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January 2022

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January 2022 Issue

Top Tech 2022: A Special Report

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

03 Jan 2022

1 min read

Features

In-depth articles from top experts, Spectrum editors, and contributors

Consumer Electronics Topic Magazine Type Feature January 2022 Special Reports

Digging Into the New QD-OLED TVs

Formerly rival technologies have come together in Samsung displays

04 Aug 2022

5 min read

Aerospace Topic Magazine January 2022 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

30 Dec 2021

7 min read

Topic Magazine Energy January 2022 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

29 Dec 2021

4 min read

Topic Magazine Type Feature Robotics Special Reports January 2022

A Robot for the Worst Job in the Warehouse

Boston Dynamics’ Stretch can move 800 heavy boxes per hour

28 Dec 2021

4 min read

Topic Magazine Energy Type January 2022 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

27 Dec 2021

4 min read

Topic Aerospace Magazine January 2022 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

26 Dec 2021

7 min read

Topic Magazine January 2022 Feature Special Reports Transportation Type

Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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

24 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Magazine January 2022 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

23 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Magazine Semiconductors January 2022 Feature Special Reports Type

Memory Chips That Compute Will Accelerate AI

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

22 Dec 2021

4 min read

Topic Magazine January 2022 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

21 Dec 2021

4 min read

Topic Magazine Energy Type January 2022 Feature Special Reports

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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

19 Dec 2021

9 min read

Topic Magazine Biomedical January 2022 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

18 Dec 2021

7 min read

Topic Magazine January 2022 Feature Special Reports Consumer Electronics Type

A Bitcoin Wallet for the Masses

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

17 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Aerospace Magazine January 2022 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

16 Dec 2021

3 min read

News

Insight and analysis on the latest advances in technology

Topic Artificial Intelligence Magazine Type January 2022 News

AI’s 6 Worst-Case Scenarios

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

03 Jan 2022

6 min read

Topic Artificial Intelligence Magazine January 2022 Type News

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

Militarized AI threatens a new arms race

28 Dec 2021

7 min read

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 Computing News

Self-Driving Microscopes to Navigate the Nanoscale

Deep learning as the ultimate tour guide

30 Nov 2021

4 min read

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 Computing News

Meet Snitch: the Small and Agile RISC-V Processor

Tests suggest it is six times faster than other comparable processors

21 Oct 2021

2 min read

Opinion

Spectrum editors and columnists comment on major tech trends

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 History of Technology Opinion

The Seabed Solution

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

06 Jan 2022

3 min read

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 Computing Opinion

A Quadrillion Mainframes on Your Lap

Your laptop is way more powerful than you might realize

21 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Aerospace Magazine January 2022 Type Opinion

Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers

From the pyramids to the Hummer, more is often less

20 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 Opinion Telecommunications

Meta Offers Nothing New to the Metaverse

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

17 Dec 2021

3 min read

Topic Magazine Type January 2022 Computing Opinion

Kids Grok AI, But Not Its Pitfalls

They need a crash course in algorithmic bias

16 Dec 2021

3 min read

Departments

Articles on DIY projects, engineering careers, and tech history

Sensors Topic Hands On Type January 2022 Magazine

Security With a Spectrometer

What color is your password?

20 Dec 2021

5 min read

Computing Topic Magazine January 2022 Interview Type

What Can the Metaverse Learn From Second Life?

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

29 Nov 2021

7 min read

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