Can hidden magnetic tags defeat counterfeit goods?

Techniques from metal additive manufacturing offer a new way to help combat counterfeit goods, such as national defense assets.

Steve Kuhlmann-Texas AM • futurity
Jan. 4, 2023 ~6 min

Here’s where robots are replacing workers fastest

A new report looks at "robot intensity" since the Great Recession and finds where robots are replacing workers at the highest rates.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
Nov. 22, 2019 ~4 min


The EPA isn’t doing enough to protect people in harm’s way

The EPA is falling down on its job to protect vulnerable populations from hazardous chemicals, researchers argue in a new paper.

Laurel Thomas-Michigan • futurity
Sept. 6, 2019 ~2 min

Faster method paves way for 3D printing organs or food

By producing biological material one layer at a time, a new method of 3D printing could one day create organs or food.

UC Berkeley • futurity
May 15, 2019 ~6 min

Plush toys with tendons bend and move

"We have so many soft objects in our lives and many of them could be made interactive with this technology."

Byron Spice-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
May 9, 2019 ~4 min

A little digital piracy boosts the bottom line

A little bit of piracy can actually help manufacturers, retailers, and consumers, even when the pirated product is a show like Game of Thrones.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
Feb. 5, 2019 ~4 min

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