R2-D2 Was the Original Smartphone
The bleep-blooping droid from ‘Star Wars’ helped shape people’s perceptions of how machines can be helpers.

December 14, 2015 at 03:51PM
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Building Your Own Crappy VR Headset Is Actually Really Easy
Youtuber Gus Johnson demonstrates how to build your very own virtual reality headset in less than 30 seconds.

December 14, 2015 at 01:40PM
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Tom Scott Says The Self-Driving Car Is A Gateway Robot For Automated Warfare
Europe has laws protecting its citizens from automated decisions, like an algorithm deciding whether or not a bank will give you a loan. But Tom Scott doesn’t believe that will hold true when warfare goes fully automated.

December 14, 2015 at 12:11PM
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Behind The CG And Practical Effects Of ‘Uncanny Valley’
Within the span of a month, “Uncanny Valley” went from just another great short film to an unavoidable phenomenon. Here’s how they put us inside virtual reality.

December 14, 2015 at 11:03AM
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FAA announces drone owners must register by February 19th, 2016
Any owner caught flying an unregistered drone could face up to $250,000 and three years in jail.

December 14, 2015 at 10:24AM
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Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams
Those left behind by Silicon Valley’s technology boom struggle to stay in the place they call home.

December 14, 2015 at 06:38AM
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This Robot Will Give You A Hand At Browsing Tinder
Developed by New York University student Nicole He, this robotic hand is paired to a pair of sensors that gauges the amount of perspiration in a user’s hands, then swipes left or right based on that data. As far as ways to browse Tinder, it’s probably the most scientific.

December 13, 2015 at 08:18PM
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The Outlook for Nuclear Power in the U.S. Really Sucks
What’s really killing nuclear power in this country is garden-variety economics: In the emerging energy market of the 21st century, nuclear just can’t compete — particularly with ultra-cheap natural gas.

December 13, 2015 at 07:06PM
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Those Pre-Game Pyrotechnics Are Manually Controlled With A Keyboard
​You would think, in the year 2015, that the perfunctory pre-game pyrotechnics would be automated by now.

December 13, 2015 at 07:03PM
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Watch One Single-Celled Organism Devour A Smaller Single-Celled Organism
Winning first place in Nikon’s Small World in Motion photography contest, Wim van Egmond footage of a Trachelius ciliate swallowing up a Campanella ciliate demonstrates that no matter the scale, the world is a harsh place.

December 13, 2015 at 06:06PM
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