Articles by Technology Review from September 2018

What kind of robot could handle this impossible-seeming cave mission?...

Lime and other companies are gathering masses of location-based information that some cities are leveraging to improve their streets....

Facebooks VR unit revealed the new Quest headset at its conference for developers, but I couldnt try it from my couch....

Meet the man behind Alibabas gamble on emerging tech....

Boston Metal has developed technology to electrify steelmaking, and a pending funding round will kickstart a large demonstration project....

Boston Metal has developed technology to electrify steelmaking, and a pending funding round will kickstart a large demonstration project....

Boston Metal has developed technology to electrify steelmaking, and a pending funding round will kick-start a large demonstration project....

The flexible stamp can collect data that usually requires bulky, invasive equipment....

A popular anti-aging strategy keeps mice from getting senile....

A proposed state law would help bolster the security of internet-connected devices, but whats really needed is federal action....

Wireless startup WiTricity wants cars to power up without human help and feed utilities energy during peak demand....

The furniture stores design agency has dreamed up seven ways we might use autonomous vehicles if we dont actually have to focus on driving....

AI has huge potential to transform our lives, but the term itself is being abused in very worrying ways, says Zachary Lipton, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University....

Two speakers at this years EmTech MIT conference addressed voting vulnerabilities....

MIT professor Dina Katabi is building a gadget that can sit in one spot and track everything from breathing to walking, no wearables required....

Top energy scientist Daniel Schrag says we have to adapt and innovate, because were already signed up for centuries of higher global temperatures....

Cognitive science and neuroscience could inspire the next big innovations in artificial intelligence, says the head of an ambitious new MIT-led research project....

Materials scientist Gerd Ceder is overseeing a research effort to extend the capabilities of the dominant form of energy storage, using a new class of compounds....

Going mainstream could be disastrous for the currency, if traders treat it like a conventional asset....

A startup called Rigetti Computing is linking quantum computers with classical ones in a new cloud service...

Thats the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly....

Depending on solar and wind without nuclear, carbon capture, or other firm low-carbon resources would be extremely expensive, MIT researchers find....

A startup invests in a way to keep people younger, despite doubts about its science....

And one fundamental question that should underlie tomorrows Congressional testimony....

But first we need to convince companies to build nuclear plants at all....