10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024 | MIT Technology Review
Jan 8, 2024 · Founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899, MIT Technology Review is a world-renowned, independent media company whose insight, analysis, reviews, interviews and live events ...
Explainer: What is a blockchain? | MIT Technology Review
Apr 23, 2018 · What is it? A public1, permanent2, append-only3 distributed4 ledger5. What’s that? A mathematical structure for storing data in a way that is nearly impossible to fake. It can be used for all ...
The Impact of the Internet on Society: A Global Perspective
Sep 8, 2014 · The Internet is the decisive technology of the Information Age, and with the explosion of wireless communication in the early twenty-first century, we can say that humankind is now almost entirely ...
What is geoengineering—and why should you care?
Aug 9, 2019 · As the threats of climate change grow, we’re all likely to hear more and more about the possibilities, and dangers, of geoengineering. Here’s what it means.
The next generation of nuclear reactors is getting more advanced.
Jan 18, 2024 · The workings of nuclear power plants have always fascinated me. They’re massive, technically complicated, and feel a little bit magic (splitting the atom—what a concept).
The Food issue | MIT Technology Review
Is technology helping--or harming--our food supply? Featuring: The ominous rise of superweeds, the quest to grow food on Mars, and the surprising ways your refrigerator may be making your food ...
AI is an energy hog. This is what it means for climate change.
May 23, 2024 · Electricity consumption from data centers, AI, and cryptocurrency could reach double 2022 levels by 2026, according to projections from the International Energy Agency.Those technologies together ...
Explainer: What is quantum communication? | MIT Technology …
Feb 14, 2019 · This is the second in a series of explainers on quantum technology. The other two are on quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography. Barely a week goes by without reports of some new mega ...
Chiplets: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024 - MIT Technology …
Jan 8, 2024 · Companies including Advanced Micro Devices and Intel have been marketing systems based on chiplets for years. But whether chiplets can help the industry maintain performance gains at the pace of ...
Kairos Power and its molten salt–cooled nuclear reactors | MIT ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Kairos is trying to reinvent nuclear power. Its molten-salt-cooled reactor could generate safe, reliable, carbon-free electricity that’s potentially as cheap as power generated from natural gas.