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Finally, An Online Course For Aspiring Flying Car Engineers
N THE PAST year, flying cars have gone from LOL, to maybe a real thing, to a booming industry raking in VC cash and churning out sweet renderings of an...
Robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers in the next decade
Trucking paid for Scott Spindola to take a road trip down the coast of Spain, climb halfway up Machu Picchu, and sample a Costa...
Report: These are the fastest-declining jobs in the U.S.
As technology overtakes every industry, the business forecast for jobs like typists, watch repairers, and postal workers over the next decade is bleak, according...
Veebot, the Robotic Phlebotomist That Makes Drawing Blood Faster (VIDEO)
There are two things that this editor fears about blood draws: the fact that he has deep veins, and the prospect of being stabbed...
The Apple-Google Contact Tracing Plan Won’t Stop Covid Alone
Putting the privacy of these smartphone apps aside, few Americans have been tested—and there's a risk of false positives.
Hands wearing sterile gloves checking a...
Don’t Open That Google Doc Unless You’re Positive It’s Legit
IF YOU GET a Google Doc link in your inbox today, scrutinize it carefully before you click—even if it looks like it comes from...
Robots Wielding Water Knives Are the Future of Farming
JUST AFTER DAWN in the Salinas Valley south of San Francisco, a raucous robot rolls through a field spitting clouds of vapor. It’s cutting...
This robot-powered restaurant could put fast food workers out of a job
A robot-powered burger joint is coming to San Francisco.
In 2012, secretive robotics startup Momentum Machines debuted a machine that could crank out 400 made-to-order...
Try to Dissect Apple’s New AirPods and You’ll Shed Blood
APPLE’S SLEEK AIRPODS represent the company’s vision of a hands-free, wireless future. Sure, the sound is only fair to middling, but Apple made them...
Can’t Decide What Kind of Flying Car to Get? Try These 10!
COMMUTERS OF THE world, rejoice. The long-promised age of the flying car is finally here—more or less. Big-name companies around the world are showing honest...
