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• CES 2014: Audi Shows Off a Compact Brain for Self-Driving Cars

  A book-sized computer capable of driving a car could help the technology reach the mass market.

  Carmaker Audi showed off a book-sized circuit board capable of driving a car on Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Audi claims the computer, called zFAS, represents a significant advance in automation technology because it is compact enough to fit into existing vehicles without compromising design.

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• CES 2014: Intel’s 3-D Camera Heads to Laptops and Tablets

  Controlled with gestures, these depth-sensing devices will appear in the second half of 2014.

  A combined 2-D and 3-D camera from Intel will be built into laptops and tablets from a range of manufacturers, the company announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday. The camera allows a device to be controlled with arm, hand, and finger gestures, and is also intended to allow software to capture and understand the world around it, including people’s facial expressions.

• CES 2014: Eye-Tracking Game Controller for PCs Launching This Summer

  Accessory promises gamers more realistic interactions with virtual characters.

  A new game controller announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday could let PC gamers control the action with their eyes. The device, which is slated for release this summer, will likely mark the debut of eye tracking for a video-gaming product. Similar technology is typically used for psychological research or user experience testing.

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• How GPS Can Keep Track of Earthquakes and Flooding

  Data synthesis and sensor coverage make for better monitoring of natural disasters.

  We usually think of GPS as a way to find out where we are and how to get where we’re going. But over the past couple of years, researchers have discovered that GPS, when combined with sensors such as accelerometers and barometers, can be an important tool for evaluating and possibly predicting earthquakes and flash floods.

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• Nanomaterials Could Enable Large, Flexible Touch Screens

  3M’s new silver nanowire films could lead to large, interactive, and ultimately flexible displays.

  3M will begin selling flexible transparent conductive films made of silver nanowires for use in touch screens. These nanomaterials could enable wider adoption of large touch screens for interactive signs, displays, and personal computers. And the flexible films may come to be used in future foldable, curvy personal electronics, too.

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• Nanoparticle That Mimics Red Blood Cell Shows Promise as Vaccine for Bacterial Infections

  A novel vaccine design could lead to new weapons against often deadly bacterial infections.

  A nanoparticle wrapped in material taken from the membranes of red blood cells could become the basis for vaccines against a range of infectious bacteria, including MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), an infection that kills tens of thousands of people every year.

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• OK, Glass, Find a Killer App

  Developers hope apps that improve upon their smartphone versions will help Google’s head-worn computer catch on.

  When Google first introduced Glass over a year and a half ago, one question loomed: what kind of apps could make it worth wearing a head-mounted computer everywhere you go?

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• 2013: The Best Long Reads of the Year

  Advanced technologies are affecting everything from our sense of privacy and free speech to the types of jobs that are available to the foods that we eat. In our best features this year, we got into these highly controversial topics.

  By The Editors

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• 2013: The Best Business Stories of the Year

  A bubble formed around social media in 2013. But other companies, nations, and ordinary people struggled to find advantage in technological change.

  By Antonio Regalado

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• 2013: The Best Energy Stories of the Year

  Tesla’s profitable cars, cheap LEDs, half-price nuclear, and cheaper carbon capture are highlights of this year’s progress in clean energy.

  By Kevin Bullis

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• 2013: The Year in Internet Stories

  Fitness bands, watches, smoke detectors: what will be put online next?

  By Rachel Metz

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