If My Smartphone Was Really That Smart It Would Lie To Me
Your progress bar telling you how much battery you have left or how much longer your download will take—that’s a lie. The button in the elevator that’s supposed to close the doors—that’s a lie. Design tricks like having your deleted files disappear in a puff of smoke? Those are all lies.
June 11, 2015 at 05:26PM
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So, Uber Just Released Its Own Videogame
The company today released ‘UberDRIVE,’ an iOS game that essentially mimics what it’s like to drive for Uber.
June 11, 2015 at 05:26PM
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Remember Beeper Speak? Teens Have Always Been The Ones Inventing New Language Trends
A subhead from a 1997 LA Times article on teens experimenting with a brand new language reads, “Technology: Messages made from numerals are popular nationwide.”
June 11, 2015 at 04:25PM
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It’s Official: Everyone Has the Same Plan for Tech’s Future
Virtually everything Apple announced, someone’s done before.
June 11, 2015 at 03:25PM
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is actually being built in California next year
It beggars belief, but it appears that Elon Musk’s Hyperloop is actually going to be built. The first test track will only be five miles long, and it won’t operate at the supersonic speeds that Musk envisioned, but still, it’s coming — Musk’s “cross between a Concorde, railgun, and an air hockey table” really is coming.
June 11, 2015 at 02:16PM
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What Happens When An Internet-Connected Brain Has A Stroke?
Brian Anderson explores the current science and thought on an Internet of brains, attempting to address the hypothetical dilemma of a stroke in the network.
June 11, 2015 at 01:10PM
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Liveblog: Facebook’s Oculus VR ‘Step into the Rift’ pre-E3 event
Ahead of annual games show, virtual reality innovator reveals its next steps, and talks about some key partnerships.
June 11, 2015 at 12:20PM
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These Bots May Save Your Life Someday
When Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant was in crisis following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a team of human workers entered the site to vent the accumulating hydrogen gas. But as radiation levels grew, they had to turn back. Robots were badly needed to take over where the human workers left off. Instead, the gas continued to build, until the plant exploded.
June 11, 2015 at 11:39AM
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The Rusted, Rotting Remains of A New Jersey Missile Base
Fort Hancock was one of the most highly classified, top secret locations in the United States. If you were caught anywhere near it in the last 50 or so years, the heavily armed patrols had orders to release their viscous attack dogs and shoot to kill on sight. Now in ruins, obviously, these forgotten remnants were New York’s last line of defense against Soviet nuclear attack.
June 11, 2015 at 10:35AM
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A Life-Changing Wearable That Tells People When to Pee
The chronic loss of bladder control is a complicated problem, not least because of the social stigma attached. There are few options for managing the condition. Usually, people wear adult diapers or opt to get surgery done. Brightly, a new wearable, aims to change that.
June 11, 2015 at 10:35AM
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