technology

The truth is a messy business, but an information revolution is coming. Danny Hillis and Peter Hopkins discuss knowledge, fake news and disruption at NeueHouse in Manhattan.

The tech giants seem to be all in on blockchain.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies recently unveiled the Quintero One, a hyperloop passenger capsule that can travel at a top speed of about 760 mph.

Modern life hinges on satellite connectivity. President of Kraus Aerospace Fatema Hamdani explains how the science of perpetual flight is unfolding, and how to defend satellites and drones from enemy fire.

Easter eggs have been hidden in video games since Atari’s Adventure; now Google search has hidden an entire adventure game.

Twenty years ago, Nintendo asked America to try to catch ’em all. We still haven’t (legitimately) captured a Mew.

Going up?

Some say the proliferation of sex robots could lead to less demand for prostitution, but not all agree.

There’s still a lot even doctors don’t know about it.

Quarantines are worth the trouble to keep the next pandemic at bay but they need to be applied intelligently.

Many of our greatest fears stem from uncertainty about the future, and technology has made the future very uncertain indeed.

You are leaking data, and absorbing it, says Yale historian Timothy Snyder. But for whose benefit?

Ready your Schrödinger’s Cat Jokes.

How does Alzheimer’s disease work?

The world’s largest e-commerce company has proposed some really interesting upgrades.

South Korean officials say with confidence that this will be the safest Olympics on record.

Bret Weinstein says that we’re at the end of a massive technological and geographic boom, and that we should prepare for the next step in our societal evolution. Yet the future may not be optimistic for all. A cultural backlash to change, he says, is inevitable.

Get ready for images projected in mid-air to start appearing in the next few years. 

A new study highlights how blockchain technology can be a game-changer in education.

Nissan is developing technology that controls the car by reading the driver’s brain waves.

Imagine reading by plant light, and glow-in-the-dark trees instead of street lamps. That’s on the horizon thanks to these engineers.

History shows us why we can’t trust centralized power. So what can we trust?

A team of researchers reverses the arrow of time in quantum experiments.

Soon, the line that divides the living from the dead might not be so clear.

Forty percent of Americans sleep less than seven hours per night, and that’s a problem.

One researcher called it “the ultimate in the miniaturization of machinery.”  

The most revelatory answers in life come from complex, diverse populations. Technology can open our eyes to what we’re missing and destroy our subconscious biases in one fell swoop.

A paper argues that the younger generation is no better at technology and multitasking than older people. 

Northwestern University researchers discover the unexpected origins of half the atoms in our bodies.

We used to use technology. Now technology uses us. Silicon Valley ethicist Tristan Harris explains how the attention economy hijacked our self-worth for profit.