It can be amusing to think about those things we once thought so very cool, things that are rapidly fading from our lives.

You know what I’m talking about - the full-sized spare tire, 8-track tapes and programs that would convince…

I’ll admit right up front that I’m expecting to enjoy this latest incarnation of Star Trek - though, as far as I’m concerned, it’ll never compare to the Star Wars franchise. Just a personal preference.

Of course it’s always fun to…

Photo/MIT Media Lab

The researchers at the MIT Media Lab are focused on human-machine relationships and on finding new ways people can use technology to their benefit. Sometimes their projects seem like the work of some wizards.

Pattie  Maes’ “sixth sense” device set…

Imagine playing Scrabble or doing math equations with tiles that react to each other and to you. Or using the tiles to compose music. Or create a story.

Siftables were one of the coolest of several new and developing technologies shown…

Here’s an interesting story from the Washington Post about how President Obama’s team feels like it has beek kicked back into the dark ages of technology - as it moves into the White House.

Old computers, outdated software, archaic rules that…

For sports writers, it’s the Super Bowl or the World Series. For technology writers, it’s the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. That’s where I’ll be this week to report on all (or at least a lot of them) the…

Life & Tech, we call this blog. I’m supposed to write about the ways technology intersects with life.

Well, there I was Saturday at BestBuy, colliding with technology. My wife and I had decided to get a satellite radio for Christmas.…

I’ve been pursuing photography as a hobby since the early 1980s. I remember the first camera I ever owned - it was a new format (a disc camera) that was supposed to be the next big thing. Or at least…

The folks at the Pew Internet & American Life Project released the results of a new study today, showing that the growth of technology - think kids with cell phones - hasn’t necessarily hurt family life.

The study, Networked Families, found…

I’m not sure if my wife actually reads this blog. Today’s entry will give her a reason to.  One of her favorite hobbies is the garden out behind our house. She’s spent a lot of time this year plotting, planning,…