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A Robot That Sews Could Take the Sweat Out of Sweatshops
A big part of the garment-making process is still done by hand. Now some clothing makers hope to end that.
Tesla’s Next Broken Promise
Automakers from Shanghai to Detroit have responded to Tesla’s remarkable success by accelerating their own electric vehicle ambitions. Now Tesla is promising to upend large-scale car manufacturing, but it faces tough competition.
Drone Security Guard Scolds Intruders from the Sky
An unarmed, unmanned aircraft that shines bright lights and broadcasts warning messages is intended to be cheaper than human guards.
17 and Going Blind: The High Stakes of Getting into a Gene Therapy Trial
For patients with some inherited diseases, a chance to test an experimental treatment can offer the only hope.
Will the Next iPhone Be Ceramic?
If it is ceramic, be extra careful not to drop it.
What’s Behind Google’s Secretive Ad-Blocking Policy?
The decision to stop carrying certain types of online ads prompts questions.
Google Plays Gatekeeper with Advertisers
The decision to stop carrying certain types of online ads prompts questions.
VR’s Big Surprise: 3-D Worlds Have Little Appeal
More people care about movies and TV shows than immersive 3-D games.
What’s Popular in Virtual Reality’s 3-D World? Netflix and TV.
More people care about movies and shows than immersive 3-D games.
Customer Service Bots Are Getting Better at Detecting Your Agitation
A virtual assistant that can tell you’re frustrated can slow down and help you out.
Uber’s Pittsburgh Project Is a Crucial Test for Self-Driving Cars
The technology is being rapidly commercialized, though safety issues have yet to be settled.
Self-Driving Cars Can Learn a Lot by Playing Grand Theft Auto
Hyper-realistic computer games may offer an efficient way to teach AI algorithms about the real world.
Microsoft’s Top Lawyer Becomes a Civil Rights Crusader
The No. 2 executive at Microsoft is fighting the U.S. government in a series of cases that will shape online privacy—and the cloud business.
How to Make a Smartphone Detect Anemia
The sensors and computers in ordinary smartphones are being used for low-cost, portable medical sensing and diagnosis.
The Do-Not-Call List Has a Gaping Hole
Illegal robocalls that try to scam you out of money are flourishing. Can the phone companies figure out how to stop them?
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.
What Robots Can Learn from Babies
Machines must be able to predict how objects in the real world will behave.
Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries
Startups with novel chemistries tend to falter before they reach full production.
Now You Can Finally Use Your Drone to Make Money
New U.S. regulations will open the floodgates to drone-related businesses and services.
The Unintended Consequence of Congress’s Ban on Designer Babies
The testing of new therapies to prevent a debilitating mitochondrial genetic disease in babies has hit a dead end.
Innovator Under 35: Ronaldo Tenório
A mobile app gives deaf people a sign-language interpreter they can take anywhere.
Innovator Under 35: Meron Gribetz
An augmented-reality dreamer tries to turn his vision into a business.
Innovator Under 35: Ari Roisman
Why the future of communication could be on your wrist.
Innovator Under 35: Sergey Levine
He teaches robots to watch and learn from their own successes.
Innovator Under 35: Yihui Zhang
Pop-up nanostructures make it far easier to fabricate very tiny shapes.
Innovator Under 35: Ehsan Hoque
If you want to be the life of the party, practice by talking to a machine first.
Innovator Under 35: Alex Hegyi
A new type of camera could let smartphones find counterfeit drugs or spot the ripest peach.
Innovator Under 35: Nora Ayanian
To build better machines, a roboticist goes far outside her field for guidance.
Innovator Under 35: Jean Yang
Why don’t computers keep our personal data secure by default?
Innovator Under 35: Kevin Esvelt
A scientist who is developing new gene-editing techniques also warns of their potential.
Innovators Under 35: Pioneers
Pushing the edge of science, these innovators are creating new approaches to tackling technology challenges.
Innovators Under 35: Inventors
These innovators are building the stuff of the future, from a smart sweatband to tomorrow’s memory technology.
Innovators Under 35
Our 16th annual list of young innovators highlights a mix of inventors, pioneers, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, and visionaries who are poised to be leaders in their fields.
Manufacturing Dopamine in the Brain with Gene Therapy
A novel solution for Parkinson’s patients who find their treatments wearing off.
How Your Next Car Could Help Make Itself Obsolete
Driving cars on the road might be the best way to create maps for tomorrow’s autonomous ones.
Fetal Cells Offer Promise in Prenatal Testing
A scientist says a blood test that can discern a fetus’s entire genome is coming.
Commuter Rail Workers in Boston Are About to Get Bionic Eyes
Smart glasses for field mechanics will use augmented reality to improve train efficiency and reduce costs.
The Next Must-Have Smartphone Feature
Google’s new location-sensing system will make augmented reality far more useful.
Life as an Entrepreneur in a Violent Mexico
The Mexican market offers great opportunity for mobile technologies, but it comes with risk.
Will Embryonic Stem Cells Ever Cure Anything?
Inside the long, costly effort to cure diabetes with stem cells.
The Painkillers That Could End the Opioid Crisis
Researchers may soon vanquish our pain without causing addiction and other devastating side effects.
Augmented Reality Could Speed Up Construction Projects
Builders are experimenting with Microsoft’s HoloLens to visualize projects and avoid expensive mistakes.
How a Digital Technology Might Speed Up Construction Projects
Builders are experimenting with Microsoft’s HoloLens to visualize projects and avoid expensive mistakes.
AI’s Language Problem
Machines that truly understand language would be incredibly useful. But we don’t know how to build them.
Can We Help the Losers in Climate Change?
The demise of the coal industry should start a discussion of how we will respond to the economic upheaval caused by global warming.
In Texas Oil Country, Wind Is Straining the Grid
A new $8 billion electricity transmission system is now complete, but it’s already nearing maximum capacity.
How to Give Fake Hands Real Feeling
In Zhenan Bao’s lab at Stanford, researchers are ­inventing materials for touch-sensitive prosthetics.
How Public Shame Might Force a Revolution in Computer Security
New incentives could make corporations work harder to keep our data safe.
The HR Person at Your Next Job May Actually Be a Bot
Chatbots are being prepped to take over many administrative tasks.
Fail-Safe Nuclear Power
Cheaper and cleaner nuclear plants could finally become reality—but not in the United States, where the technology was invented more than 50 years ago.
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