An Easy-To-Understand Explanation Of Technology That Keeps Self-Driving Cars From Crashing
These vehicles are packed with equipment that helps them see, understand and map their environments.

April 9, 2019 at 10:33AM
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MIT’s Radical Plan To Make Buildings Out Of Melanin
Melanin is the universal pigment that colors our skin and hair, peacock feathers and butterfly wings. But for Neri Oxman, the head of MIT’s Mediated Matter research group, melanin is the foundation of our future — and our future habitats.

April 9, 2019 at 08:48AM
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After More Than A Century, The Cyclocopter Is Making A Comeback
When the flying car finally glides into our lives, it will not have jets or rotors, but paddlewheels — at least according to Russian engineers.

April 8, 2019 at 03:56PM
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Here’s The First Official Preview Of Microsoft’s Chromium-Based Edge Browser
The company first announced this project last December and the news obviously created quite a stir, given that Microsoft was abandoning its own browser engine development in favor of using an open-source engine — and one that is still very much under the control of Google.

April 8, 2019 at 01:24PM
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Outsourcing Adulthood: Can You Ever Really Grow Up If You Don’t Do Anything For Yourself?
Many of the tasks once viewed as integral components of adulthood — the ones I pantomimed while “playing house” as a child — are no longer mandatory. With money and a smartphone, you can outsource anything.

April 8, 2019 at 11:11AM
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Airbnb Doesn’t Want Extremists On Its Platform — But How Hard Is It Looking for Them?
Every summer nearly 300 white nationalists convene in Burns, Tennessee for the American Renaissance Conference and they always need a place to stay.

April 7, 2019 at 11:32PM
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No One Knows How Dangerous Boeing’s 737 Max Actually Is
A faulty automated system leaves lingering questions.

April 7, 2019 at 11:32PM
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Burned Alive For Using A Smartphone
In ISIS-held Iraq, an internet connection was an act of resistance.

April 7, 2019 at 04:51PM
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Electronic Music Has A Performance Problem, And This Artist Is Trying To Solve It
With motion-tracking gloves and a full-body suit covered in sensors.

April 7, 2019 at 02:01PM
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Here Are the Gender Pay Gaps at Apple, Facebook and Google
In the UK, men are paid more than women in 7,755 out of 9,961 companies and public bodies that have submitted pay gap data so far this year.

April 6, 2019 at 02:37PM
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