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05:00 am GMT - Fri, February 26, 2016
Technology Review Bacteria-Laden Mosquitoes May Be the Cheapest Way to Stop Dengue and Zika
Some Latin American cities could soon begin releasing millions of mosquitoes developed with funding from Bill Gates....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016
These technologies will solve big problems and create new opportunities....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review Should Silicon Valley Go to War?
Politicians are trying to recruit technology companies to help fight ISIS. Does it make sense?...
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
Politicians are trying to recruit technology companies to help fight ISIS. Does it make sense?...
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review DNA App Store
An online store for information about your genes will make it cheap and easy to learn more about your health risks and predispositions....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review Conversational Interfaces
Powerful speech technology from Chinas leading Internet company makes it much easier to use a smartphone....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: DNA App Store
An online store for information about your genes will make it cheap and easy to learn more about your health risks and predispositions....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Immune Engineering
Genetically engineered immune cells are saving the lives of cancer patients. That may be just the start....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review When Biology Meets Ideology
A new book reopens a notorious case of bungled science in the Soviet Union....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 23, 2016
Technology Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: Precise Gene Editing in Plants
CRISPR offers an easy, exact way to alter genes to create traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance....
07:00 am GMT - Mon, February 22, 2016
Technology Review Bring Your Feet into Virtual Reality
Tactonic is making pressure-sensing mats that can tell how you move your toes, which could make for more immersive VR exploration....
05:00 am GMT - Fri, February 19, 2016
Technology Review In First Human Test of Optogenetics, Doctors Aim to Restore Sight to the Blind
A breakthrough technology from neuroscience might allow blind people to see a monochromatic world....
05:00 am GMT - Thu, February 18, 2016
Technology Review The Missing Link of Artificial Intelligence
We dont know how to make software that learns without explicit instructionbut we need to if dreams of humanlike AI are to come true....
05:00 am GMT - Wed, February 17, 2016
Technology Review Inside the Economics of the First GM Mosquito
GM mosquitoes seem to workbut will Brazil, or anyone else, pay for them?...
05:00 am GMT - Wed, February 17, 2016
Technology Review Inside the Mosquito Factory That Could Stop Dengue and Zika
Genetically modified mosquitoes seem to stop the spread of diseasebut will Brazil, or anyone else, pay for them?...
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 16, 2016
Technology Review Technical Roadblock Might Shatter Bitcoin Dreams
A study of the system that powers Bitcoin concludes that it cannot become widely used without a major redesign....
05:00 am GMT - Mon, February 15, 2016
Technology Review Apprentice Work
What is the potential of machine art, and can it truly be described as creative or imaginative?...
05:00 am GMT - Mon, February 15, 2016
Technology Review Robot Art Raises Questions about Human Creativity
What is the potential of machine art, and can it truly be described as creative or imaginative?...
05:00 am GMT - Fri, February 12, 2016
Technology Review Review: What Its Like to Have Super Hearing Abilities
With Here earbuds from Doppler Labs, youre in control of your aural environment, and its pretty sweet....
05:00 am GMT - Thu, February 11, 2016
Technology Review China Could Have an Advanced Nuclear Reactor Next Year
Two high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors under construction in Shandong will make up the first commercial-scale plant of its type in the world....
05:00 am GMT - Thu, February 11, 2016
Technology Review China Could Have a Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactor Next Year
Two high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors under construction in Shandong will make up the first commercial-scale plant of its type in the world....
05:00 am GMT - Wed, February 10, 2016
Technology Review Why the Policy Fight over Encryption Is at an Impasse
The next U.S. government looks set to inherit the ongoing fight over whether the government should rein in encryption....
09:45 pm GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review What Obamas Cybersecurity Strategy Leaves Out
In two new executive orders, the president makes no explicit mention of fighting terror and limits his administrations privacy goals....
08:45 pm GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review Top U.S. Intelligence Official Calls Gene Editing a WMD Threat
Easy to use. Hard to control. The intelligence community now sees CRISPR as a threat to national safety....
08:20 pm GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review DARPAs New Neural Implant Has a Sneaky Way of Getting Inside Heads
Researchers implanted a stentrode to record activity in the brains of live sheep without having to cut open their skulls....
08:00 pm GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review Connect with Experts to Plan for the Risks of Interconnected Devices
While the Internet of Things (IoT) has spurred the development of innovative new monitoring technologies, hospitals, device manufacturers and other stakeholders face numerous complex challenges and ri...
05:11 pm GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review A Strong Robot Hand with a Softer Side
A robotic gripper that combines strength with delicacy could help drones hold packages or industrial robots sort objects....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 9, 2016
Technology Review Unraveling the Mysterious Function of the Microbiome
A new class of experimental therapies is emerging from the study of how the community of microrganisms in your body contributes to disease....
11:00 pm GMT - Mon, February 8, 2016
Technology Review How Visas Shape the Geopolitical Architecture of the Planet
Visa-free travel is a luxury allowed only between countries that share excellent relations. Now the first global map of this visa-free travel network reveals the underlying geopolitical landscape....
09:20 pm GMT - Mon, February 8, 2016
Technology Review Moroccos Massive Desert Solar Project Starts Up
Africa is becoming a test bed for solar power, on scales both large and small....
08:00 pm GMT - Mon, February 8, 2016
Technology Review This Uncrushable Robot Cockroach Just Wants to Rescue You
Inspired by roaches ability to squeeze into tiny spaces, this new critter is part of a rising trend of building robots that are soft and malleable....
07:44 pm GMT - Mon, February 8, 2016
Technology Review Indias Blow Against Facebook Sets Up a Grand Experiment in Net Neutrality
Regulators in India have struck down Facebooks scheme that makes it free to access only some parts of the Internet ....
05:00 am GMT - Mon, February 8, 2016
Technology Review We Have the Technology to Destroy All Zika Mosquitoes
Fear of the Zika virus could generate support for gene drives, a radical technology able to make species go extinct....
05:00 am GMT - Fri, February 5, 2016
Technology Review Intel: Chips Will Have to Sacrifice Speed Gains for Energy Savings
A major technological shift is needed in the next few years if computer chips are to keep improving....
05:00 am GMT - Thu, February 4, 2016
Technology Review Will AI-Powered Hedge Funds Outsmart the Market?
Some hedge funds boast that AI algorithms make their trading decisionsbut these systems might be more conventional than they seem....
05:00 am GMT - Wed, February 3, 2016
Technology Review New Collar Promises to Keep Athletes Brains from Sloshing During Impact
Researchers have begun human clinical trials for a device, inspired by woodpeckers, thats meant to keep the brain from moving around so much inside the skull when it gets hit....
05:00 am GMT - Tue, February 2, 2016
Technology Review Government Seeks High-Fidelity Brain-Computer Interface
A challenge by DARPA asks scientists to develop ways to record from a million neurons at a time....
05:00 am GMT - Mon, February 1, 2016
Technology Review The Step Needed to Make Virtual Reality More Real
If virtual reality is going to be truly immersive, holding a game controller could be distracting. Companies will instead try to let you control the action with your eyes, head, or fingers.Its one thi...