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Karen Hao covers technology for Quartz. She previously wrote about climate and the environment for Mother Jones and Sierra Magazine. Prior to entering journalism, she was an application engineer at Flux.io, a Google X spinoff for urban sustainability. Karen has a degree in mechanical engineering from MIT. She is obsessed with social impact tech, cities, and sustainability.
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Emerging Technologies
Walmart is using robot cleaners
Walmart is testing out self-driving mechanical floor scrubbers during overnight shifts in five of its stores.
Nature and Biodiversity
This squishy little robot called Daisy could solve our water woes
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Sustainable Development
This electric scooter company is hoping to change the future of transport
New company gogoro suggests the future of transportation may be about sharing batteries, not vehicles.
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