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Smartphone data from drivers could help spot when bridges need urgent repairs

Maintaining bridges is expensive. There are 600,000 of them in the US, and the organizations that own and maintain them can easily pay $50,000 for sensor equipment alone, with further costs incurred... Read more »

Alexa, show me the future of voice computing

Bobby Murphy speaking at EmTech MIT 2022 “AR is a key component of our ability to drive engagement and enable people to do some fun and really exciting things,” he says. “It’s... Read more »

How to enhance the human body

“It’s true there’s a lot of potential privacy risks in the way AR is used,” he adds. “We look to always put a time limit and an expiration date on data and... Read more »

What’s next for augmented reality?

09.45 As a society, we need a project, says McCourt. He wants to know where the innovation is, and where we can find the space for discussions regardless of politics, backgrounds, race... Read more »

The Download: updates from our flagship EmTech event, and cleaning up the grid

Which technologies are creating new opportunities for our planet, our bodies and our businesses? That question was at the forefront of yesterday’s EmTech 2022—MIT Technology Review’s annual conference that brings together global... Read more »

What the future holds for humanity and machines

Come back to this page for rolling updates throughout the day as we kick off the final day of EmTech 2022, MIT Technology Review’s flagship event on emerging technology and global trends.... Read more »

How new versions of solar, wind, and batteries could help the grid

Wind turbines can be installed on land, or to stay out of the way, offshore, at least in places where the ocean isn’t too deep. But in the past few years, companies... Read more »

Iron batteries might provide the long-term storage to clean up the energy grid

11.40 There are still academic interactions between the US and China, and a ton of collaboration between AI researchers on the authorship of papers, despite the ongoing chip war, says Sheehan. “Even... Read more »

Using the power of sea winds to clean up the energy grid

09.30 People on the ground are more likely to track space debris, rather than astronauts themselves, López-Alegría says. They don’t really see space debris, because if it’s moving slowly enough to see,... Read more »

New technologies to clean up the energy grid

09.38 Space is now accessible to civilians, albeit very wealthy ones. If you have a spare $450,000, you could snag yourself a seat on Virgin’s suborbital spaceplane, the cheapest way to space... Read more »