Emerging Tech
The 3-D Printer That Can Print Circuits Right Into Other Objects
Until now, the best uses for 3D printing have been in designing and prototyping.
Emerging Tech
The First National Drone Racing Championship Is Underway in California
A new type of competition takes to the skies.
Modernization
Google Wants to Make Your Cellphone Screen Disappear
The phones of the future might look very different.
Emerging Tech
IBM Has Built the Most Powerful Computer Chips in the World
This could be big. Er, small.
Digital Government
Soon, We’ll Be Able to Control Robot Limbs With Our Minds, Like Luke Skywalker
In 2014, a robot arm that connects into the electrical activity in muscles was approved for commercial sale by the Food and Drug Administration.
Emerging Tech
The First Small Step on Mars Won’t Be Made by Humans, But by Robots
The U.S. space agency wants to use its R5 Valkyrie robot to explore the surface of Mars.
Emerging Tech
Robots in Japan Now Have Emotions
Pepper, the “emotional robot,” sold out within a minute of going on sale.
Emerging Tech
NASA Now Has a Humanoid Robot Working Aboard the International Space Station
Astronauts are testing to see if it could be used to perform medical tasks in space, guided by doctors’ hands on Earth.
Emerging Tech
A Robot Is Going to 3-D Print a Bridge in Amsterdam
There aren’t many 3-D printers capable of doing this.
Emerging Tech
DIY Drones Are Coming: Assemble in 30 Minutes, Use it for Almost Anything You Can Imagine
If you want a drone that can hear, smell or play laser tag, you’ll have to build one yourself.
Digital Government
Microsoft Is Using Drones to Predict Disease Outbreaks
By catching mosquitoes, these drones could help scientists learn about—and react to—the way diseases become epidemics.
Emerging Tech
This Robot Bat Drone Is the Stuff of Nightmares
It’s the drone the world deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
Emerging Tech
IBM Has Been Awarded an Average of 21 Patents Per Day So Far in 2015
IBM is far and away the leader in patents in the U.S.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Tests Out Robots That Might One Day Replace Warehouse Workers
The company hosted a competition over the weekend to find out if a robot could take the jobs of any of its many employees.
Emerging Tech
Google Wants to Make Creepy Bunny Robots to Talk to Your Kids
Google’s patent application suggests it wants to build a device with cameras and audio sensors that could determine when someone is looking at it and follow voice commands to control other internet-connected devices.
Emerging Tech
Truly Autonomous Drones Are Coming, and They May Soon Deliver Packages to Your Door
Human operators of drones are prone to errors. One company is looking to make drones that are truly unmanned.
Emerging Tech
GE Has 3D-Printed a Working Jet Engine
While the consumer 3D printing industry is going through a bit of an existential crisis, industrial 3D printing is going strong.
Modernization
Amazon Drone Delivery Will Track Customers Down No Matter Where They Are
The retail giant has outlined a plan for its proposed delivery drones to get packages to you in half an hour, regardless of location.
Modernization
This Is What the Next Generation of Google Glass Could Look Like
In a patent awarded to Google today, the company outlined a curved display system for a head-mounted wearable computer.
Modernization
GoPro Is Getting Into Virtual Reality
Videos of snowboarding tricks, aerial drone footage, and perhaps even team sports, could become immersive, explorable worlds.
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