All Responsible Tech
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iPhone and Android apps to help you do some good
How to fund a microloan, find a place to volunteer, or help UNICEF – from your iPhone or Android device while you wait.
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LinkedIn, Last.fm, now Yahoo? Don't ignore news of a password breach.
A Yahoo hack stole passwords from 400,000 user accounts. Add those to the millions snatched last month and it's easy to feel numb toward these breaches. Resist that urge. Friends and associates may pay for your inaction.
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With July 4, more – but safer – consumer fireworks
Fireworks sales have doubled since 1998, but not injuries.
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Stanford's Institute of Design: School for world changers
Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, create 'empathy driven' curricula, which push design that improves lives.
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Raspberry Pi: Rise of the $25 computer
British group Raspberry Pi aims to inspire young programmers with a computer so inexpensive that schools could hand them out to students free of charge.
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Conflict minerals: Genocide in your gadgets?
Firms try to limit conflict minerals in electronics. It's no easy task.
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Trendy threads from waste
Pratibha Syntex could lead in the next textile wave: low-waste, recycled cotton.
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How reliable is personal DNA testing?
DNA testing deliver uncertainty. Faulty interpretation and incomplete genetic research are cited in direct-to-consumer tests.
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How to recycle that old Apple iPhone or Android smartphone for cash
Resale market grows for outmoded iPhone and Android models, giving new life to old phones.
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Charities want you to text in your donation. Does it work?
Texting a donation took off after the Haiti earthquake. But some question whether the phenomenon will last.
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As Climate Change debate wages on, scientists turn to Hollywood for help
Politicians and the public question global climate change evidence, so scientists look to Hollywood and websites for a new voice. Lights, camera, science!
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Farm aid from space
Satellite data of climate activity enable remote herders to obtain drought insurance.
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Illinois earthquake: How bad is a 3.8 magnitude?
This morning's Illinois earthquake registered a 3.8 on the Richter Scale. How does that stack up against past US tremors?
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The ‘living, breathing’ economy
New views of the economic bust consider finance as a dynamic ecosystem.
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A new step forward for robots
Engineers decode human balance to build walking robots.
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Robotic exoskeletons: Suited for superhuman power
Exoskeletons – or wearable robots – strengthen soldiers and mobilize the disabled.
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Airline safety: The next generation of smart planes
New ways of handling air traffic, including 3-D infrared upfront, may cut delays and improve airline safety.
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Electric SUVs: A smaller footprint for big vehicles
Converting existing gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs into hybrid and electric vehicles gains traction.
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How to keep track of climate change
Complex data, distilled and delivered in real time, could shed light on a global issue.
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Dispute Finder: Making the call on Web ‘facts’
New software sorts out the consensus from the contentious.
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