Jul 10 Watch Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Singularity Paul Solman talks with Ray Kurzweil about singularity: the melding of man and machine. Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality Paul Solman interviews inventor,author and futurist Ray Kurzweil about eternal life. Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Public Universities Grapple with Money, Technology and Mission Public Universities Grapple with Money, Technology and Mission… Continue watching
Jun 13 Verizon Wants You to Share Everything but Data Plans Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile carrier, announced they are changing up how they will bill for data services across devices. The new plan, called Share Everything, means new customers and current customers who choose to… Continue reading
May 24 Watch Man vs. Machine: Will Human Workers Become Obsolete? Part of his series on Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman has been showcasing the future of technology from a recent conference run by a California think tank -- things such as 3-D printing of prosthetic legs and iPhone… Continue watching
May 18 Watch ‘The Information Diet’: Should Americans Exercise More ‘Conscious Consumption’? 'The Information Diet': Should Americans Exercise More 'Conscious Consumption'?… Continue watching
May 16 Watch The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Researchers have shown that patients paralyzed from the neck down can move robotic arms with their minds, according to a new report in the journal Nature that documents two cases involving brain-stem stroke victims. Margaret Warner discusses the hopes for… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Paralysed Woman Moves Robot With Her Mind robotics to help paralyzed with simple tasks… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Downloadable Gun Parts, Personalized Bioterror: the Downside of Innovation Downloadable Gun Parts, Personalized Bioterror: the Downside of Innovation… Continue watching
Apr 25 Recap Live Chat: Why Aren’t There More Female Scientists, Engineers? Updated April 28 This week on the NewsHour, we examined why women lag behind in some areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (also known as STEM). Judy Woodruff also interviewed Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College on… Continue reading