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Super speed, magnetic levitation and the vision behind the hyperloop | Josh Giegel
What if your hour-long commute was reduced to just minutes? That's the promise of the hyperloop: a transit system designed around a pod that zooms th…
4 years, 1 month ago
Why don't we cover the desert with solar panels? | Dan Kwartler
Stretching over roughly nine million square kilometers and with sands reaching temperatures of up to 80° Celsius, the Sahara Desert receives about 22…
4 years, 2 months ago
Siri, Alexa, Google ... what comes next? | Karen Lellouche Tordjman
From Siri to Alexa to Google, virtual assistants already permeate our lives. What will the next generation of these digital helpers look and sound li…
4 years, 2 months ago
The race to build AI that benefits humanity | Sam Altman
Will innovation in artificial intelligence drastically improve our lives, or destroy humanity as we know it? From the unintended consequences we've s…
4 years, 2 months ago
An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth | Jack Dangermond
What if we had a map of ... everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyz…
4 years, 2 months ago
Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells? | Nabiha Saklayen
What if diseases could be treated with a patient's own cells, precisely and on demand? Biotech entrepreneur Nabiha Saklayen explains how we could har…
4 years, 3 months ago
What happens when biology becomes technology? | Christina Agapakis
"We've been promised a future of chrome -- but what if the future is fleshy?" asks biological designer Christina Agapakis. In this awe-inspiring talk…
4 years, 3 months ago
Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech | Sharon Weinberger
What is a weapon in the Information Age? From microscopic "smart dust" tracking devices to DNA-tracing tech and advanced facial recognition software,…
4 years, 3 months ago
Why we have an emotional connection to robots | Kate Darling
We're far from developing robots that feel emotions, but we already have feelings towards them, says robot ethicist Kate Darling, and an instinct lik…
4 years, 3 months ago
How NFTs are building the internet of the future | Kayvon Tehranian
In this revelatory talk, technologist Kayvon Tehranian explores why NFTs -- digital assets that represent a certificate of ownership on the internet …
4 years, 4 months ago