A 3D-Printing Breakthrough Just Brought Us Closer to Printing a Car: ‘A Great Feat’
The 3D-printed motor matched or outperformed comparable motors made with conventional manufacturing — and only cost 50 cents in materials.
MIT Technology Review is a 2026 ASME finalist in reporting
The American Society of Magazine Editors has named MIT Technology Review as a finalist for a 2026 National Magazine Award in the reporting category. The shortlisted story—“We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard”—is part of the publication’s Power Hungry package on AI’s energy burden. AI is often described…
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The World Is on Edge — This Marketing Strategy Will Make Your Brand a Source of Stability and Trust
Your most valuable product isn’t what’s in the box — it’s the relief customers feel when the transaction is complete and everything works exactly as promised.
The Download: radioactive rhinos, and the rise and rise of peptides
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why conservationists are making rhinos radioactive Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and smugglers carry countless animals and plants across borders. This…
Why conservationists are making rhinos radioactive
Every year, poachers shoot hundreds of rhinos, fishing crews haul millions of sharks out of protected seas, and smugglers carry countless animals and plants across borders. This illegal activity is incredibly hard to disrupt, since it’s backed by sophisticated criminal networks and the perpetrators know that their chances of being caught are slim. With an…
Peptides are everywhere. Here’s what you need to know.
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Want to lose weight? Get shredded? Stay mentally sharp? A wellness influencer might tell you to take peptides, the latest cure-all in the alternative medicine arsenal.…
The Strategy Behind Thought Leadership Content That Gets Seen, Shared and Cited
Your thought leadership strategy is built for a world that no longer exists. Here’s the new standard.
The human work behind humanoid robots is being hidden
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. In January, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, the head of the world’s most valuable company, proclaimed that we are entering the era of physical AI, when artificial intelligence will move beyond language and chatbots…
Why Brands That Still Run Ads Are Losing to Brands That Tell Stories
Modern brands can no longer buy attention through advertising — they must earn it by becoming storytellers people choose to spend time with.
The Download: Chicago’s surveillance network, and building better bras
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon Chicago has tens of thousands of surveillance cameras—up to 45,000, by some estimates. That’s among the highest numbers per capita in the US. Chicago boasts one of the largest…
Inside Chicago’s surveillance panopticon
Early on the morning of September 2, 2024, a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train was the scene of a random and horrific mass shooting. Four people were shot and killed on a westbound train as it approached the suburb of Forest Park. The police swiftly activated a digital dragnet—a surveillance network that connects thousands…