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Unspoofable Navigation

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Speedier Space Transmissions

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A Longer-Lasting Charge

Lithium-ion batteries have quickly become the standard for powering vehicles, but South 8 CEO Tom Stepien says they have three problems: “fire, cold, and cost.” South 8 addresses all three with LiGas, a liquefied gas...

By Micheline Maynard

Retail Delivery by Drone

Google sister-company Wing has built one of the world’s largest residential drone delivery operations, pushing aerial product drops past proof-of-concept and into shoppers’ neighborhoods. In the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Wing and Walmart had already reached...

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A Game-Changing Vaccine

After decades of slow development, the World Health Organization recently recommended two vaccines to combat malaria, which infects hundreds of millions and kills 600,000 people each year. Researchers at Oxford University and the Serum Institute...

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Catching Cancer Early

The five-year survival rate of pancreatic cancer is just 13%, largely because it’s often not detected until it’s too late. That’s why at Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care system, hospitals use the AI-powered...

By Jeff Wilser

Zapping PFAS Away

Forever chemicals—specifically per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which are linked to cancer risk—have become ubiquitous. Decades of products have been laden with PFAS, which have leached into our water supplies and pretty much everything else...

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Immersive Gaming

At first glance, the Tecno Pocket Go gaming system seems to be missing an important element: a screen. But when users slip on the augmented reality glasses that come with the controller, it opens up...

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Filtered Water, Anywhere

LifeStraw—whose Max water cleanser, designed to clean impure water at a population level, was one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023—went in a more personal direction with its new device. The Sip reusable water filter...

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A True Robotic Lawn Mower

Robot lawn mowers aren’t new, but most need underground wires to define the perimeter and ensure safety. Mammotion’s Luba 2 AWD is completely wireless, using a system of GPS, cameras, ultrasonic radar, and 3D vision...

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Fall Asleep Faster

Frustrated by her long-term insomnia, and wanting a better form of guidance for the breathing exercises that can help, Stephanie Broes and her brother Michael created Moonbird, a palm-sized, screen-free breathing coach. "Traditional meditation tools...

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More Durable Hiking Boots

A hiking boot breaks down when dirt, mud, and water cause the midsole (the part that touches your sock) to become unglued from the outsole (the part that touches the ground). This is called delamination,...

By Jeff Wilser

Machine Massage

Aescape’s fully automated robot arms reimagine massage with a full-body scan and machine learning to create a personalized plan for each patient. “This new concept of an on-demand massage puts people in control,” says founder...

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A Way To Disconnect

Graham Dugoni believes that “society needs protected spaces” from cellphones. That’s why in 2014 he founded Yondr, which makes pouches into which phones can be locked away for a certain amount of time—such as during...

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Water From the Sky

Potable water is becoming an ever scarcer resource, even though our atmosphere is laden with 38 million-billion gallons of the wet stuff. Tapping it is the tricky part. Aquaria does so using large-scale heat exchange...

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Fresher Herbs

Cramming 40 acres of farmland into one acre in its Texas greenhouses, indoor vertical farmer Eden Green this year grew and shipped a full suite of ten herbs out of a single facility, where each...

By Don Steinberg
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