Hard Tech

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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.”

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“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

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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

Wearables

“SkinKit” lets ordinary people build their own “smart tattoos”

"SkinKit" smart tattoos are wearable devices that collect data directly from users' bodies and display useful information in real time.

Sam Jarman

Computer Science

Russia tries to impose switch to Linux from Windows

The Russian government is switching from the Windows operating system to the open-source OS Linux and encouraging companies to follow suit.

Sam Jarman

Inside Dubai's startup scene

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In partnership with Dubai Future Foundation

Engineering

Startup builds “inflatable” concrete houses in just hours

Automatic Construction can erect a concrete house in less than two hours thanks to a new technique involving inflatable fabric molds.

Kristin Houser

Series| Challengers

Building a Mach-5 engine for hypersonic passenger flight

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Hermeus is building the world's fastest commercial aircraft. And we got to tour their hypersonic flight lab.

Robotics

Elon Musk demos humanoid robot, which will cost less than $20K

CEO Elon Musk unveiled two prototypes of the humanoid Tesla robot, expected to cost less than $20,000, at his company’s second annual AI Day.

Kristin Houser

Food

The key to cheaper lab-grown meat? Magnets.

A new technique for making lab-grown meat uses magnets to eliminate the need for fetal bovine serum, an expensive, controversial substance.

Kristin Houser

Robotics

Watch a robot barista create latte art

New funding will allow Seattle-based startup Artly Coffee to bring its robot barista to more US locations.

Kristin Houser

Bruce Willis sells his likeness for a deepfake ad

Retired actor Bruce Willis had a "digital twin" made so that his likeness could be inserted into a new project using deepfake tech.

Kristin Houser

This Stable Diffusion mod will turn you into a Pokémon

Stable Diffusion, an open-source text-to-image AI, has been modified to generate Pokémon-like characters from simple text prompts.

Kristin Houser

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