Software that allows cellphones to collaborate could help improve the quality of data the handsets’ sensors collect

Thanks to scientists at Harvard and MIT, programmable electronic sheets can now fold themselves into a cute little boat or plane that virtually any origami aficionado could appreciate.

It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own experience and knowledge, and break bread (or [...]

(Cross-posted with the Google Enterprise Blog)From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest, and are very pleased to have Geoff Greene join us here. Geoff is the Director of IT Support Services at Brown University, and here h…

NASA’s venerable space shuttles will almost certainly keep flying into 2011, now that delays on the ground seem likely to postpone the last two flights

US will share data with other countries to prevent satellite collisions and fund research to clean up existing junk

Update July 9: We are very pleased that the government has renewed our ICP license and we look forward to continuing to provide web search and local products to our users in China.(original post)Ever since we launched Google.cn, our search engine for …

A glass-fibre sheet seamed with “shape memory” foil can fold itself up into an aeroplane or boat in 20 seconds

To hide the paths of military satellites, asteroid-spotting telescopes are being deprived of nearly a quarter of their field of view

Uncrewed planes that can operate in civilian airspace are almost here – a first step on the road to pilotless airliners