CES provides a first glimpse at the future. Pretty much all of the tech giants attend the vast Vegas expo – either to unveil
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Seasteading: Tech Leaders’ Plans For Floating City Trouble French Polynesians
Peter Thiel helped launch the Seasteading Institute, which has announced a deal with the French Polynesian government in its quest to build a floating
Bionic Legs And Smart Slacks: Exoskeletons That Could Enhance Us All
TV presenter Sophie Morgan, who was paralysed in a car crash, walks using Rex, a hands-free robotic device. Photograph: Teri Pengilley for the Guardian
China’s Wanxiang Gets Approval To Produce Karma Electric Cars
An employee works at a production line at a Wanxiang electric vehicle factory in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, January 22, 2014.
Dial M For Money: Can Mobile Banking Lift People Out Of Poverty?
The Village That Just Wants To Share
An abandoned military village in Germany could get a new lease of life as a hippy commune fit for the 21st Century.
Financial Technology Start-Ups To Get A License To Bank
Regulators are planning to create a new type of banking license that will allow upstart financial technology companies to expand more quickly across the
Some Assembly Required: New Space Telescope Will Take Shape After Launch
The huge sun shield of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope must be carefully folded to fit into a space about the size of a
New Satellite Provides Weather Forecasts For The Final Frontier
The sun regularly shoots particles into space. The resulting “space weather” can be very disruptive.