Hardware Articles

Brooke Becher

Updated on March 20, 2025

From self-healing concrete to color-changing clothing, smart materials are helping shape the future of manufacturing, improving efficiency, durability and sustainability. Here’s how they work.

Mae Rice

Updated on March 19, 2025

High-performance computing helps us treat cancer, streamline soda cans and more.

Stephen Gossett

Updated on March 07, 2025

Quantum computing uses the laws of quantum mechanics to solve problems that are too complex for traditional computers. Here’s how quantum computing works, examples of the technology, applications, challenges and the future outlook of quantum.

Yuval Boger

Updated on March 04, 2025

As quantum computing develops, we should ask whether it would benefit from an influx of government funding analogous to the Manhattan Project.

Andreas Rekdal

Updated on February 24, 2025

Spatial computing is an umbrella term for experiences that combine elements of digital and physical environments. Here’s how spatial computing works, examples, applications, a brief history of the field and how it could progress in the future.

Muraly Srinarayanathas

Updated on February 14, 2025

The recently imposed tariffs threaten global economic stability, but now is the time to lay the foundation for future success.

Guilherme Oliveira

Updated on February 12, 2025

CasaOS is an open-source software built around the Docker ecosystem. When combined with Ubuntu, it can be used to host a Docker-driven home server. Learn how.  

Brooke Becher

Updated on January 27, 2025

This generation’s industrial revolution is all about intelligent connectivity — and it's happening now.

Mike Thomas

Updated on January 21, 2025

Computer simulations are computer programs that create mathematical models to accurately reflect and predict the behavior of systems in real life. Here’s how they work, examples, industry use cases and how the technology will continue to develop.

Ellen Glover

Updated on January 21, 2025

From automated lights to motion-activated door locks, smart home devices make your home, well, smarter.