Take a good look at the downward trend of this graph—it’s important. It’s the reason why you’re only getting worse at first-person shooters and why you never feel as sharp as you were yesterday. It’s the human condition. Your Mind Is Declining Starting in your 20s —not old …

Huzzah! Yet another discovery for us to add to our ever-expanding list of “awesome things that’ll never actually happen!” Ibrahim Abou Hamad and colleagues from Mississippi State University have reportedly devised a method of charging batteries that could hasten the process rather significantly, and better still, it could provide “an increase in …

Crapware’s bad enough, but having your life torn asunder simply by plugging in that shiny new (insert USB-connected device here) is an exciting new trend — viruses find their way into the darnedest places, don’t they? It seems an employee at anti-malware firm Panda Research who’d ordered a new…

The renowned MIT Media Lab is a place where every project is an amazing, unbelievable glimpse into humanity’s technological future. Now, thanks to a massive $90 million extension, the architecture can match the wondrous excitement created within. In case you haven’t had the opportunity to swing by this particular block in Cambridge, Massachusetts, here’s what…

Microsoft’s Surface has managed to carve out a small niche for itself, but there’s only so many places that a large, touchscreen installation can find a home (a yacht , for instance). Microsoft Research seems to be aware of that, and it’s apparently been hard at work on a more portable Surface…

Solar cells are cute and all , but let’s be real — these things are far too inefficient for mainstream use. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology are working hard to remedy that very issue, and they’ve recently concocted a “new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight …

Each year the World Economic Forum at Davos holds number of technology focused sessions. Last year I moderated a high profile discussion about the next digital experience . This year, Loic Le Meur is hosting a discussion on the growth of social networks. Participants include Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn, Greylock), Owen Van Natta …

CES week meant one thing: Absolute gadget overload. Here’s the best of Gizmodo’s dispatches from gadget hell, all in one place. Monday—The Pre-Pre-Pre-Show This is the day that the press starts to show up, and when the conference begins to assume its horrible shape. It’s not really CES…

Could sugary sodas power your next phone? Chinese designer Daizi Zheng thinks so. He’s created a conceptual model of a phone, for Nokia, that would run on bio battery, using enzymes to generate electricity from carbohydrates. Essentially Zheng’s conceptual phone would only need a sugary soda to operate. We don’t …

Why it’s Breakthrough: It’s a contact lens that changes colors indicating when a diabetic should make an adjustment to their ever-sensitive glucose levels – rather than drawing blood and monitoring it the old way.     Courtesy of Getty Images The Story: It’s not easy being a …