Into the Future
Technology's next generation
The Boy With the Lego Hand
After wearing prosthetics all his life, 9-year-old Aidan Robinson has designed one that fits a Wii controller and screws on a Super Soaker.
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Eric Whitmire/North Carolina State University This Cyborg Cockroach Could Save Your Life Someday
Bugs backpacked with microphones could be deployed to disaster zones in the future.
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Peyri Herrera/Flickr Why It's Bad to Be a Robot on the Phone
A New York City Health Department employee was recently suspended for donning a computerized voice.
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Somebody App How to Talk Without Connecting
Miranda July's latest app rarely functions properly, and when it does, it fails to perform its stated goal: bringing people closer together.
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pixelparticle/Shutterstock Behold, the Soundtrack of Space
NASA has collected clips of some of the best moments in humans' exploration of the world beyond Earth.
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Jake Swearingen/Shutterstock The Imminent Death of the Internet Troll
A new Pew study confirms that online harassment is endemic. But human behavior—and the limits placed on it by both law and society—can change.
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The New York Times Tag a Retro Ad Today, Help Journalism Tomorrow
The New York Times' Madison archive has launched with advertisements, but could eventually expand to all kinds of projects.
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CBS First HBO, Then CBS: The Cable Bundle Is Slowly Coming Apart
The pay-TV package has unraveled more in the last 24 hours than in the previous 24 months.
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Jason Lee/Reuters Biometrics Can Be Cool Again
A new Google study suggests there's hope for the once-futuristic technology that's gotten a bit... boring.
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All photos by Chris McPherson Dudes With Drones
Meet the inventors, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs at the forefront of the flying-robot revolution.
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Assembly Lines
The organizations, technologies, and people behind Google's autonomous vehicles
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All illustrations by Kristian Hammerstad The Adultery Arms Race
Technology has made cheating on your spouse, or catching a cheater, easier than ever. How digital tools are aiding the unfaithful and the untrusting—and may be mending some broken marriages.
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All photos by Greg Kahn Why Kids Sext
An inquiry into one recent scandal reveals how kids think about sexting—and what parents and police should do about it.
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Google The Secret History of the Robot Car
How self-driving vehicles took off
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The View From the Valley
Are we in a tech bubble? Is Snowden a hero? And what’s the hottest status symbol? In The Atlantic’s first Silicon Valley Insiders Poll, a panel of 50 executives, innovators, and thinkers answer these questions and more.
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Steve Cadman/Flickr Big Data Can Guess Who You Are Based on Your Zip Code
Software company Esri's database files Americans into one of 67 consumer groups.
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Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano via ... Let There Be Light Emitting Diodes: How to Illuminate the Sistine Chapel
With the help of strategically placed fixtures, Michelangelo's work is getting some mood lighting.
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djromanj/Flickr Tasty Mutants: The Invention of the Modern Oyster
Genetic innovation, on the half shell
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Second Site The Woman With the Bionic Eye
What is it like to see again after years of blindness?
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Guek Hock Ping/Zookeys The Coming Age of the Internet Naturalist
Scientists are trying to figure out how to turn our cameras into species discovery engines.
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Google Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program
For two years, the company has been working to build flying robots that can deliver products across a city in a minute or two. An Atlantic exclusive.
