For The First Time, Solar Will Be The Top New Source Of Energy This Year

For the first time ever utility-scale solar projects will add more new capacity to the nation’s grid than any other industry this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday.

The Top Technology Stories You'll Be Reading in 2016

For the past century, the price and performance of computing has been on an exponential curve. And as futurist Ray Kurzweil observed, once any technology becomes an information technology, its development follows the same curve, so we are seeing exponential advances in technologies such as sensors, networks, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

It's 2016, So Where Are Our Flexible Electronics?

If we've learned one thing from breathy concept designs and cheesy sci-fi movies, it's that we all deserve flexible technologies: bio-electric tattoos that measure our vitals and tablets we can roll up to shove in our pockets.

CES 2016 3D printer wrap-up: New models, new tech, new markets

3D printing was bigger than ever at CES this year, including a slew of new models from low to high end. Better yet, there were a lot more practical solutions showcased, and there is an emerging ecosystem to support organizations that need 3D printing capability.