Hard Tech

Collage of a close-up human eye and abstract digital graphics symbolizing artificial vision with lines and light effects on a vibrant orange and black background.
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
Accessibility
Esight lets the legally blind see
Series| Superhuman
3D printing prosthetics for kids
Sports
Could this revolutionary football helmet protect players and save the game?
Oliver Katz
AI
Can an algorithm catch a serial killer?
Hacking
Nico Sell on recruiting hackers for good
Series| Wrong
The Y2K bug is going to bite!
Surveillance
Send messages and use apps without the internet
Surveillance
Can this robot stop violence at traffic stops?
Series| Coded
Erasing your DNA
Series| Coded
Disrupting money