• 11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2024

    11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2024
    This story is part of our Top Tech 2024 special report.
    Journey to the Center of the EarthTo unlock the terawatt potential of geothermal energy, MIT startup Quaise Energy is testing a deep-drilling rig in 2024 that will use high-power millimeter waves to melt a column of rock down as far as 10 to 20 kilometers. Its “deeper, hotter, and faster” strategy will start with old oil-and-gas drilling structures and extend them by blasting radiation from a gyrotron to vaporize the hard rock