Japan Sets New Record for Internet Speed at 319 Terabits per Second
Ever wonder why the internet, as a whole, didn’t break when Covid-19 hit?
In a matter of weeks, online habits changed dramatically. Kids went to...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 17)
COMPUTING
Tapping Into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak
Pam Belluck | The New York Times
"He has not been able to speak since 2003,...
Big Bang: How We Are Trying to ‘Listen’ to It—and the New Physics It...
Exactly what happened at the beginning of the universe, 14 billion years ago, is one of the greatest mysteries in physics; there’s no simple...
Amazon Patented a New Delivery System That Could Have Your Block Crawling With Robots
Amazon’s taking over the world. Or, at least, the US. Even as Jeff Bezos steps down as CEO and hands the reins over to...
How a Software Map of the Entire Planet Could Change the...
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“3D map data is the scaffolding of the 21st century.”
–Edward Miller, Founder, Scape Technologies, UK
Covered in cameras, sensors, and a distinctly spaceship looking...
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Watch Robots Make Pizzas From Start to Finish at an Automated Pizzeria
Four years ago in Mountain View, California, a team of robots was cranking out pizzas on a production line that was almost fully automated....
Treating the Brain Through the Stomach: Tweaking the Gut Microbiome Slowed ALS in Mice
Ask any neuroscientist 20 years ago if gut bug excrement could slow down an untreatable brain disease, and they’d brush off the idea without...
Delaying Aging Would Bring Trillions of Dollars in Economic Gains, Study Finds
People are living longer than ever, but there’s growing recognition that longer life expectancy is of little use unless we also delay the physical...
IBM’s New Chip Technology Shows Off the Next Big Step in...
Increasingly, modern life depends on how skillfully we shuttle electrons through the nanoscale mazes etched on computer chips. These processors aren’t just for laptops...
A Neuron’s Sense of Timing Encodes Information in the Human Brain
We like to think of brains as computers: A physical system that processes inputs and spits out outputs. But, obviously, what’s between your ears...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through July 10)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on Your Chip? Let AI Do It
Will Knight | Wired
"Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in...
Iceland’s 4-Day Work Week Trial Was a Smashing Success. Will It Start a New...
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea of working from home was unthinkable to a lot of people. Between time-wasting (and calorie-increasing) temptations like...
New Type of Stellar Explosion Could Explain the Mystery of the Milky Way’s Elements
Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than zinc) could be produced. These mergers involve the...
You Can Now Rent a 3D Printed House on Airbnb
3D printing has been increasingly gaining traction over the past couple years as a low-cost way to build comfortable, durable homes. The technology quickly...
