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Emerging Tech News Archive
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To reduce concussions, Dartmouth now uses robotic tackle dummies during football practice
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NASA will isolate 6 researchers in a dome for a year to simulate a Mars mission
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Astronauts will attempt to control an Earth-based rover from the ISS next month
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You don’t have to be rich to be an art collector, thanks to Kollecto
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If dust could talk, it would tell you how many women versus men live in your home
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Gladiator suits, float tubes, and a giant robot
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Buzz Aldrin opens Florida institute dedicated to colonizing Mars
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Stealing Apollo’s chariot: the inner workings of solar panels
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Tired of posters falling off your wall? Try Voltaglue, the voltage-dependent adhesive
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Want to share your mood? Do it with the wearable-first app Vibes
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Ingenious 3D printed wheelchair lever makes pushing more efficient
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The white-knuckled tale of Spirit of Australia: the fastest boat in the world
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s a drone interrupting a monk’s sunbathing session on a wind turbine!
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Switzerland just finished the Gotthard Base Tunnel — the longest tunnel in the world
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Boeing’s newest laser cannon can destroy a UAV in two seconds flat
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Mutation-tracking blood test offers early detection of breast cancer relapse
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What would Earth look like without humans? Hint, it’s a lot like Africa.
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Like AirBnB for solar power, Yeloha lets you use other people’s rooftops for energy
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Vivid 3D model shows how cancer cells multiply and migrate in a tumor
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NASA’s new 3D printed rocket parts work just as well as the old-fashioned ones
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Hawaii’s new OTEC power plant harvests energy stored in warm ocean water
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Want pancakes? Robots can help with RoboHow’s new Wikipedia for robots
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Street View’s attempt to capture tomato-throwing festival squashed by revelers
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Zano mini-drone ships this week despite apparent design issues
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North Dakota just made it perfectly legal for cops to arm drones with weapons
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Researchers develop artificial microfish to detect and neutralize toxins
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This airport is now offering happy meals to put customers in a better mood
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Stephen Hawking believes he’s solved a huge mystery about black holes
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Get buzzed in space with this whiskey, newly sent over to the International Space Station
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High-tech gladiator fights approach reality as Unified Weapons Master hits Indiegogo
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NASA is gearing up to launch an asteroid mining mission in 2016
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MIT’s new MultiFab 3D printer can print with 10 different materials at once
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Boeing’s latest crazy patent? This drone that can transform into a submarine
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Cancer, Intel is coming for you with the Collaborative Cancer Cloud
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You can now grow a human brain in a petri dish, or at least scientists can
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Cops foil drone plot to carry drugs and porn into Maryland prison, two arrested
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Watch Sony’s new plane-shaped drone tear through the sky
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You could play against Maria Sharapova at the U.S. Open, thanks to this amazing VR experience
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This ingenious clip-on motor gives any bike an electric boost
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Revolutionary new solar window tech can make any glass pane into a solar panel
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No waves? Onean electric surfboards let you glide across flat water
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Stories you missed this week: An Apple Music festival, bizarre bike pedals, and more
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Candle-powered chargers, distraction slayers
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3D printing with molten glass is just as mesmerizingly awesome as it sounds
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This ambitious Canadian company plans to build a space elevator out of inflatable Kevlar cells
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What’s for dinner? NASA funds research for turning poop into astronaut meals
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This strange new bike can be pedaled in six different ways
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Groundbreaking new superconductor works at the warmest temperature yet
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Illuminating inhalation: This trippy LED art exhibit pulses with your breath
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Watch the ATLAS robot take a stroll through the woods and open doors
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Apparently, drones scare the bejeezus out of black bears
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Chaplain services make virtual house calls, offer spiritual guidance via Skype
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Always wanted to name a planet ‘Ninja’? Now’s your chance
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How a digital pen can help doctors diagnose brain disease earlier
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Need an adhesive in outer space? Look to the gecko
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Armored socks, magnet tag, and VR in space
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Unorthodox “Ferrolic” clock displays the time with magnets and ferrofluid
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‘Mother robot’ builds children that evolve and get better with each new generation
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Everything you need to know about Japan’s L0 Series maglev: the fastest train in the world
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This giant artificial wave park just opened up to surfers in Wales
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Want to 3-D print your own neopixel LED display TV? Now you can
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Ever wanted to see Earth from space? SpaceVR is sending a camera into orbit so you can
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ISS astronauts will eat lettuce today, and they’re really excited about it
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Smart skillets, screw bits, and electronic fish bait
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WalkCar, the personal transporter that’s small enough to fit in a bag
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Ingenious ‘Knife Edge’ screwdriver bit can easily remove stripped Phillips screws
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Explore Mars from your couch with NASA’s new Curiosity rover simulator
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New scientific papers show comet 67P contains the building blocks of life
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Check out the world’s smallest 3D-printed circular saw, small enough to fit on your thumbnail
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DJI adds affordable new ‘Standard’ edition to its Phantom 3 drone lineup
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Drone drops heroin and other drugs into prison yard, fight ensues
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Airbus claims its new jet design could take you from New York to London in one hour
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The Density sensor tells you how crowded certain places are, so you can avoid long lines
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hitchBOT team overwhelmed by offers of support, bot could be rebuilt
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No, it’s not a hamburger: The MicFlip is a fully reversible micro USB
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hitchBOT meets his untimely end in the City of (Not) So Brotherly Love
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Now you can 3D print a robotic, high-power telescope for your smartphone
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This 65-foot flamethrower is totally legal to own for a mere $1,600
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Stunt rider Robbie Maddison takes on a giant Tahitian wave – on a dirt bike
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Battery boosters, solar plugs, a GoPro for fish