Hard Tech

an analog computing chip
Computer Science
Analog computing is undergoing a resurgence
Combining smart sensors with an older technology — analog computing — could dramatically reduce their power consumption.
Kristin Houser
An older man sitting in front of a body of water with a castle in the background
Neuroscience
Spinal implant lets man with Parkinson’s walk again
An experimental spinal implant has given a French man with advanced Parkinson’s disease back his ability to walk.
Kristin Houser
a person next to a Prime Air drone
Drones
Amazon’s Prime Air is coming to a new US city
Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery service is expanding to three new cities and adding a drug-delivery option in an existing one.
Kristin Houser
Clean Energy
3D-printed “superalloy” could make power plants more efficient
Sam Jarman
a flat, clear piece of rubber in a spiral shape with thin wires running through it
Brain
This soft brain implant unfurls its arms under the skull
Kristin Houser
a closeup of a tiny LED in the middle of a microchip
Computer Science
MIT breakthrough creates world’s smallest holographic microscope
Kristin Houser
a close up of a piece of white fish on a plate with vegetables and chopsticks
Food
Startups serve “world’s first” lab-grown fish filets
Kristin Houser
an image of the back of a man's head. he is wearing a headset device. a robot dog is in the background.
Brain
Graphene sensor could let you control robots with your mind
Kristin Houser
Illustration of a brain
Brain
Our new brains: neurotechnology advances that could change everything
Allison Duettmann
a neon green circle with a black dot in the center
CRISPR
New CRISPR tool reversed blindness in mice — permanently
Kristin Houser
Big Tech
Technology over the long run: See how dramatically the world can change within a lifetime
Max Roser | Our World in Data
a gif of a fish tail with dark lines appearing under the skin
Neuroscience
Cyborg fish grow electrodes in their brains and fins
Kristin Houser
Diagram of sound waves forming an object
3D Printing
German scientists 3D print objects with “acoustic holograms”
B. David Zarley