Self-tracking: the people turning their bodies into medical labs
As well as helping to track finances and organise social lives, smartphones are encouraging some people to monitor their health and wellbeing. Tim Lewis reports
This column will change your life: information overload
If you're inundated by email, will pause buttons or boomerangs really help hold back the tide, asks Oliver Burkeman
Bodyform’s bloodless snark attack
Arwa Mahdawi: The sanitary pad brand's response to a Facebook comment is funny, but it remains within the conventions it's satirising
How technology is helping people with speech impairments to talk
New technology is allowing people such as Alan Martin, who has cerebral palsy, the chance to communicate properly for the first time
Can tablet screens disrupt sleep?
Research suggests exposure to the light from display screens increases the risk of sleep disorders. But is this possible?
Could exoskeletons help disabled people to be more active?
New advances in 'Iron Man'-style suits could one day transform the lives of wheelchair users. And that might only be the start …
Dear digital diary – lifelogging in the internet age
From sleeping and eating to exercise and travel, technology now allows us to track and analyse every detail of our lives. But how can it help us improve them?
The man living alone in the woods to escape Wi-Fi and mobile phones
Phil Inkley has fled civilisation to escape electromagnetic fields, which he believes make him ill. Laura Page meets him
So Marissa Mayer will be skipping maternity leave – how very American
We might not agree with the pregnant Mayer's decision to work right on through, but her appointment as chief executive of Yahoo is still fantastic news
Guns don’t kill people, video game players do
Martin Robbins: Desperate attempts to link video games to violence make me far more angry than the games themselves ever did