Hard Tech

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Ian Brooke wants to revolutionize flight as we know it

This Y Combinator-backed startup has invented a new kind of jet engine, radically more efficient and versatile than anything before it.

Ross Pomeroy

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Batteries

Solid-state batteries are finally making their way out of the lab

Solid-state batteries could soon challenge lithium-ion as the dominant tech for powering smartphones, EVs, and more.

Kristin Houser

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Employment

“Cybersecurity shortage” could reach 85 million workers by 2030

The global talent shortage could reach 85 million workers by 2030, causing approximately $8.5 trillion in unrealized annual revenue.

Michelle Meineke | Senior Writer | World Economic Forum

Computer Science

An easy-to-repair modular laptop is launching this summer

Framework has announced a new modular laptop that’s easy to repair and upgrade, which could make it last twice as long as the average laptop.

Kristin Houser

Sports

NFL hopefuls train with sensor-free athlete tracking tech

Intel’s new athlete tracking platform, 3DAT, can deliver performance insights without the use of potentially cumbersome sensors.

Kristin Houser

How to deepfake your grandparents' old photos

A new deepfake tool called Deep Nostalgia generates brief animations of faces in still photographs, breathing life into people’s old family portraits.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

This mass-produced solar car costs just $25,900

The Aptera solar car is expected to hit roads in 2021, but even if it's not the next big thing in transportation, its design elements could be.

Kristin Houser

Entertainment

Tom Cruise deepfake is the work of a pro VFX artist

The Tom Cruise deepfake featured in a series of TikToks that went viral was created by a professional VFX artist.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

A new device can use your body heat to increase battery life

Researchers have developed a low-cost wearable device that can turn body heat into energy — improving battery life for your essential devices.

Teresa Carey

History

Inside the arctic vault protecting human culture from an apocalypse

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The Arctic World Archive preserves cultural artifacts for future generations in the event of a global disaster, and it now contains 21 TB of open source code.

Doug Dais

Robotics

Soft robots could get stronger by pumping iron

Soft robots could get more muscular with a new soft gel that becomes tougher when subjected to vibration.

Teresa Carey

Urban Living

Futuristic city will be a testbed for robots & autonomous cars

Toyota has broken ground on Woven City, a futuristic city prototype where the technologies of tomorrow can be tested en masse.

Kristin Houser

Metahuman lets you create photorealistic, animated digital humans

Epic has released a new character creation tool in Unreal Engine, called MetaHuman Creator, that helps you render an almost endless selection of near-photorealistic digital people.

Teresa Carey

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