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Researchers from the First Light Fusion group in Oxford are planning to demonstrate fusion by mid-2019 and the creation of fusion energy by 2024.
Energy

And they just powered it on for the first time.

By Victor Tangermann

Doctors have implanted the first wireless heart pump in a patient, eliminating the need for him to be connected to a power source via a driveline.
Health & Medicine

A 24-year-old man is the first in the world to receive this type of implant.

By Kristin Houser

A team of UK scientists are building a robot called Ai-Da that can sketch and draw the way she sees the world around her.
Artificial Intelligence

Her first art pieces will go on display in a gallery in November.

By Victor Tangermann

A combination of molecules could making repairing the brain damage caused by Alzheimer's disease and other brain injuries as easy as swallowing a pill.
Brain

Repairing brain damage could one day be as simple as taking a pill.

By Kristin Houser

The FDA Is Trying to Figure out How to Regulate Smart Pills
Medical

Newly-proposed guidelines say sensor-equipped pills are devices or pharmaceuticals but not both.

By Dan Robitzski

Anonymous contractors at Apple's so-called "black site," a low-key office for Apple Maps development, described grim working conditions.
Future Society

“It was made pretty plain to us that we were at-will employees and they would fire us at any time,”

By Dan Robitzski

Dating App for Smart Fridges Matches Singles Based on Leftovers
Future Society

And, yes, it's called "refrigerdating."

By Jon Christian

Despite a plummeting cryptocurrency market, many young South Koreans are still dreaming of getting rich.
Blockchain

Maybe more than anywhere else on Earth, South Korea embraced blockchain as an element of pop culture.

By Victor Tangermann

Google is letting a select few users test out a new AR navigation feature for its Maps app, providing a glimpse of the future of navigation.
Google

"It was as if Maps had drawn my directions onto the real world, though nobody else could see them."

By Kristin Houser

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump will reportedly sign the American AI Initiative, an executive order designed to shape the future of AI in the nation.
Artificial Intelligence

A new executive order could cement the U.S.'s place as the world leader in AI. Or not.

By Kristin Houser

An AI system can scan photos of child trafficking victims in hotel rooms and determine where they were taken based on the furniture in the room.
Artificial Intelligence

"Here's what a headboard looks like if it's from this hotel."

By Dan Robitzski

Expert: AR Will Let Hackers Steal “Deep Psychological Data”
Virtual Reality

"With AR, it is incredibly scary."

By Foster Kamer

The U.S. Air Force wants to equip its fighter jets with defensive laser weapons as soon as the early 2020s.
Robots and Machines

It wants them in operation by the early 2020s.

By Victor Tangermann

Some time in the next month, Russia will briefly disconnect the nation's internet to make sure local networks could withstand a hostile takeover.
Future Society

But just as a test.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter Sunday night that he expects a round trip ticket to Mars to eventually fall below the cost of a luxury wedding.
Mars

"Excitement is guaranteed!"

By Jon Christian

Mars One, the startup that said it was going to fund a crewed mission to Mars by turning the journey into a reality television spectacle, is bankrupt.
Mars

Maybe reality TV isn't a good way to fund interplanetary travel.

By Jon Christian

The future of drug policy? A new bill in the Senate would mark a tectonic state in the United States' drug law by legalizing marijuana nationwide.
Health & Medicine

"The federal prohibition of marijuana is wrong, plain and simple."

By Jon Christian

They Asked if People Would Rather Kill a Human or a Sentient Robot
Robotics

What if it had thoughts and feelings?

By Jon Christian

The first-of-its-kind fabric which cools or insulates based on its environment.
Environment

The first-of-its-kind fabric would make a great blanket fort.

By Jacob Banas

Quantum circuits could make use of transmon devices to speed up processes and allow for more precise control.
Energy

The future is both fast and precise.

By Jacob Banas