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The New Apple Watch Transforms What a “Medical Device” Can Look Like
Medical

It's not perfect, but the Apple Watch Series 4 will be the first over-the-counter heart rate monitor.

Researchers Just Got Funding to Grow a Neural Network in a Petri Dish
Artificial Intelligence

Will the computers of the future be built in factories or grown in labs like cell cultures?

The New Render of Elon Musk’s BFR Means It Might Have Some Dope Features
Off-World

Redditors spent the night zooming and enhancing, and they found some pretty interesting design features.

A New Contest Is Looking For AI That Can Fix How We Get Our News
Artificial Intelligence

Think you can solve the problems plaguing digital media? There's some money in it.

Researchers produce a new kind of transducer that could dramatically decrease the cost of ultrasound machines and bring the tech to remote locations.
Health & Medicine

It could make ultrasounds accessible in remote locations.

Behold: A Robot That Can Do Improv Comedy Just as Badly as a Human
Artificial Intelligence

Don't like improv? Wait till you see a robot try it.

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.
Virtual Reality

Edge computing essentially brings the cloud to you.

Plastics Made Without BPA Might Also Be Bad For You
Health & Medicine

This could be a moment of reckoning for the plastic industry.

You Can Now Genetically Engineer Your Own Mutant Frogs For $499
Science & Energy

A well-known biohacker wants to help you channel your inner geneticist.

Elon Musk Is Digging a Tunnel in a Residential Garage and Nobody Knows Exactly Why
Elon Musk

We've got more questions than answers.

It’s This Woman’s Job To Dream Up Hollywood’s Sci-Fi Future
Future Society

For a show about a Mars colony, Hulu hired Amy Webb to imagine what life might be like back on a future Earth.

What are the breakthroughs we can expect on our countdown to the Singularity? Peter Diamandis shares twelve of the fifty he compiled.
Future Society

The biggest tech breakthroughs predicted over the next 20 years.

The European Parliament just passed the Copyright Directive, a highly controversial piece of legislation that could end up hurting people's rights.
Future Society

We're one step closer to a link tax and a war on memes.

Glimpse: The First Original, Narrative Drama from Futurism Studios Is Here
Future Society

What would science fiction that paints the future as an exciting place to be look like?

This Tiny Robot Uses Flapping Wings to Imitate Animals’ Flight
Robotics

The bot takes cues from nature's best fliers.

Europe Wants a Global Ban on Military Killer Robots, but Not Everyone Agrees
Military

If a robot is going to kill, should a human need to give the order?

Artificial Intelligence

By 2030 the country will dominate the AI industry.

Service Robots Could Fix Up Orbiting Satellites Like Mechanics in Space
Off-World

But there's a risk they could be used as weapons to damage valuable satellites, too.

Lab-Grown Bladders Can Save People From a Lifetime of Dialysis
Prosthetics and Devices

Using a recipient's own cells prevents rejection.

A U.S. judge ruled that cryptocurrencies fall under SEC securities law. Here's how crypto investors and lawyers are taking the news.
Bitcoin

A judge decided a case should stay in court. Experts think this could give regulators an in to regulating crypto.