Cute, Brainless, Self-Propelled Robots Could Someday Move Around Inside Animals
The self-organized movement of the little scamps gives insight into how microbes navigate.
6 hours agoA Simple Beam of Light Could Catch Zika-Infected Mosquitoes
The diagnostic technique is way faster than most tools we have right now.
6 hours agoUnexplained “Sonic Attacks” Were Reported In China. Here’s What We Know.
Sonic attacks or insecticide?
9 hours agoGoogle’s Call-Making AI Has Some Competition From Microsoft
And Microsoft's bot is already out in the world.
12 hours agoExplosive and Comedic Electrical Education by Electroboom
Mehdi Sadaghdar runs Electroboom, a Youtube channel that shows off the fun, and occasionally dangerous sides of engineering.
15 hours agoGene-Editing Technology Is About To Affect Your Shopping Cart
Newly-engineered, increased-yield rice would be allowed under updated USDA rules.
May 22, 2018
Police Surveillance Is Getting a Helping Hand from…Amazon!
Rekognition allows police to keep track of elected officials, immigrants, and everyone else.
May 22, 2018Robots Shooting Jets Of Pesticides Could Cut Back On How Much Weedkiller We Use
The robots are more precise than most current weed-killing methods.
May 22, 2018Brain Scans Of Stressed Pilots Uncover A Big Problem With How We Do Science
Brain activity in the lab was very different from activity while in a real plane.
May 22, 2018Watch These Animal-Inspired Robots Find Their Footing
Who says bots can't be adorable?
May 22, 2018Smartphone Tech Can Help Stop Food Poisoning Before It Happens
Current testing procedures take days. This is almost instant.
May 22, 2018New Soft Robotic Skin Automatically Heals Itself, Even If You Shoot It Full Of Holes
Droplets of metallic liquid can form new circuits on the fly.
May 22, 2018Advanced Transport
Tesla Crash Shows Drivers Are Confused By “Autonomous” vs. “Autopilot”
Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get You Anywhere on Earth in An Hour
Here’s What the Tunnel Highway Under Los Angeles Is Going to Look Like
Enhanced Humans
Getting Struck By Lightning Can Make Brain Implants Stop Working
14 Smart Clothes and Accessories to Give Your Wardrobe the Tech Treatment
The First “Cell-Free” CRISPR Tech Is Here To Personalize Cancer Treatment
Future Society
A Crypto-Trading, Floating Island Nation Promises Utopia, If It Happens
The U.S. Department of Justice Clearly Knows How Creepy Cell Phone Surveillance ‘Stingrays’ Are
Finally, a Group of Workers Expected to Benefit From Automation: Women
Health & Medicine
Ebola is Back. Here’s How This Outbreak is Different.
No, Seriously, We May Finally Have a Drug to Beat the Common Cold
Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published
FedEx Wants To Track Packages On The Blockchain, So You’ll Know Exactly Who Dropped Your Stuff
According to CEO Fred Smith, it's a case of adapt or go extinct.
May 15, 2018How Finance Began 4000 Years Ago, And Why Blockchain Will Completely Change It
Could blockchain change how states and citizens interact?
May 14, 2018Futurism Employees React to Their Facebook Data Secrets
We downloaded our co-worker’s Facebook data. They’re about to learn what we found.
May 10, 2018AmeriCoin: This Idea To Tokenize the US Dollar Is Compelling And Thorny
Before we give everyone cryptocurrencies, we should give them internet access.
May 10, 2018Predators That Used To Be Threatened Are Expanding Back Into Their Old Habitats
That's good news. But it doesn’t mean we should stop protecting them.
May 10, 2018Cheap Drug Breathalyzers Are On The Way, If We Can Figure Out How To Use Them
No weed behind the wheel, y'all.
May 9, 2018Facebook Wants To Explore Blockchain Technology. Here’s What They Might Be Up To.
What's Facebook's new blockchain team cooking up? We have a few ideas.
May 9, 2018
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