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Introducing the Augmented World of 2030
Augmented reality is about to add a digital intelligence layer to our every surrounding, transforming retail, manufacturing, education, tourism, real estate, and almost every...
Build a Wall? A Wild Geoengineering Idea to Save the Glaciers
The seas are rising—currently at a rate of 3.3 millimeters per year, for a total of perhaps 240 millimeters since the industrial era began....
Cellular Computers Get a Boost With CRISPR
Cancer’s impenetrable secrets partly rely on its mysterious molecular history.
As cells turn to the dark side, a whirlwind of DNA changes gradually accumulate. Like...
Silicon Is Reaching Its Limits. Up Next: Carbon Nanotubes
Silicon has powered the information age, but it’s reaching its physical limits. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hold a lot of promise as a replacement if...
Where Is Everyone? 4 Possible Explanations for the Fermi Paradox
As we go on with our everyday lives, it’s very easy to forget about the sheer size of the universe.
The Earth may seem like...
A Brief Tour Through the Wild West of Neural Interfaces
To most of us, zapping neurons with electricity to artificially “incept” memories, sensation, and movement still sounds crazy. But in some brain labs, that...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 31)
COMPUTING
A Carbon Nanotube Microprocessor Mature Enough to Say Hello
Samuel K. Moore | IEEE Spectrum
"It’s the most complex integration of carbon nanotube-based CMOS logic so...
Bargain-Hunting Robocars Could Spell the End for Downtown Parking
Imagine a scene from the near future: you get dropped off downtown by a driverless car. You slam the door and head into your...
Nuke Mars? Here Are Some (Hopefully Better) Alternatives
Scientists and science fiction writers have been toying with the idea of terraforming Mars for the better part of a century. Turning the red...
You’ll Hail Your First Flying Taxi Within a Decade
Not too long ago, the notion of flying cars was most comfortably categorized alongside fusion power—a classic tech vision that seemed forever stuck just...
Inside the Story of LightSail 2, a Solar Sail to the Stars
Right now, there’s a piece of reflective fabric about the size of a boxing ring orbiting the Earth. On the surface, it looks like...
This Giant AI Chip Is the Size of an iPad and Holds 1.2 Trillion...
People say size doesn’t matter, but when it comes to AI the makers of the largest computer chip ever beg to differ. There are...
How Much Is AI Really Moving the Needle on Health?
When it comes to health and wellness, most people have a similar goal: we want to live a healthier, longer, and happier life. Thanks...
The Internet Is a Force of Nature. It’s Our Job to Civilize It.
We’re a long way from the halcyon days of the early internet, when the promise of a decentralized digital communications network meant anyone could...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 24)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
To Power AI, This Startup Built a Really, Really Big Chip
Tom Simonite | Wired
"The silicon monster is almost 22 centimeters—roughly 9 inches—on each side, making...
The Promise of Direct Air Capture: Making Stuff Out of Thin Air
Imagine making fuel, plastics, and concrete out of “thin air." That’s the promise of direct air capture (DAC), a technology that fundamentally disrupts our...
Tech Is Fueling the Hong Kong Movement. Here’s How, and Why It’s a Huge...
Over the past two months, Hong Kong has roared into global headlines. Its seven million citizens have increasingly taken to the streets (and the...
The Time for AI Is Now. Here’s Why
You hear a lot these days about the sheer transformative power of AI.
There’s pure intelligence: DeepMind’s algorithms readily beat humans at Go and StarCraft,...
These Are the Meta-Trends Shaping the Future (at Breakneck Speed)
Life is pretty different now than it was 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago. It’s sort of exciting, and sort of scary....
Harvard’s Smart Exo-Shorts Talk to the Cloud to Help You Walk and Run
Exosuits don’t generally scream “fashionable” or “svelte.” Take the mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton that allowed a paraplegic man to kick off the World Cup back...
Singularity University’s Global Summit Kicks off Today in San Francisco
Singularity University’s (SU) annual Global Summit begins today in San Francisco, running through Wednesday, August 21. The Singularity Hub team is on the ground...
California Passed the Country’s First Law to Prevent Genetic Biohacking
Genetic engineering technologies are quickly becoming mature and cheap enough for people to start using them in their own homes. That’s got scientists and...
Inside China’s Play to Become the World’s CRISPR Superpower
In some ways, Hercules is pretty standard for the course where beagles are concerned. He likes to run around and generally looks as (borderline...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through August 17)
AUGMENTED REALITY
This Is the Computer You'll Wear on Your Face in 10 Years
Mark Sullivan | Fast Company
" foreshadow a device that many of us...
AI Is in Danger of Becoming Too Male—New Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are becoming smarter every day, beating world champions in games like Go, identifying tumors in medical scans better than human...
