The Future
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SpinLaunch: Company hurls satellites into space using giant, spinning machine
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.
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Cybercrime predictions for 2022: Deepfakes, cryptocurrencies, and misinformation
Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.
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A tiny new camera could soon enable X-ray movies
A recent study overviews the thinnest X-ray detector ever created.
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The Singularity: When will we all become super-humans?
Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
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One giant leap for the mini cheetah
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
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It’s time for a nuclear renaissance
A report from MIT outlines a six-point plan to usher in a new age of nuclear power.
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Hardened wood knife is three times sharper than table knife
Are hardened wood knives and nails coming to a store near you?
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Wireless charging: one day an entire room may power up all your devices
Wireless charging isn't just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.
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Airless tires: puncture-proof marvels may be on your car by 2024
Airless tires are puncture-proof and more environmentally friendly. And Michelin is aiming to get them on your car by 2024.
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Metaverse: Augmented reality inventor warns it could be far worse than social media
If used improperly, the metaverse could be more divisive than social media and an insidious threat to society and even reality itself.
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Flying cars: coming soon to your city?
Battery-powered urban aircraft are well within the bounds of technological reality.
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These AR contact lenses could help us enter the metaverse
Augmented reality (AR) contact lenses will project the digital world into our retinas, perhaps helping us navigate the metaverse.
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Swarm robotics: Legged robots connect, form centipede-like robot in new system
Inspired by the group behaviors of simple animals, a team of roboticists has developed a new way for swarm robots to maneuver on land.
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UK building road with “wonder material” graphene
The trial will test whether adding graphene to recycled asphalt can prolong the road’s lifespan.
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Algorithm improvements can beat Moore’s Law for computer performance
MIT scientists show how fast algorithms are improving across a broad range of examples, demonstrating their critical importance in advancing computing.
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Walt Disney’s radical vision for a new kind of city
In 1966, Disney announced his intention to build Epcot, an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”
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Swarm intelligence: AI inspired by honeybees can help us make better decisions
From forecasting stock prices to diagnosing disease, Swarm AI enables better group decisions.
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These 5 themes are shaping the future of work
“Superjobs” – roles that integrate human and machine skills – will require careful consideration.
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The Turing test: AI still hasn’t passed the “imitation game”
A computer that could decidedly pass Alan Turing's test would represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence.
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We created holograms you can touch – you could soon shake a virtual colleague’s hand
The holograms use 'aerohaptics', which creates feelings of touch with simple jets of air.
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You can now live forever. (Your AI-powered twin, that is.)
Mind Bank Ai is the newest entrant in an ambitious idea: using AI to create a kind of immortality.
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The U.S. Navy is building a solar plane
The 72-meter wingspan is lined with solar panels to give the plane the power it needs to stay airborne for nearly three months.
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AI music: Will a bot replace Britney Spears?
AI tried to write music. It wasn’t exactly The Beatles.
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Why we should resurrect the woolly mammoth
A biotech startup has received $15 million in funding to genetically recreate woolly mammoths and rewild them in Siberia.
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MIT’s robotic nose can detect first sign of disease
One day, this powerful tool could be in millions of smartphones.
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3D-printed, laser-cooked meat may be the future of cooking
A future kitchen appliance could make it possible to 3D-print entirely new recipes and cook them with lasers.
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New silicon chip uses universal decoding algorithm to decode any type of data
New chip eliminates the need for specific decoding hardware, boosting gaming systems, 5G networks, and more.
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The term ‘AI’ overpromises: Here’s how to make it work for humans instead
Is there actually anything deserving of the term AI?