The baffling numbers that lead to catastrophe
A surprisingly simple bug afflicts computers controlling planes, spacecraft and more — they get confused by big numbers. As Chris Baraniuk discovers, the glitch has led to explosions, missing space probes and more.
May 5, 2015 at 01:42PM
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Check Out This Web-Based Fractal Generator
Fractals are cool. Or, toss this on if you’re trying to take a nap, because this guy’s voice is the most relaxing thing we’ve ever heard.
May 5, 2015 at 01:37PM
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Robots may be getting less clumsy, thanks to the science of illusion
If robots are ever going to live comfortably and safely among humans, they’ll have to figure out how to move like us.
May 5, 2015 at 10:33AM
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Machines Sensed the Nepal Earthquake from 8,000 Miles Away
When a massive earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, it created seismic waves that traveled around the world in a matter of minutes, propagating swiftly through Earth’s crust and mantle to rattle seismic stations in the US. The Nepal quake was devastating, but the fact that it was felt 8,000 miles away is actually not unusual.
May 5, 2015 at 09:27AM
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JetBlue to Offer Amazon Prime Members Free Wi-Fi on Planes to Stream Video
Amazon is taking to the skies in its battle with Netflix: The e-commerce giant announced a deal with JetBlue, under which Prime members will have free, unlimited access to in-flight Wi-Fi — fast enough to stream video right to their seats.
May 5, 2015 at 08:28AM
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Secret Agent Man: How to Think about Autonomy
The issue is not autonomy, but agency — how much authority can we grant artificial agents even if we know that there may be a host of reasons why delegating authority to them could result in undesired outcomes?
May 5, 2015 at 07:31AM
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How Selerity reported Twitter’s earnings-before Twitter did
Selerity’s CTO explains why web scraping is the easy part.
May 5, 2015 at 01:06AM
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Jewelers start gold plating Apple Watch to undercut Apple’s pricey Edition models
The Apple Watch Edition with an 18 karat rose gold case starts at $10,000 and ranges to $17,000 for yellow gold models with a gold-plated band. Jewelers, however, looking to take some of Apple’s high-end Watch market, have now started offering their own take on the gold Apple Watch.
May 4, 2015 at 10:05PM
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Six Hours Of Professional Photo Retouching, In 90 Seconds
Head Retoucher Elizabeth Moss at Rare Digital Art does some amazing work. Here she’s working a great deal faster than usual, thanks to the magic of time-lapse video.
May 4, 2015 at 01:40PM
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The Right Way To Learn Coding
“Learning programming is like practicing scales — it’s gonna make you a great musician, but if you never get to play a song it’s gonna be very frustrating.”
May 4, 2015 at 12:35PM
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