MegaBots is trying to turn a giant fighting robot into a business like NASCAR
What the founders of MegaBots really wanted to do was live out their childhood fantasies, when they fell in love with video games like the MechWarrior series. So they built a robot that they could get into and fight another robot with. And they set themselves the goal of turning that into a business.
July 26, 2015 at 07:33PM
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The truth about the death of cash
Will cash disappear? Many technology cheerleaders believe so, but the truth is more complicated.
July 26, 2015 at 06:30PM
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Watch A Fighter Jet Take Off And Go… Straight Up
As this MiG-29 fighter jet speeds down the runway and lifts off, nothing seems too special. And then just seconds after lifting off the ground, the jet turns its nose to the sky incredibly abruptly and shoots straight up.
July 26, 2015 at 04:44PM
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Forget the Ashley Madison or Sony hacks – a crippling cyberattack is imminent in the US
Companies are nowhere near prepared for it. Neither are the Feds. And yet, instead of mobilising a national defence, we want a toaster that communicates with the washing machine over the internet.
July 26, 2015 at 04:20PM
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Let These Robot Arms Make Breakfast For You
Do you like egg sandwiches? Are you very lazy? If you answered yes to both questions, we’d like to introduce you to your new chef.
July 26, 2015 at 02:50PM
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Bitcoin: The Preferred Currency Of Blackmailers And Kidnappers
In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills. These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency Bitcoin.
July 26, 2015 at 12:04PM
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Living life cursed by technology
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity has stumped medical professionals for decades, but its effects are impossible to ignore.
July 26, 2015 at 10:58AM
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Inside The Empathy Machine: VR, Neuroscience, Race And Journalism
Although the current market is driven by entertainment and gaming, some practitioners are exploring journalistic and documentary applications, and are discovering that the storytelling power of VR may lie in its potential as a tool of empathy. Our experiment in VR explores its use in reporting on race and social justice.
July 26, 2015 at 05:33AM
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Did Hacking Team give your local police a product demo?
Cops from Miami to Duluth on Italian firm’s mailing lists, hacked emails show.
July 25, 2015 at 11:27PM
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Man Walks For The First Time In 11 Years With An Ekso Suit
It’s slow and steady, but that’s the speed at which technological and medical breakthroughs happen.
July 25, 2015 at 03:17PM
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