Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a system that helps deaf and hearing-challenged users communicate using video chat efficiently and at low cost over 3G networks. With video chat, they can use American Sign Language, just as they do in face-to-face conversations.

The Consumer Electronics Association is incandescent with rage about a proposal that would mandate that FM radio receivers be built into cellphones, PDAs and other portable electronics.

A new chip could improve error correction in flash memory, and might also lead to more efficient spam filtering and shopping recommendations. Lyric Semiconductor, a small MIT spinoff, has created an error-correction chip that uses a technique called "probability processing" to guess the right answer or solve a problem.

Fuji has introduced a point-and-shoot 3-D digital camera that can take high-resolution 3-D photos and high-definition 3-D movies — all at a price regular compact cameras were about four years ago.

A fish-shaped musical instrument that spouts water jets users dip their fingers into is being hailed as an example of a new user interface. The instrument, called a hydraulophone, involves putting your fingers on tiny water jets and producing a soothing, organ-like music.

They are road signs for your daily rituals — the instantly recognized symbols and icons you press, click and ogle countless times a day when you interact with your computer. But how much do you know about their origins?

Reverse-engineering the human brain so we can simulate it using computers may just be two decades away, says Ray Kurzweil, artificial intelligence expert and author of the best-selling book The Singularity Is Near. It would be the first step towards creating machines that are more powerful than the human brain.

Recent moves by Apple hint at future iPhones gaining a built-in mobile payment system that could serve as the alternative to the credit card.

Wired.com tours the vacuum-powered underground trash-collection system on New York City's Roosevelt Island.

Wired’s Recommendation Engine could have you constructing a new home-theater space. It’s a matter of how badly you want that 103-inch TV.

Magnification of the Kindle and iPad screens reveals some surprising differences between the two displays.

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Don't let the name fool you. The Schiit Asgard headphone amp has very non-crappy performance ... if your ears are sharp enough.

Inventor Donald Scruggs knows that once you’re dead, you’re pretty much screwed. He also knows that once you’re 6-feet under, you’ll also be 6-feet long and a couple of feet high, taking up precious real estate. Forever.

The Motorola Droid 2 looks a lot like the original Droid, and a teardown reveals that similarities go more than skin-deep. In fact, the internal layout and most of the Droid 2’s components are nearly identical to those of the original Droid, iFixit found.

Wired staffers contemplate resorting to the black-powder– and strontium nitrate–filled Orion Flare Gun to get their co-workers' attention.

A man drives 12,238 miles across 30 states to scrawl a message that can only be viewed using Google Earth.

If you're in need of a desktop LCD that doesn't take up much real estate and has sharp graphics, consider this BenQ.

Don’t type when you can talk, says Google. The search giant has strengthened its existing voice-command feature on Android and introduced a new application called Chrome-to-Phone, for syncing with Chrome browsers.

The Social Bicycle System (SoBi) turns bike-sharing on its head, and is set to test in New York City this fall. Instead of big, central base-stations from which the bikes must be taken and returned, the SoBi puts all the tech on the bike itself. Here’s how it works.