Brooke Becher
Staff Reporter at Built In
Expertise: Hardware and Robotics
Education: University of Lincoln, United Kingdom; California State University, Long Beach

Brooke Becher is a Built In staff reporter covering hardware and robotics. Based out of Los Angeles, she’s been writing culture features and reporting local news since 2014.

Becher holds a master’s degree in journalism and international human rights from the University of Lincoln, based in the United Kingdom, as well as a bachelor’s in journalism and mass communication from California State University, Long Beach. Her dissertation analyzed the nation’s narrative on rape culture through Western, online news media coverage, spanning the American political spectrum. 

Past works are featured in LA Weekly, The Orange County Register, GOOD Magazine, Long Beach Press Telegram, California Business Journal and Los Angeles Magazine.

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Future transportation
Jetpacks and flying cars aren’t quite ready for prime time, but the future of transportation might be closer than you think.
Brain-computer Interface
This microchip for your brain sounds a lot like telekinesis.
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A guide to Bitcoin Cash: an altcoin designed for everyday use.
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Electric plane
Startups are piloting battery-powered aircraft for a variety of use cases — but will an all-electric passenger jet ever make it to the commercial market?
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Can less really be more? The four-day work week challenges companies to reframe productivity in terms of output — not hours.
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Job seekers want to work for employers that will invest in their overall well-being — and companies are listening.
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All about the surgically implanted brain chip brought to you by Elon Musk.
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Dropshipping is a low-risk, e-commerce business model for middleman merchants. These companies make it even easier.
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In a post-Roe era, these companies revised their own policies to provide their employees with safe routes to reproductive healthcare.