NEWS
Updates from the Stanford Emerging Technology Review, featuring contributions from its members, activities in each technology areas, and the latest news and press releases.
Explore
Select Technology Area
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
- Sustainable Energy Technologies
- Cryptography
- Materials Science
- Neuroscience
- Nuclear Technologies
- Robotics
- Semiconductors
- Space
- Technology Test Page
- Lasers
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
- Cryptography
- Materials Science
- Neuroscience
- Robotics
- Semiconductors
- Sustainable Energy Technologies
- Space
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology
- Cryptography and Computer Security
- Materials Science
- Neuroscience
- Robotics
- Semiconductors
- Space
- Energy Technologies
- Quantum Technologies
The 2026 Stanford Emerging Technology Review Debuts In The Nation’s Capital
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) joined Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice, Stanford School of Engineering Dean Jennifer Widom, Senior Fellow Amy Zegart, and contributing scholars at an event in the US Capitol on January 28 to…
2026 Edition Of The Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers And Business Leaders New Insights Into The Implications Of Frontier Technologies.
The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence to robotics, are transforming the world.
The Future of Laser Technology
From eye surgery to missile defense, lasers have become an invaluable technology reshaping medicine, communications, manufacturing, and national security. Sound policy is needed to balance innovation, dual-use risks, and U.S. competitiveness in the laser age.
The Future of Robotics
From autonomous machines in construction to wearable robotics in eldercare, robotics is transforming the physical economy, reshaping the future of work, defense, and human-machine interaction. Strategic leadership is needed to harness robotics innovation,…
Exploring a future with in-home robot caretakers
Allison Okamura, a science fellow from Hoover’s Technology Policy Accelerator, is working on a new generation of robots that can help care for people in their homes as they get older. She answers seven questions about what life with ‘soft robots’ could look…
The Future of Space Technology
The Space Race ignited a technological revolution that has fundamentally reshaped the daily lives of nearly every individual on the planet. From global positioning system satellites and the smartphones in our pockets to water purification systems, portable…
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Highlights Promise and Risk of Frontier Tech to Washington, DC Policymakers
Contributors to the 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review brought its findings to America’s capital on February 25, with the challenge and promise presented by frontier technologies now clearer than ever before.
Stanford Emerging Technology Review Offers Policymakers New Insights
The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report is now available, offering American policymakers a comprehensive overview of how ten frontier technologies, from artificial intelligence to robotics, are transforming the world.