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
Censorship
The app that sniffs out censorship 
Mike Riggs
Hacking
Nico Sell on recruiting hackers for good
Nico Sell
Hacking
Nico Sell thinks hackers can be a force for good
Series| Coded
Hacking the future
Digital Detectives
Meet the digital bodyguard for investigative journalists
Mike Riggs
Computer Science
It’s time for regular Americans to think differently about cybersecurity
James Poulos
Hacking
The hackers exposing government-wide crime and corruption
Series| Coded
The people’s NSA
Hacking
What we mean when we talk about hacking
Mike Riggs
Hacking
Meet the programmer who defied the FBI
Mike Riggs