Martin Cooper was walking the streets of New York, talking on the phone. As he did, people were staring at him in wide-eyed wonder. Why, you might ask? Because it was April 3rd, 1973 and this was the first time that anyone had made a mobile phone call in public. Oh sure, they had happened in labs. But until this point, the idea of a mobile phone seemed improbable, if not impossible....

Major sporting events like the Paralympics are a breeding ground for technological innovation. Athletes, coaches, designers, engineers, and sports scientists are constantly looking for the next improvement that will give them the edge. Over the past decade,3D printinghasbecome a toolto drive improvements in sports like running and cycling and is increasingly used by paralympic athletes. The Paralympics features athletes with a diverse range of abilities, competing in a wide range of differentcategories....

The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating the tops of any trees that are unfortunate enough to neighbor testing sites. Unintended explosions are in fact so common that rocket scientists have come up with a euphemism for when it happens:rapid unscheduled disassembly, or RUD for short. Every time a rocket engine blows up, the source of the failure needs to be found so that it can be fixed....

With the emergence of new Internet technologies such as 4G and LTE, most of us might find it surprising that there are still countries that doesn’t have 3G. Sadly, Thailand is one of those countries and its development might be pushed back even further because ZTE Corporation has recently petitioned the court to halt the 3G auction. Just to backtrack a little and give you a brief background, Thailand is one of the fewremainingcountries in South East Asia without 3G, lagging behind even Cambodia and Laos....

So you’re one of the early adopters who just got a new 3D TV and by now have probably learned how to speak Na’vi after seeing Avatar 3D a million times. Well, looks like Sony is making an effort to add value to your investment by introducing 3net: a 24-hour 3D TV Network for your 3D viewing pleasure. Set to launch on DirecTV channel 107 on February 13th 8PM, the network is a joint venture of Sony, Discovery Channel and IMAX, and will feature two one-hour long original programs in 3D, China Revealed and Forgotten Planet, while a longer movie called Into The Deep 3D will debut a short time afterward....