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
Series| Coded
The unhackable email service
Hacking
Watch: Trailer for our new show, Coded
Mike Riggs
Series| Coded
Coded trailer
VR
Four crazy uses for virtual reality (that aren’t video games)
Mike Riggs
Business
This week in ideas: The end of checkout lines, photoshopping your voice, and a new way to pay for a ride
Mike Riggs
AI
You should start learning about artificial intelligence. Here's how.
Mike Riggs
Bionics
This is our superhuman future
Mike Riggs
Public Health
This week in ideas: A $1 microscope, healing our divisions, Planet Earth is back
Mike Riggs
VR
This week in ideas: How VR changes our dreams, a stem cell miracle, and the shoes of the future
Mike Riggs
AI
This computer can write 2,000 snarky articles per second
Mike Riggs