Hard Tech

A close-up of an engine test firing, showcasing various connected hoses and cables, with the engine emitting blue flames from the nozzle, reminiscent of a powerful jet engine.

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

Surveillance

New tech can see through walls and ID people by the way they walk

A California-based lab is using gait recognition and radio frequency to create a surveillance system that can see behind walls.

B. David Zarley

Series| Uprising

Nick Bostrom on superintelligence and the future of AI

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Beyond the brains of even the most intelligent human beings lies artificial superintelligence, which could pose serious threats to the human race. Nick Bostrom is attempting to fathom the unfathomable so we can be ready.

Music

This electronic musician is transforming the soundscape of hospitals

Trained as a classical pianist, ambient artist Yoko Sen is on a mission to redesign medical devices' beeps and buzzes and save us from alarm fatigue.

Teresa Carey

Series| Uprising

“Collaborative” robots are taking our jobs, but it might be a good thing

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An ever-increasing number of robots in the workplace may force us to change our perception of the sort of work we deem worthy of human minds and hands. Instead of stealing our jobs, think of robots as taking on the duties nobody really wants, anyway.

Robotics

Robots for autism teach human emotion

Meet the classroom assistant of the future, a robot for autism therapy that’s teaching special needs students about empathy and emotions.

Teresa Carey

Series| Uprising

Meet your future caretaker: BUDDY the companion robot

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Meet BUDDY, an advanced robot designed with an expressive face and gentle voice. With human-like emotions and different moods, BUDDY has the ability to care for the elderly and his human companions.

Series| Uprising

These search and rescue robots could save your life

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These robots can lift heavy objects, crawl through rugged terrain, and climb challenging structures to save lives. But search and rescue robots won’t be rendering human first responders obsolete anytime soon. They’re designed to assist and protect them from unnecessary harm.

Series| Uprising

Fear not, the robots are already here

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From the "cobots" that could steal your job to the cuter, emotional robots already living in our homes, this series provides an in-depth look at what’s to come in the not-too-distant future of robotic technology.

An octocopter drone can be equiped with tools such as a nail gun.

Drones

This nail gun wielding drone looks terrifying, but could save lives

According to OSHA, one in five workplace deaths in 2017 were in construction. Can nail gun drones help save lives?

B. David Zarley

Robotics

Robotic birth simulator saves lives in the delivery room

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Meet the group of medical professionals that’s delivering babies from robots to prepare for real-life emergencies in the hospital room.

Jess Dais

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