When a 215 km/h Cyclone Hit Odisha, Forecasts Had Already Given India Time to Move a Million People Technology That Changed Lives / By In 2013, forecasts of Cyclone Phailin gave Odisha days to evacuate almost a million people. The toll was dozens, not the thousands lost in 1999.
How a Brain Implant Let a Paralyzed Woman Drink Her Own Coffee Again After 15 Years Technology That Changed Lives / By After 15 years of total paralysis, Cathy Hutchinson used a brain implant and robotic arm to drink her own coffee again — controlled only by thought.
The DNA Test That Finally Freed America’s Longest-Serving Innocent Man Technology That Changed Lives / By In 1974, a misidentified teenager went to prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Thirty-five years later, one DNA test proved it — and set him free.
The 12-Second Warning That Stopped Every Bullet Train Before Japan’s Worst Earthquake Hit Technology That Changed Lives / By In 2011, a seismic sensor gave Japan’s bullet trains 12 seconds of warning before a magnitude-9 earthquake — enough time to stop them all safely.
