Cutting Edge

Week in video: Google for small biz, online car guides

This week's video highlights feature online car guides, the inner-workings of a photo-sharing site and Google for small businesses.

September 2, 2006, 3:43 PM PDT

Scientists challenge Pluto's demotion

300 sign petition disputing new definition of "planet," plan to meet next year to come up with an alternative.

September 1, 2006, 3:40 PM PDT

Lockheed picked to build shuttle replacement

NASA names Lockheed prime contractor for development of Orion spaceship, which will make lunar missions.

September 1, 2006, 8:14 AM PDT

Your light fixtures may never be the same

roundup Companies are finding ways to use fiber optics and sunlight to brighten up your home, your office--and your grocer's freezer.

August 31, 2006, 10:00 AM PDT

Will fiber optics replace the lightbulb?

They distribute data and can separate cells from one other. But can they adequately light a room?
Photos: Fiber optics lighting the way

August 31, 2006, 4:00 AM PDT

Smart helmet points out the potholes

Ted Selker of MIT's Media Lab invents gadgets to make his life and the environment a bit smarter.
Photos: Bike helmet built for road hazards

August 30, 2006, 5:25 PM PDT

Green tech powers forward

special coverage Researchers are making great strides in energy technology, and investors are paying attention.

August 30, 2006, 12:17 PM PDT

Nobel Prize-winning physicist dies

Melvin Schwartz shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for generating a beam of wispy particles known as neutrinos.
The New York Times

August 30, 2006, 5:51 AM PDT

Let there be light, optical cables included

High Impact New company Sunlight Direct looks to commercialize a system for piping daylight into buildings through fiber optic cables.
Photos: Sunlight's system

August 30, 2006, 4:00 AM PDT