Hard Tech

A close-up of an engine test firing, showcasing various connected hoses and cables, with the engine emitting blue flames from the nozzle, reminiscent of a powerful jet engine.

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

New VR system uses strings to provide haptic feedback

Wireality is a new device that provides haptic feedback for someone using a VR system by pulling on their fingers and wrist with a series of strings.

Kristin Houser

Transportation

First autonomous air taxi terminal to open in 2020

Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle company EHang plans to build the world’s first air taxi terminal in Hezhou, China, before the end of 2020.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Can a robot really freestyle?

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Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed the first robot capable of not only playing music, but creating it.

Doug Dais

Disaster Response

Real-time data can save lives in a disaster

Researchers are working on new algorithms that could provide emergency response managers with real-time data to save more lives.

B. David Zarley

Neuroscience

Treating depression at home with a tDCS headset

At-home tDCS headsets are helping people treat their depression without having to go to a doctor’s office.

Sarah Wells

Drugs

Could VR change how you trip on ketamine?

Virtual reality meets ketamine therapy to help treat pain, anxiety, and depression, to name a few.

Sarah Wells

Coronavirus

Hackers leak thousands of coronavirus research papers

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Potentially life-saving medical research is often hidden behind expensive paywalls, limiting access for those in the developing world. So one modern-day Robin Hood illegally downloaded and shared over 5,000 coronavirus research papers on Reddit.

Doug Dais

Public Health

Your new sex ed teacher is a chatbot

This chatbot is filling in gaps in sex education by talking with teens to answer awkward questions about topics like health, sexuality, and identity.

Teresa Carey

Prosthetics

How a paralympic swimmer helps advance AI bionic limbs

Morgan Stickney shares about her experimental Ewing amputations and training for the 2024 Paralympics.

Teresa Carey

Clean Energy

24/7 solar power is on the horizon

Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are planning new solar power tech that collects energy in outer space and laser-beams it back to Earth.

Teresa Carey

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