Tablets
Hobby Lobby Gives Up Stolen 3,500-Year-Old ‘Gilgamesh Dream Tablet’
The rare and valuable tablet is the latest artifact that Hobby Lobby has had to forfeit due to its illegal provenance.
This Medical School in Japan Uses Facial Recognition for Attendance
Students take turns using tablets to take photos of themselves to confirm attendance.
eBay, Organized Crime, and Evangelical Christians: The Ethical Minefield of Studying Ancient Civilizations
Iraqi artifacts smuggled into the US by Hobby Lobby contain new evidence of a lost Sumerian city, and have scholars divided over whether to study the looted relics.
Ancient Artifacts Smuggled by Hobby Lobby Traced to Mysterious Sumerian City
Some of the 5,500 stolen artifacts purchased by Hobby Lobby are believed to have originated in the long-lost city of Irisagrig.
The Company That Waited Decades for the Touchscreen Revolution
How the stylus-controlled graphics tablet, most notably produced by Japanese firm Wacom, helped shape our multitouch-friendly world—even if that shaping took a little while.
One of 2017’s Most Overlooked Games, ‘Hidden Agenda,’ Hits October 24
The developers of ‘Until Dawn’ have worked up a very cool social game.
iPad Painting Keeps an Artist Creating Despite Illness
Michèle Brown's spirited and texturally complex compositions look lifted from the pages of a storybook.
Bill Belichick Continues Crusade Against Tablets, Technology in General
The New England Patriots coach sounded off on the whimsical nature of technology.
LinkNYC Discovers the Difficulty of Bringing Free Wi-Fi to City Streets
Complaints erupted over people using LinkNYC for extended periods of time, prompting something of a reset for the program.
Photos of People Taking Photos of Cherry Blossom in Stockholm
The arrival of spring in Stockholm means obsessively taking pictures of cherry blossom.
The Making of Sound + Vision: Synesthesia at The Sydney Opera House
Explore the intersection of art, music and technology at one of Australia's most iconic venues.