Technology(Page 9)

From our phones and smart assistants to transportation, the military, and cybersecurity—this is the latest on the technology shaping life on Earth and beyond.

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Perceptive robot dental machine working on human patient
AI

Robot dentist can prep a tooth crown in 15 minutes

By Andrew Paul

a plugged in smart phone on a table
DIY

You can (and should) stop charging your phone when it hits 80 percent

By David Nield

Close up of woman in runner's stance on track
Fitness & Exercise

Olympians in super-spike shoes could shatter records

By Andrew Paul

woman riding a sea-doo watercraft on a brown river
Technology

Sea-Doo’s newest 325-HP watercraft can outrun an alligator (and then some)

By Kristin Shaw

retro TV against plain blue wall in empty room
DIY

How long do TVs last? When and why you should replace your set.

By Nicholas Ware

ham radio hobbyist
Technology

The rich history of ham radio culture

By Kristen Haring / MIT Press Reader

Samsung OLED TV with Blade Runner on the screen in a room.
Gear

What is TV resolution? From 1080p to 8K and beyond.

By Nicholas Ware

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape
Internet

California’s billionaire utopia faces a major setback

By Andrew Paul

Soap bubble machine on top of car blowing a large bubble
Engineering

Watch 50-foot long soap bubbles fly with the ‘Endless Bubble Machine’

By Andrew Paul

TOP: A relay participant dives off the blocks in the Women’s 4 x 100m final during the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. BOTTOM: American Alex Walsh swims in Arena’s Powerskin Primo.
Science

The evolution of Olympic swimwear: From wool ‘costumes’ to tensoelastic race suits

By Laura Baisas

Historical artistic interpretation of an ouroboros. It is a dragon eating its own tail.
Technology

AI trained on AI churns out gibberish garbage

By Mack DeGeurin

a purple race track, with whit lane lines
Environment

Paris Olympics’ purple track is made with crushed mussel and clam shells

By Laura Baisas

Entertainment app on iphone 14 pro in smartphone screen close up view
DIY

How to request all the data Netflix, Spotify, and other apps have on you

By David Nield

flying drone
Technology

Ready or not, here come the police drones

By Mack DeGeurin

a digital illustration of AI
Technology

Everyone is judging AI by these tests, but experts say they’re close to meaningless

By Jon Keegan / The Markup

Ram 1500 Revolution Battery-electric Vehicle (BEV) Concept front three-quarters
Technology

Ram’s vision for a three-row pickup truck could be closer to reality than you think

By Kristin Shaw

sky blue car parked in front of dirt and grass hill
Technology

The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the EV that driving enthusiasts have been waiting for

By Bradley Iger

Conceptual illustration of a drone delivering medical supplies
Technology

Rescue from above: How drones may narrow emergency response times

By Michelle Andrews / KFF Health News

VERO four legged robot vacuuming cigarette butts
Technology

This plodding robot sucks up cigarette butts

By Andrew Paul

Plane cabin lighting simulating sunset
Aviation

Simulated sunrises and sunsets in planes may reduce jet lag

By Andrew Paul

view from airplane
Environment

Climate change is making turbulence worse

By Lauren Leffer

a person in a gas mask with 'death sand' on the screen
Technology

The sand that (almost) killed millions

By Popular Science Team

speech clouds coming out of the smartphone
DIY

How to clone your voice on your iPhone or Mac

By David Nield

photo of an iphone screen with imessage icon showing one new message
DIY

This iPhone feature will filter out spam and texts from people you don’t know

By Justin Pot

Outages have hit at least eight states this year.
Technology

The nation’s 911 system is on the brink of its own emergency

By Stephanie Armour / KFF Health News

Hundreds of thousand of athletes and visitors attending this year’s Olympics could have their movements analyzed by a real-time AI video surveillance tool.
Technology

Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics

By Mack DeGeurin

Tiny drones have can only carry very small computer processors with little computation and memory. This makes it very challenging for them to navigate by themselves, as current state-of-the-art approaches to autonomous navigation are computation- and memory intensive.
Technology

Bug brains could help drone swarms find their way home

By Mack DeGeurin

a large SUV parked in front of a colonial-style building. palm trees in the background
Technology

2024 GMC Acadia’s new engine is smaller, but more powerful 

By Kristin Shaw

stick figure camera
Technology

This camera turns people into stick figures to preserve privacy

By Mack DeGeurin

The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite on a plain white background.
Gear

The Kindle Paperwhite is the best e-reader, and it’s on sale during Amazon Prime Day

By Brandt Ranj

Screenshot from music video for Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
Deep Space

NASA beamed Missy Elliott’s ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’ to her favorite planet

By Andrew Paul

blue shield with G on it along with other security icons like a lock, cursor and gear
DIY

Google is making dark web reports free for everyone. Here’s how they work.

By David Nield

a person's hands typing on a typewriter
DIY

The 5 best writing apps that help avoid distractions

By David Nield

Joby retrofitted a prototype electric VTOL with a liquid hydrogen system that traveled 523 miles with net-zero in flight emissions.
Technology

A hydrogen-powered air taxi flew 523 miles emitting only water vapor

By Mack DeGeurin

Screenshot of model rocket vertically landing
Aviation

Teen’s model rocket sticks a SpaceX-inspired vertical landing

By Andrew Paul

a microphone in front of a laptop on a desk
DIY

How to transcribe text for free using AI

By David Nield

Picture of the field site in Amsterdam with the four research plots.
Technology

Self-cooling turf could make sweltering sports more bearable

By Mack DeGeurin

a car head rest surrounded by speakers
Technology

The 2025 Infiniti QX80 has a cool new audio feature that isolates your phone calls 

By Kristin Shaw

Boeing airplane
Technology

Boeing agrees to plead guilty to felony charge related to 737 Max crashes

By Mack DeGeurin

Knightscope’s K3 autonomous robot
Technology

This egg-shaped security robot is now roaming hospitals

By Mack DeGeurin

person driving car with screen showing thermal vision on dashboard
Technology

Three-quarters of pedestrian deaths happen after dark. This technology can help change that.

By Kristin Shaw

a robot using a computer
DIY

How to spot an AI-generated video

By David Nield

floppy disks
Technology

Japan’s government is (finally) done with floppy disks

By Tom Hawking

Brain and brain waves in epilepsy, computer illustration. This EEG (electroencephalogram) illustration shows generalized epilepsy, affecting the whole brain cortex: all the EEG traces show chaotic brain waves. Epilepsy can take many forms, and have different effects. This could illustrate both benign epilepsy (inherited childhood form that normally improves with age), and myoclonic epilepsy (form that causes muscle contractions). An EEG measures electrical activity in the brain using electrodes attached to the scalp.
Technology

100 years of EEG: How this technology transformed neuroscience

By Erika Nyhus / The Conversation

Close up of human brain neuron
AI

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

By Andrew Paul

Tesla interior
Technology

Tesla patented self-cleaning tech for its robotaxis that don’t exist yet

By Andrew Paul

robot bagger
Technology

Can grocery-bagging robots make self-checkout less of a pain?

By Mack DeGeurin

Breakdown of Antikythera mechanism
Archaeology

The world’s oldest mechanical computer used a lunar calendar to study the stars

By Andrew Paul

Ring Video Doorbell on a plain white background.
Gear

Save up to 50% on Ring doorbell cameras with this early Prime Day deal

By Brandt Ranj

an suv with its tires turned out on a dirt road
Technology

How technology ushered in a new era of all-terrain tires

By Bradley Iger

gofundme homepage
Technology

How GoFundMe perpetuates the myth that only some people deserve help

By Nora Kenworthy / MIT Press Reader

Suspended skyscraper at Three Gorges
Engineering

7 wild concepts from the 2024 Skyscraper Competition

By Andrew Paul

Reflective Cybertruck
Technology

People are buffing Cybertrucks into dangerous mirrors on wheels

By Andrew Paul

an orange convertible sports car on a rural road
Technology

The McLaren Artura Spider experience: Power up, top down

By Dan Carney

Water tank used for wave modulation system
Engineering

Sound waves power ping-pong ball through aquatic obstacle course

By Andrew Paul

a rose gold boat sits on the water at night
Technology

Maserati’s new all-electric boat is capable of 600 horsepower

By Kristin Shaw

Side by side of lab grown skin on 3D and 2D human face models
Science

Lab-grown, self-healing human skin designed to cover robot faces

By Andrew Paul

DIY Morse code translator gadget
Internet

Cool DIY gadget automatically translates Morse code

By Andrew Paul

3D printed Lego moon brick made from meteorite dust against space background
Engineering

Future lunar bases could be built with LEGO moon bricks

By Andrew Paul

wombat
Science

Inside the secret lives of wombats

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

a red sports car splashy through mud next to green hills
Technology

Getting muddy in the 2025 Aston Martin DBX707 

By Dan Carney

neurotargetting
Technology

What is neurotargeting? How a data-fueled technique threatens democracy

By Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert / MIT Press Reader

Futuristic wooden children's car with creator standing next to it.
Technology

Dad builds a fantastical and functional wooden sci-fi car for kids

By Andrew Paul

Indianapolis - Circa June 2017: Tesla Motors Local Car Dealership. Tesla designs and manufactures the Model S electric sedan III
Electric Vehicles

Dead Teslas keep locking owners out of (and inside) their cars

By Andrew Paul