30 2025 October
Lessons From the Reinvention of Pittsburgh into an AI Robotics Hub
Pittsburgh was known for steel. Now the city has ambitions to become a hub for something else: AI and robotics. The pieces seem to be...
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Can The Ring Camera Eliminate Neighborhood Crime In 12 Months?
Thanks to advancements in AI and the ubiquity of the Ring household doorbell cameras, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff believes we might be twelve months away...
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The Room Where You Can Hear Your Own Nervous System
Imagine a room so quiet you can actually feel your own heart beating. It exists already and it’s known as an anechoic chamber. Over the...
Read Now13 2025 October
Everyone Hates Friend AI and That Is Actually the Point
Out-of-home advertising can be a mixed bag. Brands can stand out for an exceedingly clever breakthrough billboard or end up alienating potential customers by turning...
Read Now09 2025 October
Beyond Self Driving, Future Cars May Be Emotionally Attuned Too
For all the attention on self-driving capabilities of cars coming in the future, there is a wave of research happening now into vehicle-driver interactions that is yielding...
Read Now18 2025 September
The Future of Agriculture Is Peak Farmland + Growing Reforestation
Today, about half of the world’s land is used for farming. In the future, it could be far less–even as food production increases. As technology...
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How “Dumbification” May Be the Next Hot Technology Trend
What happens when all the good TVs that you can buy in the market are automatically programed as “smart” TVs, ready to connect to the...
Read Now13 2025 June
The Secret of Optimism and the New Peruvian Airport
Earlier this week when I arrived in Lima, it was in their brand new airport that is less than two weeks old. People in the city had...
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Why 3D Fixables Could Create an Entirely New Sustainable Industry
Philips is beta testing a new platform that allows consumers to 3D print a replacement accessory for one of their electric shavers. Right now, it’s just one...
Read Now18 2025 April
3 Powerful Talks from TED This Week That Are Already Available Live to Watch
The TED conference took place this past week and some of the talks have already been released. While most of the year the TED social...
Read Now17 2025 April
Google Uses AI to Reimagine The Wizard of Oz (and Maybe the Future of Hollywood)
This past week, a closed group of attendees at a private Google event got a first look at an ambitious project that has been in...
Read Now10 2025 April
The Backstory of How Dubai’s Museum of the Future Was Imagined Is Worth Reading
Thirty percent of the visitors to the Museum of the Future in Dubai have never been to a museum before. That’s just one of the...
Read Now07 2025 April
How NFL’s New 8k “Hawk Eye” Cameras Offer an Interesting Model for Truth and Verification
Rather than relying on chains and the human eye to measure whether teams have achieved a first down in NFL football games next season, the...
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