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January 2022 Issue

Aerospace Topic Magazine Type Feature Special Reports

Top Tech 2022: A Special Report

Preview two dozen exciting technical developments that are in the pipeline for the coming year

1 min read
Features
In-depth articles from top experts, Spectrum editors, and contributors
Topic Magazine Type Feature Special Reports Consumer Electronics

Quantum Dots + OLED = Your Next TV

Formerly rival technologies will come together in new Samsung displays

3 min read
Aerospace Topic Magazine Feature Computing Special Reports Type

12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

An electric aircraft race, a new dark-matter detector, and a permanent Chinese space station await

7 min read
Topic Magazine Energy Feature Special Reports Type

China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

A variety of climate-friendly strategies will be on show, along with the athletes

4 min read
Topic Magazine Type Feature Robotics Special Reports

A Robot for the Worst Job in the Warehouse

Boston Dynamics’ Stretch can move 800 heavy boxes per hour

4 min read
Topic Magazine Energy Type Feature Special Reports

Magnetic-Confinement Fusion Without the Magnets

Zap Energy’s new Z-pinch fusion reactor promises a simpler approach to an elusive goal

4 min read
Topic Aerospace Magazine Feature Special Reports Type

NASA’s Space Launch System Will Lift Off

But with rival rockets readying for flight, the value of SLS is murky

7 min read
Topic Magazine Feature Special Reports Transportation Type

Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

Safety advocates project it could save 4,000 lives per year

3 min read
Topic Magazine Feature Computing Special Reports Type

Frontier Supercomputer to Usher in Exascale Computing

Oak Ridge National Lab may be the first to reach 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 operations per second

3 min read
Topic Magazine Semiconductors Feature Special Reports Type

Memory Chips That Compute Will Accelerate AI

Samsung could double performance of neural nets with processing-in-memory

4 min read
Topic Magazine Feature Special Reports Transportation Type

Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

The Metals Company’s pilot program raises muddy questions

4 min read
Topic Magazine Energy Type Feature Special Reports

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

A controversial geoengineering plan aims to spray reflective particles into the stratosphere

9 min read
Topic Magazine Biomedical Feature Special Reports Type

Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Chile plans to regulate all neurotech and ban the sale of brain data

7 min read
Topic Magazine Feature Special Reports Consumer Electronics Type

A Bitcoin Wallet for the Masses

Square simplified credit-card transactions. Now it wants to build cryptocurrency hardware

3 min read
Topic Aerospace Magazine Feature Special Reports Type

Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

Dronamics will test a radical new vision of long-range cargo transport in Europe

3 min read
News
Insight and analysis on the latest advances in technology
Topic Artificial Intelligence Magazine Type News

AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

Who needs Terminators when you have precision clickbait and ultra-deepfakes?

6 min read
Topic Artificial Intelligence Magazine Type News

U.S. vs. China Rivalry Boosts Tech—and Tensions

Militarized AI threatens a new arms race

7 min read
Topic Magazine Type Computing News

Self-Driving Microscopes to Navigate the Nanoscale

Deep learning as the ultimate tour guide

4 min read
Topic Magazine Type Computing News

Meet Snitch: the Small and Agile RISC-V Processor

Tests suggest it is six times faster than other comparable processors

2 min read
Opinion
Spectrum editors and columnists comment on major tech trends
Topic Magazine Type History of Technology Opinion

The Seabed Solution

After 150 years, is the time finally right for deep-ocean mining?

3 min read
Topic Magazine Type Computing Opinion

A Quadrillion Mainframes on Your Lap

Your laptop is way more powerful than you might realize

3 min read
Topic Aerospace Magazine Type Opinion

Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers

From the pyramids to the Hummer, more is often less

3 min read
Topic Magazine Type Opinion Telecommunications

Meta Offers Nothing New to the Metaverse

Facebook’s got a new name, but a tired business model

3 min read
Topic Magazine Type Computing Opinion

Kids Grok AI, But Not Its Pitfalls

They need a crash course in algorithmic bias

3 min read
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Articles on DIY projects, engineering careers, and tech history
Sensors Topic Hands On Type Magazine

Security With a Spectrometer

What color is your password?

5 min read
Computing Topic Magazine Interview Type

What Can the Metaverse Learn From Second Life?

Creator Philip Rosedale says a virtual reality internet is still some way off

7 min read

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