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.

An Alfred Edward Chalon watercolour of Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace (nee Ada Byron) circa 1940 © Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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How Ada Lovelace’s notes on the Analytical Engine created the first computer program

Can humanity survive in the age of AI? © Getty Images

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Can humanity survive in the age of AI?

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Remote-controlled robot cuddles are here

Could dynamos be installed in the wheels of an electric car to provide a perpetual source of power? © Getty Images

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Could dynamos be installed in electric cars to provide a perpetual source of power?

Are VR headsets bad for your health? © Getty Images

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Are VR headsets bad for your health?

Can an algorithm deliver justice? © Getty Images

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Can an algorithm deliver justice?

Science Focus Podcast: This is how to invent everything © Getty Images

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This is how to invent everything

Could virtual reality be useful in treating anxiety disorders? © Getty Images

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How virtual reality is used in treating anxiety disorders

On Test: Your battery-powered commute © steve sayers/thesecretstudio.net

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Four zippy electric vehicles to power up your commute

© Christian Penaloza

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Two arms good, three arms better

© MARS Bioimaging

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X-rays reach new dimensions

The future of food: what we'll eat in 2028 © Blake Thomas

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The future of food: what we’ll eat in 2028

Professor Jim Al-Khalili considers the challenge chess has posed for AI © BBC/Wingspan Productions/Jodie Adams

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Why AI is not the enemy

2 Ford test vehicles merge todays driver-assist technologies with LiDAR sensors to generate a real-time 3D map

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Would it be possible for driverless cars to use echolocation?