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The promise and pitfalls of using robots to care for the elderly

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The Tamagotchi Effect: How digital pets shaped the tech habits of a generation

How Tamagotchi shaped technology

Will GPS ever become obsolete? Meet the ant-inspired tech that could replace it

Close-up of ant on a stick | GPS

Motion-sensing shrubs and robo-Venus flytraps: Inside the world of Cyborg Botany

Cyborg botany

What would it take to build a Matrix-level simulation of reality?

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I mainlined a bag of liquid vitamins — for science

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Ford’s bipedal delivery robot can walk straight up to your doorstep

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The rise and reign of Starship, the world’s first robotic delivery provider

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How Super Mario, Magic: The Gathering, and PowerPoint are low-key supercomputers

Super Mario World

Purdue’s robotic hummingbird is nearly as nimble as the real thing

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San Francisco won the battle, but the war on facial-recognition has just begun

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Google’s Street View cars are helping build a giant map of global air pollution

Google Street View Vehicle equipped with pollution tracking tech

How facial recognition is changing life as we know it – for better or worse

Facial recognition software showing faces and the amount of times they've appeared.

Chicago’s trash-eating river robot is a glimpse into the future of crowdsourcing

harness crowds to solve world challenges urban rivers trash robot feat

DroneBullet is a kamikaze drone missile that knocks enemy UAVs out of the sky

DroneBullet in the air

Most cities can’t deal with escooters. Charlotte, N.C., wants to show them how

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RFID-blocking products are practically worthless. Here’s why

are rfid blocking products worth your money we asked an expert nero denim wallet feat

How a clever photography trick is bringing Seattle’s shipwrecks to the surface

PBM Mariner photogrammetry underwater wrecks global underwater explorers

The holy grail of robotics: Inside the quest to build a mechanical human hand

Shadow Robot Company Robotic Arm

Geoengineering is risky and unproven, but soon it might be necessary

Algae bloom, Geoengineering using Ocean Fertilization

How 3D printing has changed the world of prosthetic limbs forever

3d printed prostheses revolution christophe debard print my leg feat

Climeworks wants to clean the atmosphere with a fleet of building-sized vacuums

Cilmeworks Plan to fight Climate Change | Troubleshooting Earth

Inside the Ocean Cleanup’s ambitious plan to rid the ocean of plastic waste

ocean cleanup project boyan slat interview bird plastic feat

Burgers are just the beginning: Embracing the future of lab-grown everything

is lab grown meat real life or it just delicious fantasy cultured beef 02

The grid of the future will be powered by … giant subterranean bagpipes?

hydrostor grid of the future feat

Meet the gene-edited bacteria that could make cannabis plants obsolete

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NASA is building an inflatable space robot named King Louie

NASA and BYU's Inflatable Robot King Louie

How emotion-tracking A.I. will change computing as we know it

Affectiva A.I. Emotion Tracking

How MIT hacked horticulture to cultivate a hyper-flavorful basil plant

Basil

The next clash of Silicon Valley titans will take place in space

most innovative companies 2015 spacex

Animals, algorithms, and obstacle courses: Welcome to the A.I. Olympics

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I had a one-night stand with a sleep robot

somnox sleep robot pillow sleeping

Are we living in a simulation? This MIT scientist says it’s more likely than not

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I tested my cat’s DNA, but the results only led to more mysteries

cat dna test feat

Forget metal. When it comes to robots, the future is soft and squishy

Soft Robot

Can A.I. truly be creative? One brilliant Brit makes a compelling case

Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy

Nonny de la Peña wants to put virtual reality within Reach

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YouTube Poop is punk rock for the internet age, and you probably don’t get it

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Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 2)

Women Scientists of the Manhattan Project

Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 1)

women scientists of the manhattan project part 1

Twitter is officially a teenager now. Are we raising a monster?

twitter 13th birthday changed communication feat

The U.S. Army is building a giant VR battlefield to train soldiers virtually

Virtual reality dome impact of real-life scenarios on cognitive abilities

A.I.-generated text is supercharging fake news. This is how we fight back

ai spots writing by fake news feature

Blockchain is overhyped, but it’s also perfect for California’s drought problem

california uses blockchain and iot to manage groundwater use feature 5

Yes, data is the new oil and the fight to reclaim it from tech giants starts now

Mark Zuckerberg speaking on stage

Sick of fruits and veggies going bad? This second skin doubles their life spans

Apeel Green Beans

Here’s how Facebook taught its Portal A.I. to think like a Hollywood filmmaker

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Global Good wants to rid the world of deadly diseases with lasers and A.I.

global good brings life saving tech to developing countries feature 10

Singapore uses its smart city tech to help citizens cut through the red tape

smart cities singapore cityline feat

Does a steam-powered spacecraft hold the key to exploring the solar system?

UCF Steam-powered spacecraft WINE
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