Articles by Technology Review from April 2016

Siemens is testing teams of creepy-crawly 3-D-printing robots. Their descendants might make manufacturing lines far more efficient....

Twitter has been developing technology that automatically recognizes whats happening in live video, a step toward sophisticated recommendations....

Customized, printed orthopedic implants could be the future. In the meantime, the new manufacturing method is helping companies cut costs....

Customized, printed orthopedic implants could be the future. In the meantime, the new manufacturing method is helping companies cut costs....

Can China reboot its manufacturing industryand the global economyby replacing millions of workers with machines?...

Microsofts cofounder vows to change the supply side for breakthrough energy technologies by investing billions of his and his friends dollars....

This water bottle filter, made from nanofibers, can reduce water-borne diseases....

Why we still havent found a fountain of youth in our DNA....

Study of exceptionally healthy old people fails to trace their well-being to specific genes....

Study of exceptionally healthy old people fails to trace their well-being to specific genes....

Uncertainty about future regulations clouds the future of agricultural biotechnology in the U.S....

Data shows that even a short commute can change dramatically over a year. Sharing such information could help self-driving cars hit the roads sooner....

The Arizona company is betting that cadmium-telluride solar cells could leave silicon in the dust....

A new way of making these tough materials could be a key step in producing better airplane engines and long-lasting machine parts....

A new way of making these tough materials could be a key step in producing better airplane engines and long-lasting machine parts....

A new way of making these tough materials could be a key step in producing better airplane engines and long-lasting machine parts....

The best (and least annoying) chatbots will be those that recognize their limitations, and occasionally turn to humans for help....

A hero of the Egyptian revolution laments the limits of social media and hopes to improve online dialogue....

The latest data-driven political pitches target you based on your personality, not just your demographics. But does such profiling work?...

The latest data-driven campaign pitches target you based on your personality, not just your demographics. But does such profiling work?...

DARPA funded the development of a new computer chip thats hardwired to make simple mistakes but can help computers understand the world....

A genetic technology that can kill off mosquito species could eradicate malaria. But is it too risky to ever use?...

A portable assembly line for medicines offers a better way to respond to outbreaks and shortages....

A portable assembly line for medicines offers a better way to respond to outbreaks and shortages....

Images from inside an artificial neural network help explain why a technique called deep learning is enabling software to see....

How one nonprofits mailroom is making tinkering with genomes as easy as shopping at Amazon....

New layers of secrecy on smartphones might damage the criminal justice system in return for only marginal gains in our personal privacy....

Despite the allure of apps and social media, todays digital technologies are doing little to generate the kind of prosperity that previous generations enjoyed, a prominent economist argues. But that d...

A simple gaming demo makes it clear that augmented reality is a lot more fun with others....

Beth Stevens thinks she has solved a mystery behind brain disorders such as Alzheimers and schizophrenia....

Mastering Go is just the beginning for Google DeepMind, which hopes to create human-like artificial intelligence....

Mastering Go is just the beginning for Google DeepMind, which hopes to create human-like AI....