Could a USB-C Charger's Chip Get You to the Moon? This Guy Did the Math so You Don't Have To . Comparing today’s computers to their famous ancestors is a popular pastime.

As we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the moon landing last year, the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) became a particularly...

How to Optimize Your Headspace on a Mission to Mars . Imagine being confined to a metal cell with a couple of other people and few amenities for months or even years. Maybe after that, you’ll be moved to a new compound, but you still have no privacy and e...

This Is What an AI Said When Asked to Predict the Year Ahead . “What’s past is prologue.” So says the famed quote from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, alleging that we can look to what has already happened as an indication of what will happen next.

This idea could be i...

How Advertising Will Get Way More Personal—and Then Vanish Completely . Today, less than two decades after the arrival of the internet, Google and Facebook together command more advertising dollars than all print media on the planet.

In 2017, Google’s ad campaign revenue t...

Neuromodulation Is the Secret Sauce for This Adaptive, Fast-Learning AI . As obstinate and frustrating as we are sometimes, humans in general are pretty flexible when it comes to learning—especially compared to AI.

Our ability to adapt is deeply rooted within our brain’s che...

The Company That Wants to Fling Rockets Into Space With a Giant Centrifuge . The rapidly falling cost of getting into orbit has spurred a boom in the space industry as a host of new applications become economical. Now a secretive startup plans to slash the cost to just $250,000...

Blind Woman Sees With New Implant, Plays Video Game Sent Straight to Her Brain . It’s been over a decade since artificial retinas first began helping the blind see. But for many people, whose blindness originates beyond the retina, the technology falls short. Which is why new resea...

The Weirdest, Wildest Ways We’re Using Drones—and What’s Ahead . Drones haven’t made too many headlines over the past few months, but they came back with a vengeance this week and last, with all sorts of new uses being reported. Some have the potential to make a dif...