Emerging Tech
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.
Are we really only a moment away from “The Singularity,” a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
Wireless charging isn’t just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.
Battery-powered urban aircraft are well within the bounds of technological reality.
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
Technology has advanced at a blinding pace in the past 150 years. That won’t always happen.
Inspired by the group behaviors of simple animals, a team of roboticists has developed a new way for swarm robots to maneuver on land.
The trial will test whether adding graphene to recycled asphalt can prolong the road’s lifespan.
MIT scientists show how fast algorithms are improving across a broad range of examples, demonstrating their critical importance in advancing computing.
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
The holograms use ‘aerohaptics’, which creates feelings of touch with simple jets of air.
The development of the revolutionary gene-engineering tool CRISPR is a tale fit for the big screen.
The 72-meter wingspan is lined with solar panels to give the plane the power it needs to stay airborne for nearly three months.
AI tried to write music. It wasn’t exactly The Beatles.
Ever wondered what oxytocin receptor proteins sound like?
A biotech startup has received $15 million in funding to genetically recreate woolly mammoths and rewild them in Siberia.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
Engineers borrowed the maple tree’s “helicopter” to design tiny, flying microchips, which perform various tasks while in whirling free fall.
A future kitchen appliance could make it possible to 3D-print entirely new recipes and cook them with lasers.
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
Organ transplantation is in dire need of biotechnological advances. 3D bioprinting and genetic modification of pigs provide a path forward.
The power tower has superior physics but inferior economics.
Prosthetic arms can cost amputees $80,000. A startup called Unlimited Tomorrow is aiming to change that by making customized 3D-printed bionic arms for just $8,000.
Think of a combination of immersive virtual reality, an online role-playing game, and the internet.