A Hands-On Day At The Super Bowl Of Gloving
How did dancing with LED-lined gloves become a Shark Tank-approved, multimillion-dollar industry? And where does it go from there? A day with the champs, the challengers, and the chiefs of America’s trippiest new sport.
December 12, 2015 at 11:11AM
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NASA Could Build R2D2, But It Doesn’t Want To
According to Brett Kennedy, a roboticist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, it’s not that they couldn’t make a BB-8 twin, it’s about whether it makes any sense to do so. Apparently, they’re worried about it getting stuck on a strange extraterrestrial ridge.
December 12, 2015 at 02:48AM
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Technology Is Giving Dogs Their Day
Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from technology, and the emerging field of animal-computer interactions (ACI) seeks to understand how animals interact with human-made technology in order to adapt tools to animals’ innate characteristics.
December 12, 2015 at 12:45AM
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Learn To Cut Your Lawn With A Scythe Just like The Grim Reaper
Scythe expert Sean Dembrosky runs through the basics of cutting your grass with the most badass lawn care tool around. Everything from scythe safety to blade maintenance.
December 11, 2015 at 02:23PM
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Google Loon’s Quest for Global Internet Access
Google’s audacious plan to provide “balloon-powered Internet for everyone” is gathering momentum. But can the tech giant be trusted?
December 11, 2015 at 02:21PM
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Hacking the City | New Republic
A new model for urban renewal.
December 11, 2015 at 11:55AM
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Is Ageism In Tech An Under-The-Radar Diversity Issue?
Many startups don’t have many (or any) employees over 50. Is there an unconcious bias at play?
December 11, 2015 at 11:08AM
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An Advance in Artificial Intelligence Rivals Human Abilities
Researchers at MIT, NYU and The University of Toronto reported a new type of “one shot” machine learning on Thursday in the journal Science, in which a computer vision program outperformed a group of humans in identifying handwritten characters based on a single example.
December 11, 2015 at 10:47AM
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Small Islands Could Deploy Lasers To Weather Climate Change
Comoros and its weather stations are a real life version of some of the most contentious line items being debated in the Paris climate document.
December 11, 2015 at 10:47AM
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What Would a Futuristic Low-Carbon Tech World Actually Look Like?
Let’s face it, if we’re going to save the planet from ourselves, we’re going to have to develop cleaner technologies. Here’s what the future has in store once we make the transition to a high-tech, low-carbon world.
December 11, 2015 at 08:31AM
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