The Fact and Fiction of the NASA EmDrive Paper Leak
Has NASA constructed an engine that violates Newton’s Third Law of Motion?

November 15, 2016 at 04:15AM
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Google Music Taps Big Data to Build a Robot DJ Mind-Reader
Next time you open Play Music, all you’ll have to do is press play. Because Google knows what you want to hear.

November 15, 2016 at 02:15AM
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We’ve Come A Long Way From This 1990 VR Demo
Though the goggles look pretty similar to today’s commercial options, the tech showcased on this clip from NHK’s “Today’s Japan” is positively archaic compared to today’s VR systems. Also, let’s just try to forget about the name “data gloves.”

November 14, 2016 at 07:20PM
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Apple Considers Expanding Into Wearables With Digital Glasses
Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter.

November 14, 2016 at 07:02PM
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How drones will reshape the enterprise
Previously, the industry was limited to having individuals with a pilot’s license operate drones (both costly and cumbersome). Now, cost, hardware and legislation have reached a point where drones are easily accessible for most enterprise use cases.

November 14, 2016 at 06:13PM
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Animatronic Lovers Are Definitely Still In The R&D Stage
Matt McMullen is trying to create a sex robot that projects sentience, but he’s got a while to go…

November 14, 2016 at 04:11PM
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Facebook’s Fight Against Fake News Was Undercut by Fear of Conservative Backlash
Gizmodo has learned that the company is, in fact, concerned about the issue, and has been having a high-level internal debate since May about how the network approaches its role as the largest news distributor in the US.

November 14, 2016 at 01:45PM
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Chelsea Manning Formally Petitions Obama to Commute Her Sentence
“I have never made any excuses for what I did. I pleaded guilty without the protection of a plea agreement because I believed the military justice system would understand my motivation for the disclosure and sentence me fairly. I was wrong.”

November 14, 2016 at 11:35AM
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How Do You Move Super-Massive Objects? With Self-Propelled Modular Transporters, Of Course
Wanna move a five hundred ton gas tank over fifteen miles? With this insanely cool machine, you can do it in a pinch.

November 14, 2016 at 11:20AM
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What Do The Reviews Say About The MacBook Pro With TouchBar?
So, is a computer with a touchscreen worth $1,799? Here’s what the reviews say.

November 14, 2016 at 09:32AM
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