Turning Gravity Into Light Harnesses The Power Of Clocks
Smarter Every Day explains how you can use gravity to generate illumination, and the history behind using this practice as a power source.
December 8, 2015 at 04:15PM
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The Hyperloop Will Begin Testing In Nevada In 2016
The startup company Hyperloop Technologies — which takes its name from Elon Musk’s proposed invention but has no direct connection to him — announced today that it will build a test track for the ultra-fast transportation service in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
December 8, 2015 at 04:05PM
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Netflix and Hollywood in Tense Tango
As the online video streaming giant begins to produce more of its own shows — and even feature-length films — should Hollywood be worried?
December 8, 2015 at 04:05PM
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Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius
To most of the audience of crypto and finance geeks at October’s Bitcoin Investor Conference in Las Vegas, Craig Steven Wright was a nobody. That might be about to change.
December 8, 2015 at 03:44PM
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What Makes Tom Hanks Look Like Tom Hanks
Computer scientists are building realistic models of famous individuals, and making them look and talk like other people.
December 8, 2015 at 03:06PM
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The race to put a privately funded robot on the moon-and win the Google Lunar X-Prize-is officially set for 2017
It took five years of deadline extensions and an extra $10 million in prize money, but two private organizations have paid for launches in 2017 that they hope will make them the first private groups to land a robot on the moon. Should they succeed, they’ll be awarded the $30 million Google Lunar X-Prize.
December 8, 2015 at 03:06PM
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The Elegant Science Behind Quantum Computers
In A Nutshell explains how technology has evolved to the point of quantum computers. You might want to have a cup of coffee before this.
December 8, 2015 at 02:16PM
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Study Confirms That Ending Your Texts With A Period Is Terrible
Researchers led by Binghamton University’s Celia Klin report that text messages ending with a period are perceived as being less sincere, probably because the people sending them are heartless.
December 8, 2015 at 02:00PM
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Google Fiber Bringing Fiber Broadband Internet to Chicago, Los Angeles
In response to AT&T’s announcement that they would be bringing fiber to 38 new cities, Google announced that it was bringing the service to Chicago and LA.
December 8, 2015 at 12:31PM
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Tech Breakthroughs Are Giving Animals the Power to Speak
Melody Jackson, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech, has been outfitting service dogs with computerized vests, so that in an emergency they can find another human and pull a mechanical lever on the vest that triggers an audio message: My handler needs you to come with me!
December 8, 2015 at 12:31PM
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