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Top Tech 2023

Preview exciting technical developments for the coming year
Top Tech 2023: A Special Report
AerospaceTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Top Tech 2023: A Special Report

These two dozen technical projects should make significant advances in the coming year

2 min read
An aerial photo shows a large solar-photovoltaic generating plant.
EnergyTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsClimate TechJanuary 2023

Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

Juggernaut or boondoggle—it’s too soon to tell

8 min read
An unusual aircraft with two wings and eight propellers flies above a snow-covered plain.
AerospaceTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

You won’t need a pilot’s license to fly Opener’s BlackFly

9 min read
An illustration of pipes going around from hot to cold behind a chinese animal statue on a pedestal.
EnergyTopicMagazineTypeFeatureClimate TechSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

China’s New Breeder Reactors May Produce More Than Just Watts

They could also make weapons-grade plutonium

4 min read
A 3D rendering of a large flat satellite orbiting the Earth, with the sun rising over the horizon behind it.
TelecommunicationsTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone

Existing smartphones will connect with new satellite constellations in 2023

5 min read
A tablet computer, a smartphone, a grey belt with white stripes, a grey disc, and a small silver rectangle with a wire curled beside it.
BiomedicalTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

Studies will soon show whether electroceuticals outperform pharmaceuticals

5 min read
This photo shows a woman working on a piece of apparatus that is suspended from the ceiling of the laboratory.
ComputingTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

An IBM Quantum Computer Will Soon Pass the 1,000-Qubit Mark

The Condor processor is just one quantum-computing advance slated for 2023

4 min read
This photo shows a man holding a silver sphere that is about the size of a bowling ball. A seated women stares at the ball. Behind her, others wait their turns.
ComputingTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Is Worldcoin a Crypto-currency for the Masses or Your Digital ID?

The project aims to scan all the world’s eyeballs

11 min read
This image shows several rows of computer racks, which give off an eerie blue glow.
ComputingTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Europe Gets an Exascale Supercomputer

Germany will host JUPITER, Europe’s entry into the exascale realm

4 min read
Diffuse blue light shines from a patterned surface through a ring. A blue cable leads away from it.
SemiconductorsTopicMagazineTypeFeatureComputingSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Two Startups Are Bringing Fiber to the Processor

Avicena’s blue microLEDs are the dark horse in a race with Ayar Labs’ laser-based system

5 min read
An illustration of grouped icons.
EnergyTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023Telecommunications

13 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Arctic Internet, AI vs. the EU, the Hot Air Balloon Defense, and more

6 min read
People are arranged around the rear end of a white, cylindrical airship above a white floor and inside of a large aircraft hanger.
AerospaceTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

The Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival

LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1 aims to solve humanitarian-relief and supply-chain bottlenecks

4 min read
In an artist’s rendering, a truck is shown with five sets of wheels—two sets for the cab, the rest for the trailer—and a box on the top of the trailer, from which a red ray is projected on an angle, upward, ending in the silhouette of an airplane, which is being destroyed
AerospaceTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsJanuary 2023

Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

Laser weapons, cheaper by the shot, should work well against drones and cruise missiles

5 min read
A black car sits against a white backdrop decorated with Chinese writing. The car’s doors are open, like a butterfly’s wings. Two charging stations are on the car’s left; two men stand on the right.
TransportationTopicMagazineTypeFeatureSpecial ReportsClimate TechJanuary 2023

Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

With the Robo-01, Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely aim for a fully self-driving car

4 min read