Hard Tech

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Brain
Brain implant for “artificial vision” is still working after 2 years
A new type of brain implant technology has given a man with total blindness a kind of “artificial vision.”
Kristin Houser
Two men standing near a computer monitor, with one man wearing an EEG cap and pointing at the screen and the other looking at him
Brain
“Universal” BCI lets anyone play games with their minds
A specially trained “decoder” slashes the time it takes a brain-computer interface (BCI) to read a user’s mind.
Kristin Houser
A person holding a complex, 3d-printed metamaterial with a lattice structure
Engineering
3D-printed “metamaterial” is stronger than anything in nature
Australian scientists used an advanced 3D printing technique to create a super strong, super lightweight new “metamaterial.”
Kristin Houser
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Computer Science
Russia tries to impose switch to Linux from Windows
Sam Jarman
Dubai's startup scene
Inside Dubai's startup scene
In partnership with Dubai Future Foundation
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Engineering
Startup builds “inflatable” concrete houses in just hours 
Kristin Houser
Series| Challengers
Building a Mach-5 engine for hypersonic passenger flight
tesla robot
Robotics
Elon Musk demos humanoid robot, which will cost less than $20K
Kristin Houser
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Food
The key to cheaper lab-grown meat? Magnets. 
Kristin Houser
robot barista
Robotics
Watch a robot barista create latte art 
Kristin Houser
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AI
Bruce Willis sells his likeness for a deepfake ad 
Kristin Houser
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AI
This Stable Diffusion mod will turn you into a Pokémon 
Kristin Houser
Activism
Starlink turns on coverage over Iran to bypass censorship 
B. David Zarley