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Jeff Link Jeff Link
Updated on April 19, 2024

Architects Are 3D Printing Protective Gear for Healthcare Workers

In the absence of a clear alternative, architects, engineers, and university students are racing to fill the protective gear gap.

Stephen Gossett Stephen Gossett
Updated on April 12, 2024

Users Hate When Physical Buttons Go Away. Why?

Admit it: You love buttons too.

Robert Cote Robert Cote
Updated on April 12, 2024

Why Investors Should Prioritize Hardware Over Software Companies

Although venture capital has focused largely on software companies, it’s time to give hardware companies a closer look.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on April 08, 2024

What Is Additive Manufacturing?

This waste-not means of production comes in seven different forms, promising design freedom, customizability and a new route to more sustainable practices.

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Jacob Biba Jacob Biba
Updated on April 08, 2024

What Is Mixed Reality?

Mixed reality lets users work, play and socialize in both the virtual and physical worlds, simultaneously.

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Michael Hines Michael Hines
Updated on April 05, 2024

2 Space Exploration Companies Helping NASA Usher in a New Intergalactic Age

Companies like Blue Origin and Maxar Technologies are powering the United States’ return to the stars.

Jacob Biba Jacob Biba
Updated on April 02, 2024

17 Unforgettable Vaporware Products

Vaporware that captured our imaginations — but then dropped off the face of the earth.

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Matthias Wagner Matthias Wagner
Updated on March 19, 2024

5 Ways AI Will Revolutionize Hardware Design in 2024

From speeding up the brainstorming process to catching design flaws before mistakes are made, here are five ways AI will impact hardware design in 2024.

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Yuval Boger Yuval Boger
Updated on March 08, 2024

Why the QPU Is the Next GPU

As quantum computing becomes more sophisticated, the quantum processing unit may be the next transformative development in solving previously intractable problems.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on March 01, 2024

What Is Microfluidics?

Liquids take on unique properties that can deliver an entire lab’s worth of research on a microchip.

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