Future Technology
The technology, new ideas, inventions and gadgets that will revolutionise the world as we know it and lead us head first into the future.

Could we terraform Mars?

Dune is set on a desert planet in a distant star system, where science has enabled humans to live and breathe. Could we use the same technology to terraform Mars?
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The science of Dune: Could we really make smart drugs?

'The spice' is an extremely precious commodity that greatly enhances the user's mental abilities. Could we recreate this in real life?
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Here's how we could make a real-life Dune force field

In the sci-fi epic Dune, characters carry a portable force field that protects them from speeding projectiles. Could we make one of these for real?
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What is Sora AI? Everything to know about OpenAI’s text-to-video tool

Artificial intelligence can now create videos from your prompts, but how does it work?
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44 cool gadgets: Our pick of the best new tech for 2024

Welcome to our regularly updated curation of the coolest, smartest kit money can buy.
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CERN’s new 91km long ‘atom-smasher’ could soon reveal how our Universe will end

Plans for a new underground ‘atom-smasher’ sound ambitious, but they could be the key to unlocking the true nature of the Higgs Boson and, ultimately, our Universe.
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Digital healthcare is putting the most vulnerable at risk. Here’s how we can fix that

The elderly, ethnic minorities and those on low incomes are finding essential care increasingly difficult to access.
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What is ImageFX? All you need to know about Google's new AI image generator

Like OpenAI’s Dall-E, ImageFX can create full images from just your prompts but is it any good and can you use it now?
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How bacteria and self-healing roads could soon fix the UK’s 750,000 potholes

Climate change is playing havoc with the UK’s road network. Now is the time to invest in innovative solutions.
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10 of the world's worst-ever inventions

From the electric tricycle to parachute coat, these are some of the most poorly received devices developed around the globe.
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This headset will let you control your dreams, Inception-style. Here’s what to know before you lose track of reality

A US start-up is working on a headband designed to induce lucid dreams. But will it work and is it safe to use?
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9 ingenious rescue robots set to become the lifesavers of tomorrow

These cutting-edge droids could mean the difference between life and death after a natural disaster.
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This high-tech robot farm could change our food supply forever

Join the BBC’s Planet Earth III crew and go behind the scenes in the city farm that’s transforming fields into towers and running almost everything with robots.
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