Connectivity Finally, a Useful Application for VR: Training Employees It’s not that glamorous, but everyone from Walmart to the NFL is using it. by Rachel Metz 2017-11-22T00:00:00-05:00
Press Release MIT Technology Review Announces EmTech 2017 Conference Schedule and Speakers by David Sweeney 2017-09-08T08:52:11-04:00
Intelligent Machines AI Wants to Be Your Bro, Not Your Foe Artificial intelligence will transform just about everything, but technologists should stop fretting that it’s going to destroy the world like Skynet. by Will Knight 2016-09-01T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines A Treasure-Hunting Ocean Robot A submersible robot used to explore a 17th-century shipwreck shows how humans and machines might collaborate in other settings. by Will Knight 2016-05-03T16:33:00-04:00
Biotechnology Human-Animal Chimeras Are Gestating on U.S. Research Farms A radical new approach to generating human organs is to grow them inside pigs or sheep. by Antonio Regalado 2016-01-06T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines How Drones May Avoid Collisions by Sharing Knowledge Instead of programming drones to know what to do in every single scenario, a Stanford lab is giving them the intelligence to understand their surroundings. by Signe Brewster 2016-01-04T14:04:00-05:00
Tech Policy How to Help Self-Driving Cars Make Ethical Decisions Researchers are trying to program self-driving cars to make split-second decisions that raise real ethical questions. by Will Knight 2015-07-29T00:00:00-04:00
Sustainable Energy Designer Carbons Are Getting a Boost from Nanotechnology Manufactured materials could lead to breakthroughs in batteries, supercapacitors, and eventually carbon-capture systems. by Richard Martin 2015-06-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rewriting Life Can We Identify Every Kind of Cell in the Body? A microscopic quest to find out what we’re really made of. by Courtney Humphries 2015-05-18T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Amazon Robot Contest May Accelerate Warehouse Automation Robots will use the latest computer-vision and machine-learning algorithms to try to perform the work done by humans in vast fulfillment centers. by Will Knight 2015-03-25T00:00:00-04:00
