Ideas
An Internet of Vehicles That's Both Connected and Private
Cooperative route planning and anonymity don't have to be mutually exclusive.
Neuroscientists Are Fed Up With the Brain Training Industry
Becoming smarter doesn't take some expensive thing purchased from the internet.
Not-So-Dark Matter May Explain the Milky Way's Missing Galactic Neighbors
If dark matter could interact with light just a little bit, we'd be able to solve one of cosmology's big mysteries.
2014 Festival Of Dangerous Ideas
This year the Festival Of Dangerous Ideas will again challenge us to rethink our place in the world. These stories were selected because they do the same thing.
Alex Wiley is a Rap Adventurer in the Video for Adderall Anthem "Ideas"
This video is just the right amount of surreal for the Chicago rapper's imaginative music.
The NSA Director Asked Hackers for Advice, But Left a Lot Unanswered
Got advice for the NSA? Send it to ideas@nsa.gov.
A Vine Guide to Communicating Like a Spy
Why worry about the next form of communication to be compromised when you could take it all offline, like a spy?
Did Loblaws Screw YoPro or Did YoPro Screw Themselves?
One viral video about frozen yogurt is turning Canada against the Loblaws grocery chain, but not everything adds up.
Happy Birthday, Stock Ticker: You Made Buying and Selling Inhuman
Right now in the space of a few clicks, I as just some jerkoff with a checking account and poor judgement, could purchase shares in the likelihood that the US or Israel will attack Iran before the end of the year on InTrade. After another cup of coffee...
How to Eliminate Airplane Boarding Lines: Use Math
There's nothing like the airport to remind us that, despite college degrees, fancy shoes, or six-figure incomes, we need to be handled like cattle in order for the system to flow smoothly. We queue to get your ticket, wait patiently in security lines...
Forget Nukes, Maybe We Can Block Asteroids with Paintballs
Remember that time Bruce Willis and the American rock 'n roll band Aerosmith saved planet Earth by blowing up an asteroid in an act of ultimate human sacrifice? Turns out they were pretty stupid and, instead of nukes, they could have just launched a...