Japan has been developing robots to care for older people for over two decades, with public and private investment accelerating markedly in the 2010s. By 2018,...
But they are also snapshots of the times we live in. Last year I wrote that I would be pleased if we did not need to...
Chip companies such as Intel and Arm have long kept their blueprints proprietary. Customers would buy off-the-shelf chips, which may have had capabilities irrelevant to their...
Battery recycling Recycling is vital to prevent today’s growing mountains of discarded batteries from ending up in landfills, and it could also provide a badly needed...
Cabled systems are the most reliable, but they are difficult to maintain and cover a limited operational area. And wireless internet doesn’t work well in water,...
The approach could be a boon for both energy generation and crop production. Less direct sunlight helps keep plants cooler during the day, allowing them to...
From the MIT Technology Review art team, here are some of our very favorite illustrations of the year: Space is all yours—for a hefty priceARIEL DAVIS The feud...
The impact of these technologies could be measured in the number of people affected. More than a billion people in China are now being exposed to...
People have always been fascinated with the question of human longevity. In this 1954 piece for Technology Review, James A. Tobey, author of more than a...
The solution, as Weinstein sees it, is to build floating turbines. Offshore wind power is following a progression that oil and gas companies charted with drilling rigs:...
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