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The metaverse has the potential to be revolutionary, for both good and bad. Here is how we can maximize the former and prevent the latter.
Drones have a lot to learn from the landing abilities of birds.
SpinLaunch’s launcher, which is larger than the Statue of Liberty and works like the Olympic hammer-throw event, just came online in the New Mexico desert.
Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
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.
Are hardened wood knives and nails coming to a store near you?
Wireless charging isn’t just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.
Airless tires are puncture-proof and more environmentally friendly. And Michelin is aiming to get them on your car by 2024.
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.
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.
In 1966, Disney announced his intention to build Epcot, an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
“Superjobs” – roles that integrate human and machine skills – will require careful consideration.
The holograms use ‘aerohaptics’, which creates feelings of touch with simple jets of air.
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
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.
A biotech startup has received $15 million in funding to genetically recreate woolly mammoths and rewild them in Siberia.
Cryptocurrency “news” is dominated by enthusiasts and haters. Surely, an intellectual discussion can be had.
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
A future kitchen appliance could make it possible to 3D-print entirely new recipes and cook them with lasers.