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Akshat Rathi
Emerging Tech
China’s Electric Cars Are Government Spies
There are currently 1.4 million electric cars providing data, including real-time location.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
A Silicon Valley Startup is Giving Lithium-Ion Batteries a Much-Needed Silicon Boost
The tech needs to undergo a step change, and there are many startups currently trying to make it happen.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Why The World Is So Excited About Electric Cars
Consumer spending on electric cars is growing fast.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Uber Will Bring You Flying Taxis, if You Can Help Build a Magical Battery
The company needs to develop a battery that is lighter and has more storage capacity than anything produced so far.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
The World’s First Floating Wind Farm Could be a Game Changer for Renewable Power
If the technology becomes cheaper it will open up parts of the ocean previously considered too deep for stationary turbines.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
The Best Showcase of Nanotechnology So Far May Be This Race of Tiny Cars
Each car is a single molecule.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Physicists Have Created 'Impossible' State of Matter That Could Power Quantum Computers
Quantum computers are predicted to be faster than any supercomputer that can be built with silicon chips.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
New Genetic Tool Maps How Deadly Viruses Spread Around the World in Real Time
The real-time tracking tool maps how viruses spread, potentially identifying hot zones sooner.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
IBM Researchers Have Created an “Impossible” Molecule That Could Power Quantum Computers
The molecule in question is called triangulene
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
An Algae That Survived Two Years in Outer Space May Hold the Secret to Growing Food on Mars
Algae produce proteins and oxygen, both key ingredients for surviving once humans leave the blue planet.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
The Ambitious Plan to Send a Spacecraft in Search of Life to Nearest Habitable Planet Beyond Our Solar System
The first attempt to reach the star will likely be from billionaire Yuri Milner.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Featured eBooks
Emerging Tech
Scientists Have Invented Paper You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat and Reuse 80 Times
If left alone, the paper reverts to its original state in five days.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
Navy Is Retraining Mine-Hunting Dolphins to Help Save Elusive, Endangered Species
Everything is fair in war, even deploying dolphins.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
Newly Developed Breathalyzer Can Diagnose 17 Diseases With One Breath From Patient
The breathalyzer has an array of specially created gold nanoparticle
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
A New Device Approved by the FDA Could Radically Change the Lives of Diabetics
It’s a step closer to giving type-1 diabetes patients an artificial pancreas.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
'To Have Strong Innovation, You Need a Strong State': How Silicon Valley Gets the Future Wrong
Will we all have a Jetsons life if we just let Silicon Valley do its thing?
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Modernization
Your Wearable Device Won’t Do the Thing You Desperately Want it to Do
If weight loss is your goal, a new study shows that you may be better without one.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Modernization
Your Smartphone Performs Better in One Hand Than the Other
Is right, right?
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Emerging Tech
The Story of Philae, the Little Robot that Flew Across the Solar System to Land on a Comet
The European Space Agency's robot probe had a very long journey.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz
Digital Government
Pharma and Tech Giants Team Up to Design Devices That Can Hack Your Body’s Electrical Signals
Their target is the peripheral nervous system.
- By Akshat Rathi, Quartz