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Emerging Tech News Archive
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China is building a controversial animal cloning facility to satisfy rising meat demands
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Weekly Rewind: Our Holiday gift guide, how to have sex in space, and iPhone 7 rumors
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After 44 years in prison, this ex-inmate entered a world completely changed by technology
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Tonight: Jeremy Clarkson presents the Amazon Prime Air delivery drone
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Crazy fast 3D printers, ultraportable bikes
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This app lets you design your own accessories with your phone
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Coffee in space: NASA designed an open-top cup that works in zero gravity
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This robotic fishing lure can make dead fish swim again
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‘Spencer’ the robot wants to make sure you don’t miss your flight
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Zano drone maker says sorry for $3.5M Kickstarter failure
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Finders keepers is the new rule when it comes to asteroid mining
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Biologists have successfully bred genetically engineered mosquitoes that can't carry malaria
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Check out what Pepper the robot looks like in a wig and makeup
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Comet fragments likely to blame for dimming of star KIC 8462852, not aliens
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This outrageously fast 3D printer creates objects at a blistering centimeter per minute
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This ridiculously awesome motion simulator is suspended in mid air by a series of cables
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Let there be light! Researchers design LED lamp powered by plants
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What to do with excess renewable energy? Just store it underground for later
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Before silicon gets under your skin, get it etched on top with a Tech Tat
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Ulo is an adorable owl that monitors your home
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NASA is going to launch two rockets into the Northern Lights this weekend, for science
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Australia’s most populous state just made it illegal to possess plans for 3D printed guns
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Diamond nanothreads to join graphene as the world’s next wonder material
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The first 3D-printed revolver fires 8 shots, just add a roofing nail and elastic
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Drone registration looms as task force outlines its recommendations
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China and the U.S. just set up a ‘space hotline’ to communicate
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Iraq is planning a solar powered skyscraper that’s 1,000 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa
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China unveils high-tech Fifth Space toilet facilities for the public
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Rice University chemists harness light to power fast, single-molecule submarine
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NASA developing satellite network for real-time wildfire tracking
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Mealworm farms, sapphire razors, and solar planes
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DARPA’s latest project? A brain implant capable of restoring lost memories
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ProBowl takes the guesswork out of feeding time for your dog
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The FDA just granted approval to a fast-growing genetically modified salmon species
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Breathe easy: Atmotube is a pocket-sized personal air quality detector
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There are now robotic cats that serve as companion animals
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Stepping up its game, New Balance just 3D-printed running shoe components
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Bosch’s new weed-murdering robot could eliminate the need for herbicides
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The world’s first supersonic private jet will be ready to hit the skies in 2023
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MIT's ingestible tracker works like a high-tech stethoscope to measure vital signs from inside the body
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Flame on! This discreet wristband lets you shoot fireballs from your bare hands
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Forget batteries, Canada plans to store energy in giant underwater balloons
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It’s over for the Zano drone, Europe’s most heavily backed Kickstarter campaign
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3DR Solo drone will soon alert you when you fly into restricted airspace
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Researchers at the University of Washington just developed a real-life ‘freeze ray’
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MIT has created a filter-free water desalination process that relies on electrical shockwaves
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The ISS gets some glitz as astronauts plant the first flowers in space
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DJI to stop you from flying your drone in restricted airspace
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By infusing H2O with ultrasonic bubbles, StarStream gives tap water incredible cleaning power
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Parrot’s Bebop 2 drone boasts better specs, 2x the flight time, and more autonomy
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This smartphone case flips out to become a VR viewer at the push of a button
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'Wi-FM' uses FM radio signals to reduce interference, boost your Internet speeds
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Mars’s moon Phobos is slowly getting ripped apart by gravity, and will eventually shatter
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Robots can now get into college, surpassing human scores on standardized tests
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Graphene discovery opens the doors to night-vision cars and infrared gesture detection
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Sustainable seafood startup creating lab-engineered shrimp for mass consumption
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Despite being made of 90 percent water, MIT's hydrogel superglue is ridiculously strong
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New blood drawing technique could mean less needle pokes at the hospital
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The deets on the SR-71 and its father A-12 are shared by the CIA
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Biometric bike locks, roll-up solar cells, and more
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This free 3D robot game could redefine how kids learn to code
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Can you make diamonds faster and cheaper? A Silicon Valley startup says yes
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Leading the charge: Huawei develops fast-charging tech for batteries
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Gogo’s next-gen inflight Wi-Fi is fast enough to stream Netflix and Spotify simultaneously
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Creative makers recreate the flaming sword of Fallout 4
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Amazingly, this 3D-printed supercar can go from 0 to 60 faster than a Ferrari
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Chinese scientists develop tunable stealth material that can hide ships from radar
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This is what London looks like through a self-driving car’s eyes
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Track your heart rate from your bag or your pocket with your smartphone
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Police pull over a Google self-driving car for driving too cautiously
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The inventor of light-based ‘Li-Fi’ Internet has completed the first working prototype
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Silver Fast superyacht exudes luxury as it sails across the sea
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As lavish as ever, Dubai’s Fire Service might soon use jetpacks to fight fires
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This guy’s ridiculous homemade rail gun shoots ‘ionized plasma’ bullets
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Ultra low-power processors designed by Microsoft may revolutionize wildlife research
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Thanks to Konami, an amputee gamer will soon sport a Metal Gear Solid-themed prosthetic
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This ain’t your grandma’s teddy bear — this is Oliba
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Laser scans will preserve world heritage sites in digital format forever
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Studies suggest zero gravity environments have negative effects on the human brain
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This friendly little robot will read stories to your kids, and teach you yoga
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Healthy neurologist pays for brain electrode implant in controversial self experiment
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Meet Tally, a robot that endlessly roams around and scans retail store aisles
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Construction is nearly complete on DARPA’s crazy submarine-hunting drone
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Thanks to an ultralight power tether, this surveillance drone can stay aloft forever
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Researchers are using autonomous fire-bombing drones to prevent future wildfires
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New sun-absorbing nanoparticle spray boosts tomato plant yields by over 80 percent
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Armed with electromagnetic sensors, Disney’s new wearable can tell what you’re touching
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MIT's experimental 3D printed shoe can snap into custom shapes and designs
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Google has open-sourced TensorFlow, their new deep-learning system
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DiMoDA is a virtual reality museum that you don’t want to miss
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Watch MIT’s nifty shape-shifting bot transform into all manner of gadgets
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Watch this Australian guy fly his jetpack around the Statue of Liberty
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The world’s largest 3D-printed drone is also its fastest, clocking in at 150 MPH
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Meet Airbolt: a TSA-approved travel lock you can control with your smartphone
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Love chicken? Then you may not love Oxfam’s hard-hitting Lives on the Line campaign
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A 10-year-old cancer patient will soon attend school, as a robot
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Could the United States Army hold the key to reading minds?
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How can tech help our children? Find out at the Global Innovations for Children and Youth Summit
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New research says CEOs should fear work automation more than landscapers
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Google finally brings virtual reality content to YouTube
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: Aquaponic gardens and brainwave readers
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Transparent solar cells are here, but they won't see the light of day for years
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World’s first use of gene editing in leukemia saves life of infant girl
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After 19 years of construction, the world’s largest fusion reactor goes online this month
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Get drunk on yourself: This bartending robot will make a cocktail based on your unique personality
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Supermassive solar farms might actually have adverse affects on the climate
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This algae-eating drone hopes to clean up the Baltic Sea for good
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‘Artificial nose’ sensors can sniff gases to identify ripe foods before they go bad
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Fancy a career change? NASA’s hiring astronauts!
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U.S. prisons have a major drone problem, and there’s no good solution yet
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Researchers have designed a battery that’s 90 percent more efficient than lithium-ion
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Japanese scientists develop glass that’s thin, light, and incredibly durable
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Check out this video of Dubai’s ‘Jetmen’ flying next to the world’s largest passenger plane
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Hackey is a connected key switch that lets you trigger any digital action
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Lytro’s new ‘Immerge’ camera may revolutionize how virtual reality is recorded
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This giant quadcopter drone launches fixed-wing UAVs, then retrieves them with a skyhook
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These guys hacked a 3D printer and turned it into a high-precision tattoo machine
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The PuzzlePhone is the modular smartphone that will satisfy your inner geek craving
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Is that really you? More companies are turning to voice biometrics for security purposes
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This handheld DNA sequencer could let regular civilians analyze genetic material
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Vents on this bio-skin clothing open as you sweat, powered by ancient bacteria
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Rail-launcher-assisted satellite launch goes awry in Hawai’i and crashes
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Tor Project launches its first cross-platform messenger app for anonymous, encrypted IM
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BAE Systems just invested $30M in a new rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel
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Type on an invisible keyboard with the Gest motion-control glove
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New obstacle avoidance tech lets this drone zip through a thicket at top speed
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NASA confirms that the ‘impossible’ EmDrive thruster really works, after new tests
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Google says its drone delivery service could take flight in 2017
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Don’t you wish you’d thought of using tricycles to create this animated street art?
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The NFL could switch to precise tech tracking with Wilson's sensor-studded football of the future
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Yamaha's motorcycle-riding robot calls out Valentini Rossi to a challenge on the racetrack
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Rent a mom with NeedAMom, the Brooklyn-based service for New York young adults
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Sick of your standing desk? Try lying down in an Altwork Station instead
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: beer brewers, bike renting, and gesture-sensing gloves