How to Deploy Tech Solutions to the World’s Greatest Challenges at Scale
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door,” argued Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th century US lecturer, philosopher,...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through June 8)
ROBOTICS
Inside the Amazon Warehouse Where Humans and Machines Become One
Matt Simon | Wired
"Seen from above, the scale of the system is dizzying. My robot,...
This Lab-Grown Patch Could Repair Your Heart After a Heart Attack
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US for both men and women. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
5 Blockchain Breakthroughs Coming in the Next 5 Years
In almost every industry you can think of, blockchain is poised to cut out middlemen, dramatically improve transparency, and multiply the efficiency of countless...
The Futuristic Tech Disrupting Real Estate and Construction
In the wake of the housing market collapse of 2008, one entrepreneur decided to dive right into the failing real estate industry. But this...
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
We live in challenging times. Geopolitical turmoil, local and national social unrest, cycles of deadly natural disasters, cyber hacks, rising distrust of media and...
New Findings From the Human Microbiome Project
What if the solution to our health problems is already inside our bodies?
The human body is replete with billions of microbugs thriving on our...
DARPA’s New Project Is Investing Millions in Brain-Machine Interface Tech
When Elon Musk and DARPA both hop aboard the cyborg hypetrain, you know brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are about to achieve the impossible.
BMIs, already the...
Revolt on the Horizon? How Young People Really Feel About Digital Technology
As digital technologies facilitate the growth of both new and incumbent organizations, we have started to see the darker sides of the digital economy...
A Closer Look at the Robots Helping Us Explore Space
Buck Rogers had Twiki. Luke Skywalker palled around with C-3PO and R2-D2. And astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) now have their own...
These $10 Sensor-Packed Gloves Could Give Robots a Sense of Touch
Machines are mastering vision and language, but one sense they're lagging behind on is touch. Now researchers have created a sensor-laden glove for just...
Popular
