Technology

Motherboard goes to Castle Craig Hospital in Scotland, a rehabilitation facility that recently added treatment for cryptocurrency addiction to its gambling rehabilitation program.

Taking old cars and making them better is a part of American culture: the hot rod. In this episode, Jim Belosic takes a 1981 Honda Accord and makes it electric... and very fast.

Motherboard joins the team as they present their prototype to the public and dive deep into the DNA of the Hyperloop—a concept that was developed at their university nearly 40 years ago, and one they continue to build upon.

Traffic. Congestion. Pollution. Hours-long commutes. What if you could leave it all behind and trade it in for an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient personal copter—all without a pilot’s license?

Motherboard travels to Tennessee to meet the amateur rocketeer leading the charge for budding DIY rocket scientists around the world.

What if the all the ships that navigated our vast oceans could navigate, chart a course, and think for themselves—without any human input?

Tyler lives out one of his dreams to create his very own stop motion film.

From a storage unit in rural Illinois, YouTuber Styropyro builds high-powered laser experiments—something he's done since he was teenager. Now a chemist by training, Drake Anthony claims his DIY channel is being unreasonable moderated by YouTube.

Motherboard went to Biofabricate, a conference about the future of biomaterials to speak with Andrew Pelling who is developing DIY CO2 incubator kits. Something he hopes will allow people to grow their own human and animal tissues from home.

Tina Gorjanc is challenging the future of how we commodify human genetic material when it comes using it for the production of luxury goods.

Rich is a car enthusiast whose passion is to find wrecked Teslas, bring them back to life, and then share his adventures in repairs on his YouTube channel Rich Rebuilds.

Speedcubing is a competitive sport that involves solving cube puzzles as fast a possible. Waypoint visits a recent tournament that was attended by some of the fastest and most passionate speedcubers in the game.

We go to The Gutter in Williamsburg to check out how a repairman keeps this institution alive.

Ingrid Burrington, author of "Networks of New York," explains how big cities like New York are constantly under surveillance.

After nearly 9 years as an FCC commissioner, including a stint as the agency’s first acting chairwoman, Mignon Clyburn announced in April that she would be leaving her post early.

 We visit Denmark and talk to a marine maintenance manager to learn more about how undersea cables are crucial to data transportation.

Sculpsure is a noninvasive, FDA-cleared treatment designed to get rid of pesky fat cells around the abdomen and flanks. Our resident Yes Man Grant Stoddard decided to give it a try to see if he could destroy his love handles.

Uber introduces flying cars but you still can't talk to Desus in the uberPOOL.

Richest person ever Jeff Bezos wants to be able to hear everything in your house and unlock all your stuff, including now, your car.

On March 15th, 2018, the city of Plattsburgh in upstate New York issued an 18-month moratorium on cryptocurrency mining.

Octopuses are a lot smarter than we think.

Boston Dynamics has never seen any sci-fi movie as they add superior speed and leaping ability to the list of "skills the robots will use to kill us."

The Most Unknown is an innovative documentary film that aims to reinvigorate love for scientific inquiry by looking at some of the most unanswerable questions in the universe.

The most important thing that happens when a new iPhone comes out is not the release of the phone, but the disassembly of it. The iPhone teardown, undertaken by third-party teams around the world, provides a roadmap for the life of the iPhone X: Is it rep