Expensive to build and often needing highly skilled engineers to maintain, artificial intelligence systems generally only pay off for large tech companies with vast amounts of...
Mass surveillance is worse than you think, but the solutions are simpler than you realize, says lawyer, technologist and TED Fellow Albert Fox Cahn. Breaking down...
We visited the University of Washington to see how a group is building and testing dandelion-inspired sensors that float in the wind to disperse and take...
Digital public servant Amanda Renteria has seen that the millions of people who rely on government welfare services are often discouraged from seeking them out, frustrated...
From helping build smart cities to supporting the sustainable energy sector, the possibilities of big data are endless. But many companies are still wary of sharing...
From village to metropolis, global flooding is on the rise, and traditional approaches to managing the swells won’t cut it, says water resource engineer Virginia Smith....
What if we had a map of … everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyze all...
What is AI, really? Jeff Dean, the head of Google’s AI efforts, explains the underlying technology that enables artificial intelligence to do all sorts of things,...
Great ideas are like electricity — they snap into sharp focus and sprint from place to place. What’s the best way to capture them? Bozoma Saint...
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