Laura Zarazua won first place in the July Tahoe Art League contest for her realistic ink wash still-life titled “Dan’s Chest.” Zarazua transformed a few simple objects into a masterpiece of pattern ...

For all the talk of smart objects, most of the stuff in our homes is remarkably dumb. Objects just sit there, inanimate and indifferent to the person using them. But just wait. According to Alex ...

People spend a lot of time and money on Halloween costumes each year. However, some of the best costumes are inexpensive creations requiring little more than imagination and a cardboard box. “A ...

A 3D-printing technique can incorporate invisible tags into objects. The process could be used to create tags with the convenience of QR codes without the unsightly appearance, as well as to turn ...

The Electronic Business XML (ebXML) standards body announced in March that it will incorporate Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) into its messaging specifications. According to Gartner, this move ...