Manoush Zomorodi
Stories
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Neurotech can monitor health and read thoughts. But what about mental privacy?
Developing neurotech can transform how we monitor and improve our well-being. But lawyer and AI ethicist Nita Farahany warns this tech can supercharge data tracking and infringe on our mental privacy.
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Will brain implants that turn thoughts to text become commonplace?
Synchron's implantable brain computer interface allows people to turn thoughts into texts, emails, and posts. Founder Tom Oxley explains who this tech is for and whether it will be widely used.
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From hippies to techies, Stewart Brand is the 20th century's top "influencer"
Stewart Brand inspired a generation of hippies and coders, including Steve Jobs. With his finger on the pulse, Brand helped build the future we live in.
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It's only a matter of time before your mind merges with AI, says Ray Kurzweil
Futurist Ray Kurzweil was early to forecast AI would turbocharge human potential. At 77, he shares lessons from 60 years of working on AI, and what to expect in the coming decade.
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Why musician Mike Posner went back to the site of his near-lethal snakebite
When fame left him feeling empty, singer-songwriter Mike Posner set out to look for happiness. His plan: walk across America. What he didn't plan for: a venomous snake.
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What's missing from the encyclopedia? This artist aims to fill in the gaps
At an early age, Tavares Strachan noticed there was a lot missing from his family's encyclopedia. Today, the artist searches for lost stories to include in his own Encyclopedia of Invisibility.
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Louisiana's coast is eroding. One engineer found a fix in her wine bottle.
Louisiana has two problems: an eroding coastline and limited glass recycling. Engineer Franziska Trautmann is solving both by turning bottles into beach sand.
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The artist turning heads and changing minds with her $200K robot dog
In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech.
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This bestselling author finds his greatest escape in solitude—and you can too
Author Pico Iyer has traveled the world, but he finds his greatest escape in a monastery a few hours from his childhood home. He shares why he finds so much peace in silence and how you can too.
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How focusing on the past, present or future shapes our experience of time
Pioneering and controversial psychologist Philip Zimbardo passed away in 2024. In this remembrance, we revisit his talk on how our sense of time plays a powerful role in shaping our outlook on life.