Hard Tech

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Ian Brooke wants to revolutionize flight as we know it

This Y Combinator-backed startup has invented a new kind of jet engine, radically more efficient and versatile than anything before it.

Ross Pomeroy

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Batteries

Solid-state batteries are finally making their way out of the lab

Solid-state batteries could soon challenge lithium-ion as the dominant tech for powering smartphones, EVs, and more.

Kristin Houser

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Employment

“Cybersecurity shortage” could reach 85 million workers by 2030

The global talent shortage could reach 85 million workers by 2030, causing approximately $8.5 trillion in unrealized annual revenue.

Michelle Meineke | Senior Writer | World Economic Forum

Drones

New search and rescue drone listens for human screams

To help first responders find people during disasters, researchers are training a search and rescue drone to listen for human screams.

Kristin Houser

Disaster Response

Throwable rescue robots sent to help at collapsed building

Teledyne Flir has sent at least two of its rescue robots to help hunt for survivors in a collapsed building in Florida.

Kristin Houser

The augmented, virtual, human-machine future of surgery is here

Advancements in XR technologies are rapidly integrating into the future of surgery.

Jesse Damiani

Animals

Snails wearing smallest computer solve extinction mystery

The world’s smallest computer was used to figure out why one species of snail survived a situation that pushed more than 50 others into extinction.

Kristin Houser

Bionics

Many amputees couldn’t afford a bionic arm — until now

Indian startup Makers Hive has developed a bionic arm that’s not only 90% cheaper than most, but also more functional.

Kristin Houser

Cars

How lasers will create ‘uncrashable’ cars

Luminar is using lidar to build smarter and safer autonomous vehicles.

Jesse Damiani

Series| Ramen Profitable

A new kind of haptic wearable: GPS for the blind

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In partnership with Million Stories

A new kind of wristband is about to enter the wearable tech scene — the first haptic GPS for the blind.

Jack Berning

Agriculture

A robot could save farmers from being buried alive in grain

The Grain Weevil robot helps farmers manage stored grain, keeping them out of bins where they might lose their lives to grain entrapment.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

Major airlines preorder hundreds of flying taxis

Several major airlines have preordered Vertical Aerospace’s in-development flying taxis, suggesting the industry views eVTOLs as the future of urban mobility.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

New kind of nuclear reactor to be built at retiring coal plant

TerraPower, a nuclear power startup founded by Bill Gates, has announced plans to build a new kind of nuclear reactor at a retiring coal plant.

Kristin Houser

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