Quantum clocks and e-pistols: The ultra-precise timekeeping of the Tokyo Games
In the Olympics, a single microsecond can mean the difference between winning and losing a race, so timekeeping systems need to be outrageously accurate.
This cockroach-inspired rescue bot could save your life one day
Despite being the size of a cockroach, UC Berkeley's clever new rescue robot could help save humans buried in rubble. Here's a look at how it works.
The most infamous failures in tech history, immortalized as desk toys
Thanks to the mischievous NYC-based art collective MSCHF, you can now purchase small-scale replicas of some of Silicon Valley's most egregious failures
Part Terminator, part Tremors: This robotic worm can swim through sand
Remember the "Graboid" worm monsters from Tremors? Well, thanks to some brilliant engineering, there's now a robotic version that can burrow through sand.
Here’s what a trend-analyzing A.I. thinks will be the next big thing in tech
The "technology intelligence engine" uses A.I. to sift through hundreds of millions of documents online, then uses all that information to spot trends.
Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams
Rather than relying on expensive and unreliable thermal cameras, this new search and rescue drone uses an array of microphones to zero in on cries for help.
Who needs headphones? Holoplot can beam audio directly to your ears from afar
Thanks to a technique known as beamforming, it's possible to selectively deliver personalized audio directly to a single listener -- and only that listener.
The future of automation: Robots are coming, but they won’t take your job
The emergence of automated robots will likely not be the job killer for humans that many people fear.
Read the eerily beautiful ‘synthetic scripture’ of an A.I. that thinks it’s God
Travis DeShazo fed an A.I. algorithm all of the world's major religious texts, and then trained it to spit out biblical-sounding synthetic scripture.
Forget drone taxis. This startup is building a 40-seat drone bus
There are dozens of startups out there racing to develop drone taxis for passenger air travel, but Kelekona says they aren't thinking big enough
Beyond wearable tech: This injectable chip tracks health from inside your body
Tracking health with wrist-worn wearable devices is relatively common, but soon you might be able to do so via a chip implant.
This startup wants to deepfake clone your voice and sell it to the highest bidder
Veritone has the ability to clone your voice using deepfake technology, and it says the potential uses of the tech are virtually endless.
The future of A.I.: 4 big things to watch for in the next few years
Artificial intelligence has progressed in leaps and bounds over the past decade. What's in store for the next one? Here are four things to keep an eye on.
Google shows off its amazing new Quantum A.I. Campus
At Google I/O, the company announced its new Quantum A.I. Campus, a Santa Barbara, California, facility which will advance Google’s considerable quantum ambitions.
Google’s LaMDA is a smart language A.I. for better understanding conversation
At Google I/O, the search giant showed off its new A.I. language model that could make dialogue with machines more natural.
Roving surveillance bots are coming to our cities. Luckily, they’re here to help
By equipping sidewalk-roving delivery bots with additional sensors, urban planners are hoping to capture useful data on the health of their cities
Algorithmic architecture: Should we let A.I. design buildings for us?
For most of human history, architecture has been a human activity. Now, we can do it with algorithms. But should we?
The utopian future is here: Google can deliver Girl Scout Cookies via drone
The pandemic has made it much more difficult for Girl Scouts to sell their famous cookies in person -- so Google brought in some drones to help