Inside Amazon’s Warehouse, Human-Robot Symbiosis
Amazon’s newest warehouse is testing the limits of automation and human-machine collaboration.

July 9, 2015 at 05:18AM
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Pens Are Making a High-Tech Comeback
“You have to try this.” Steven Bathiche, Director of Research at Microsoft’s Applied Sciences Group, hands me a pen.

July 9, 2015 at 03:15AM
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Why the Great Glitch of July 8th Should Scare You
The big problem we face isn’t coordinated cyber-terrorism, it’s that software sucks. Software sucks for many reasons, all of which go deep, are entangled, and expensive to fix. (Or, everything is broken, eventually). This is a major headache, and a real worry as software eats more and more of the world.

July 8, 2015 at 08:41PM
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge Was A Bust
Why DARPA needs to stage another bot contest, with even more pratfalls.

July 8, 2015 at 08:41PM
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Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens
We’ve adapted our reading habits to fit our screens, but at a cost.

July 8, 2015 at 07:40PM
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Twitter’s New AI Recognizes Porn So You Don’t Have To
Or, more accurately, so workers don’t need to spend their days looking at gore and porn.

July 8, 2015 at 05:37PM
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What Would Happen If We Had A 1-Minute Time Machine?
Here’s a cute story about two physics nerds who discover the the good and bad parts of time travel over, and over and over again.

July 8, 2015 at 03:27PM
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Violinist Kevin Yu Invents a High-Tech Tux Shirt
Why shouldn’t symphony musicians have high-tech apparel, just like athletes do? After all, playing the violin or any other instrument certainly requires a degree of sweat and athleticism.

July 8, 2015 at 02:21PM
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Watching This Machine Shred Entire Engine Blocks Is Deeply Satisfying
Hammel’s VB 950 weights 42 tons and eats engines for breakfast. Lunch and dinner are tilapia and gnocchi, respectively.

July 8, 2015 at 11:58AM
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A Brief Animated History Of Transportation
The canoe was invented in 8,000 BC and the first form of public transportation was a stagecoach operated in Paris in 1662. Fast forward to today’s self-driving car prototype, and it’s clear just how far we’ve come.

July 8, 2015 at 11:54AM
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