Cool Stuff That's Coming

Complete working kidneys have been grown in mice using stem cells derived from human and pig fetuses. If the feat can be repeated in humans, it will allow doctors to replace damaged organs without the…

The billboard is listening. In an advertising ploy right out of Steven Spielberg’s "Minority Report," electronic billboards in the Bay Area and Sacramento are being equipped to profile commuters as they whiz by — and…

One of the technological ironies of the last five years is that as desktop and notebook computers have gotten faster and more powerful, a lot of computing has moved off them and onto Internet servers….

A start-up chipmaker focusing on image sensors for digital cameras hopes to get big by thinking small. By David Becker Special to ZDNet News Smal Camera technologies, a privately held company formed in 1999 by…

Smart devices that talk to each other without human intervention, store merchandise that rings itself up for purchase and machines that finally understand the spoken word are just some of the new technologies awaiting us…

Patients in Southwest Montana requiring neurosurgery have new treatment options available to them, thanks to two state-of-the art computer systems purchased by St. James Healthcare in Butte. These sophisticated devices are designed to provide physicians…

For most Internet users, streaming media means sound that cuts in and out and a choppy picture viewed in a window the size of a deck of cards. But for Internet2 users, it’s a different…

Besides being a show-stopping bit of mathematics, the work was big news for the Internet. Very large prime numbers are the bedrock of Internet encryption, the sort your browser uses when you are shopping online.

The world got a little smaller Tuesday after scientists reached around the globe via the Internet and touched. By Chris O’Brien Mercury News Or rather, the scientists — in London, Boston and Los Angeles —…

Fashion shows are occasions for watching gorgeous models parade across stages in one-of-a-kind items that most of us would not be caught dead wearing. By Manny Frishberg Wired.com The one presented here last night at…