It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The US Food and Drug Administration made headlines when it approved the plant-based “Impossible Burger,” which...
Ever since the appearance of the power loader in the sci-fi classic Aliens, the idea that powered exoskeletons could let workers carry superhuman weights...
Throughout history, we have used tools—hammers, canes, paintbrushes—as natural extensions of our bodies. These tools seem to disappear into our hands. But today’s electronic...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
God Is in the Machine
Carl Miller | The Times Literary Supplement
"Algorithms have changed, from Really Simple to Ridiculously Complicated. They are capable of...
“Where did solar energy get its start?” Ramez Naam asked in a presentation at Singularity University’s Global Summit. Naam, a computer scientist and award-winning...
People have no idea how fast the world is changing.
So said Peter Diamandis to the audience at Singularity University’s Global Summit, taking place this...
Singularity University’s (SU) third annual Global Summit begins today in San Francisco, running through Wednesday, August 22. The Singularity Hub team will be there...
FUTURE
What the Year 2050 Has in Store for Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari | Wired
"Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions, all our old stories are crumbling and...
Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) are now valued at a combined $1 trillion USD.
Alibaba and Tencent alone now account for almost one-third of the MSCI China...
Chris Pirie is the general manager of worldwide learning at Microsoft, focused on creating a digital, flexible, and scalable learning agenda that meets the...
A fleet of autonomous, AI-powered submarines is headed into hotly-contested Asian waterways. The vehicles will belong to the Chinese armed forces, and their mission...
The possibility that quantum computing could turbocharge machine learning is one of the most tantalizing applications for the emerging technology. But an 18-year-old student...
MIXED REALITY
I Tried Magic Leap and Saw a Flawed Glimpse of Mixed Reality's Amazing Potential
Adi Robertson | The Verge
"Whether or not it’s cooler than...
Much to the chagrin of summer party planners, weather is a notoriously chaotic system. Small changes in precipitation, temperature, humidity, wind speed or direction,...
Being able to grow new organs from a patient's own cells could revolutionize both the safety and availability of transplants. Scientists have now overcome...
Since graphene was first isolated in 2004, a Nobel Prize-winning feat that sparked a whole new exciting field of materials science research, 2D materials...
TECHNOLOGY
Apple Is Worth One Trillion Dollars
Ian Bogost | The Atlantic
"Tech magnates crow too often about 'changing the world,' but this is what it really...
