February 2012: The Future of Fun
Features Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown? Last May, a massive tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri. Was it chance, or a...
Features
Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?
Last May, a massive tornado leveled Joplin, Missouri. Was it chance, or a warning of things to come? by Seth Fletcher
The Future of Fun
Game of Life
Will keeping score of absolutely everything make you a better person? An experiment in self-improvement by Matthew Shaer
Gravity Has Always Been a Major Part of My Life
An oral history of extreme sports by Paul Kvinta
Engineering the Ultimate Toy
What six inventors would build–if money, safety and the laws of physics were no object
Zero-Gravity Roller Coaster
A $50-million plan to make riders weightless, for eight long seconds by Ben Austen
State of Play
The world’s most amazing playgrounds by Geoff Manaugh
What’s New
- The Goods: February 2012’s Hottest Gadgets
- Robotics Kit Makes Building Robots as Easy as Stacking Blocks
- Siri’s Capabilities Go Way Beyond the Phone
- Everything Necessary for a House-Shaking, Multi-Room Stereo System
- The Seventh-Generation Porsche 911 is Lighter, Faster and More Efficient
- Big Batteries Give Electric Yard Tools the Power to Compete with Gas-Guzzlers
Headlines
- How Disposable, Networked Satellites Will Democratize Space
- The Best Way to Unbuild a Dam
- Growing Snow to Help Predict Avalanches
- Making the Blackest of Black Materials
- How D-Dalus Flies Like Nothing Else
- Should Scientists Be Held Legally Responsible for Their Results?
How 2.0
- You Built What?! A Drivable, Augmented-Reality OutRun Arcade Cabinet
- Gray Matter: The Highly Hazardous Toys of the Past
- Do-It-Yourself Projects That Deliver Hours of Play
- How to Get Yesterday’s Games on Today’s Mobile Devices
FYI
- FYI: Do Animals Dream?
- FYI: Will Listening to Mozart Really Make Me Smarter?
- FYI: How Long Is the Longest-Running Lab Experiment?
- FYI: What Is the Oldest Toy in the World?
Megapixels
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