Mike Murphy is a reporter at Quartz, covering technology. He likes to write about the future, and how we'll get there from today's technology. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism's master's program, with a concentration in interactive publishing.
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute and MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) announced today (Nov. 27) that they’ve created robotic “muscles” that can...
Robots: It’s what’s for dinner.
There’s a first time for everything, as the saying goes. It might feel like we’ve been sending email attachments forever, but actually the first one happened less than 20 years ago. AOL i...
During a non-stop, two-hour keynote address at its annual I/O developers conference, Google unveiled a barrage of new products and updates. Here’s a rundown of the most important things d...
The future is here and it’s simultaneously beautiful and mundane.
It’s safe to say that 3D printing hasn’t found the widespread commercial appeal that many predicted it would. We were supposed to be able to order a new pair of shoes or a pizza at the pu...
Leicester City have won the English Premier League after starting the season as 5,000-1 outsiders. The following article - originally published in February 2016 - explored the lessons to ...
In the near future, our skies may be full of drones buzzing around, delivering us our take-out dinners, and shopping orders. But considering how many of us live in densely settled areas a...
Robots that look and act like us are still probably quite far away from reality. When faced with adversity, today’s most advanced robots tend to fall over. When trying to complete tasks t...
We’re getting closer to the plug-and-play human body.
In the future, constructing skyscrapers may be as simple as following the instructions on a Lego model—albeit on a much grander scale.
The robots are starting to open their eyes.
