Technology

Technology

Video games matter. Their continued technological and artistic development is reshaping the way we satisfy our ancient need to tell stories.
mixed reality
2023 will see an "arms race" in mixed reality hardware and software. This truly will revolutionize our society.
Some analysts predict that Amazon's revenue will double over the next five years.
Million Stories
Even lifelong technologists and AI researchers like myself were genuinely surprised by the speed and impact of generative AI.
Once water gets more than about 200 feet deep, building on the sea floor is out of the question.
It’s like radar, but with light. Distributed acoustic sensing — DAS — picks up tremors from volcanoes, quaking ice and deep-sea faults, as well as traffic rumbles and whale calls.
Historical analyses reveal that crises almost always yield surprising benefits.
vanadium dioxide
Vanadium dioxide is a strange material that "remembers" information and when it was stored. This is akin to biological memory.
training videos for employees
These 10 best practices can help organizations develop high-quality and engaging training videos for employees. 
methane
Methane is a shorter-lived but more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Cleaning it up could have a quick impact on global warming.
Gamification, minimalist design, using AI to track behavior — this article dives into these and other key ways to optimize an eLearning strategy.
porn
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
lasers
Lasers are all around you. This ubiquitous technology came from our understanding of quantum physics.
grenades
Before gunpowder was introduced to the West, medieval Arabs devised grenades using crockery.
VR training
The time to begin exploring VR training is now. Here are the pros, cons, and different ways this technology can be utilized. 
cgi
Technologically, the answer is definitely no. But that doesn't mean CGI is always used to good effect.
roman roads
OmnesViae is a modern route planner based on the roads of the Roman Empire.
atom
Atomic clocks keep time accurately to within 1 second every 33 billion years. Nuclear clocks could blow them all away.
Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.
Agnieszka Pilat Boston Dynamics
The so-called "court painter of Silicon Valley" was shaped by her youth in communist Poland but looks forward to a future ruled by celebrity robots. 
Israel looks to deploy its “Iron Beam” air-defense system within the year.
nanofabricators
Nanofabricators could quickly synthesize whatever we need, molecule by molecule.