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Rewriting Life
DNA databases are too white. This man aims to fix that.
Carlos D. Bustamante’s hunt for genetic variations between populations should help us better understand and treat disease.
Intelligent Machines
Waymo’s cars drive 10 million miles a day in a perilous virtual world
A simulation lets autonomous cars experience situations that are too dangerous to try in reality.
Business Impact
NASA is using HoloLens AR headsets to build its new spacecraft faster
Lockheed Martin engineers wear the goggles to help them assemble the crew capsule Orion—without having to read thousands of pages of paper instructions.
Connectivity
A big tech company is working to free the internet from big tech companies
Cloudflare’s “gateway” system opens the door to the decentralized web
Intelligent Machines
The demise of Rethink Robotics shows how hard it is to make machines truly smart
The company’s easy-to-use robots helped kick-start a big trend. So what happened?
Sustainable Energy
Wide-scale US wind power could cause significant warming
A Harvard study raises questions about just how much wind should be part of a climate solution.
Business Impact
There’s no Google Maps for self-driving cars, so this startup is building it
In as little as 24 hours, Mapper will deliver a machine-readable map of any place on earth with public roads.
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Intelligent Machines
Why we can’t quit the QWERTY keyboard
We’ve been using it to type for 144 years. Here’s why it works, and what it would take for us to give it up.
Intelligent Machines
Artificial intelligence and robots are transforming how we work and live.
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China’s leaders are softening their stance on AI
A year after announcing an aggressive plan to dominate artificial intelligence, China’s vice premier has called for international collaboration.
by Will Knight
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Your next doctor’s appointment might be with an AI
A new wave of chatbots are replacing physicians and providing frontline medical advice—but are they as good as the real thing?
by Douglas Heaven
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Why we can’t quit the QWERTY keyboard
We’ve been using it to type for 144 years. Here’s why it works, and what it would take for us to give it up.
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