Magnificent 2-String Violin is a 3D-Printed Instrument from the Future
The year is 5021. All violinists are trained in the art of nonviol-ince to protect our citizens. If music fails to soothe the beast, there are other ways to deal with the problem.
April 2, 2015 at 06:08AM
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Finding the forgotten women who programmed the world’s first electronic computer
When Kathy Kleiman started researching the history of computer programming as an undergraduate, she came across old black-and-white photos of the people who worked on the ENIAC, the world’s first all-electronic programmable computer. But they seemed to be missing a key detail.
April 2, 2015 at 01:24AM
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“Unquestionable greed,” the startup CEO who stole $765k from his friends
Jon Mills had moved to California five years ago with a dream to hit it big in Silicon Valley. The company he founded, Motionloft, uses small sensors to perform analytics on in-store foot traffic. Everything worked. The company continues to succeed, and celebrity venture capitalist Mark Cuban remains its sole investor. But that success wasn’t enough.
April 1, 2015 at 09:12PM
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The Melbourne engineer and his self-healing plane
Meet the Melbourne aeronautics engineer who’s busy redefining the motto “heal thyself.”
April 1, 2015 at 06:07PM
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The Self-Driving Hospital
We tend to trust our computers a lot. Perhaps too much, as one hospital nurse learned the hard way.
April 1, 2015 at 06:07PM
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Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic Swarms
While swarming provides numerous opportunities to expand U.S. combat effectiveness by enabling greater range, persistence, daring, mass, coordination, intelligence, and speed on the battlefield, it may be enemy swarms that are the real game-changer.
April 1, 2015 at 05:12PM
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A Historical Tour of the Clean Energy Future
A progress report on ARPA-E’s efforts to clean up energy production.
April 1, 2015 at 04:11PM
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Scientists designed a boot-like exoskeleton to make walking 7 percent easier
Over the course of centuries, evolution has tweaked our anatomy to make these movements more and more efficient. But sometimes, being on your feet is still a drag.
April 1, 2015 at 03:08PM
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Dark Horse: the story of a record-shattering, all-electric ’68 Mustang
The story of a record-shattering, all-electric ’68 Mustang.
April 1, 2015 at 01:02PM
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This Air Force Tech Could’ve Averted the Germanwings Crash
On paper, at least, we already have the technology to take the humans out of the cockpit and prevent tragedies like last week’s Germanwings crash in the French Alps, which investigators believe may have been caused by a suicidal pilot.
April 1, 2015 at 11:54AM
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