Emerging Tech
Recent controversies bode ill for the effort to detect life on other planets by analyzing the gases in their atmospheres.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
Hang on to something — or ride the wave — because three big tech trends are about to converge.
Reusable rockets, moon landers, civilian astronauts, and more.
The best autonomous car may be one you don’t even need to own.
“The promise of the Human Genome Project has finally arrived.”
Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.
The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.
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The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.
Astro Mechanica’s “turboelectric” jet engines offer a way to transform both commercial flights and space launches.
A simple plate of vegetables has found the gaping blindspots in generative AI, and points the way to fixing them.
Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality.
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Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.
How technology could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
These startups, space agencies, and aerospace giants are building humanity’s next off-world homes.
Benjamin Oakes — CEO of buzz-worthy biotech company Scribe Therapeutics — joins Big Think for a chat about innovation, human endeavor, and more.
When AI eats its own product, it gets sick.
Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them.
There is one obstacle that reliably blocks innovative ideas: how we fund science.
His $1 million ARC Prize competition is designed to put us on the right path.
More accurate uncertainty estimates could help users decide about how and when to use machine-learning models in the real world.
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
Hindsight can cloud our predictive abilities but big data can de-mist forecasting — now AI is sharpening that focus.
AI researcher and author Ken Stanley wonders how our rear-view perspective on success fits into a serendipitous mode of innovation.