A prosthetic leg that feels like a real body part
When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get…
A new smart mask analyzes your breath to monitor your health
Your breath can give away a lot about you. Each exhalation contains all sorts of…
A new way to build neural networks could make AI more understandable
A tweak to the way artificial neurons work in neural networks could make AIs easier…
How machine learning is helping us probe the secret names of animals
Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have three: the name…
The Download: monkey names, and smart masks for health monitoring
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced more emissions than fossil fuels in most countries
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it…
Kamala Harris should stand with tech workers, not their bosses
Tangled up in the contest to be the next US president, there is another battle…
The Download: protecting tech workers, and Canada’s wildfire emissions
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
AI’s growth needs the right interface
If you took a walk in Hayes Valley, San Francisco’s epicenter of AI froth, and…
The author who listens to the sound of the cosmos
In 1983, while on a field recording assignment in Kenya, the musician and soundscape ecologist…