thunderstorms are giant tempests with powerful rotating updrafts at their cores—and one…

Wikipedia bots spent years fighting silent, tiny battles with each other

Bots waging war for years on end, silently and endlessly arguing over…

How a backyard weather station works

A wet finger will tell you which way the wind blows, but most of…

Last week in tech: iPhone turns 10, Facebook crosses 2 billion, and Nintendo teases everyone

Some of you will be spending lots of time scrolling around your…

7 apps that won’t make your kids dumber

1.BrainPOP BrainPop uses animated movies, games, and quizzes to teach children subjects…