Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology

The Golden Gate Bridge is shown in a halftone style, with its left side tinted red and right side tinted blue, against a light background with hills.
Tech leaders may have backed Trump in 2024, but the majority of the community still leans left -- and has a big opportunity ahead.
Book cover of "The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything" by James Barrat, featuring a robot hand symbolizing AI, holding Earth against a white background.
The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.
A bright green book cover titled "Me, my Customer & AI: The New Rules of Entrepreneurship" by Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne, featuring bold white and black text, explores topics like headless agents in modern business.
In the post-AI startup landscape, the role of the entrepreneur will evolve from operator to orchestrator. Are you ready?
Book cover with a gray textured background, featuring the title "DE KAI RAISING AI" and the subtitle "An essential guide to raising AI and parenting our future," all in white capital letters.
In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.
Hexagonal map showing Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa in varying shades of green and gray, with clusters of red and purple indicating specific regions.
"Gyroscope-on-a-chip" technology could soon enable us to navigate over long distances without GPS.
Two scientists in lab coats and gloves examine a small transparent plate with colorful dots, held by tweezers, in a laboratory setting.
It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?
A close-up view of a computer graphics card featuring an array of components, including capacitors, resistors, and a central processing chip, all mounted on a black circuit board.
Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
Close-up view of a translucent, flatfish-like biohybrid organism with a thin body and short, spiky fins suspended in clear liquid against a plain background.
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
A hand holding tweezers grips a small black square against a blue background with concentric white circles.
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
Black smart glasses with clear lenses are displayed against a green and yellow gradient background with a grid pattern.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
A person holding a complex metallic lattice structure in focus, with a blurred individual in the background.
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
A digital artwork combining elements of a cityscape, printed circuit boards, and binary code, rendered in yellow and black tones.
"Stargate" could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
Illustration of a woman with cybernetic enhancements playing video games with her mind, surrounded by various futuristic interface elements.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
A laser beam is coming out of a large dome.
Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
A person holding a small key in their hand.
The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.
Two pictures of a drone flying in the sky with a laser.
The futuristic weapon could be ready for the battlefield in 5 years.
A man sitting in a chair in front of a tv.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
tiny particle accelerator
The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.
A man exploring quantum computing in a room with red lights.
Nature may not allow us full access to the weirdness of quantum mechanics.
superconductor quantum levitation
Is LK-99 truly a room temperature superconductor? These 4 tests, none of which have yet been passed, will separate fact from fiction.
a drone flying over a forest with trees in the background.
The $300,000 Model A is a true flying car — it can be driven on roads as well as flown in the air. And it's one step closer to your garage.
space elevator
But it's still challenging to build a 22,000-mile elevator.
a group of rocks with blue light coming from them.
Lost in a building or underwater? A new muon-based navigation system could be your guide.
a group of people taking pictures of a projector.
One of Apple's key innovations serves as a psychological breakthrough, as its technology eliminates the isolating feel of headset use.
a drawing of lightning striking over a mountain.
Laser-guided lightning isn't the only manmade way to create lightning.
"It can truly allow you to see the physical world in ways that were not possible before."
apple watch
The Apple Watch could soon take the pain out of monitoring blood sugar levels.
fastest shoes
They cost $1,400 and will make you feel like you’re always on a moving sidewalk.
Jetoptera's VTOL
One of Jetoptera's VTOLs is expected to reach speeds of around 614 mph, about as fast as a commercial jet airliner.
Laser-guided lightning systems could someday offer much greater protection than lightning rods.