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NASA Awards $17.8 Million For An Inflatable Addition To The ISS

'Space hotel' company Bigelow lands its first major deal with NASA and a chance to prove the future of human space exploration is inflatable.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.14.2013 at 2:16 pm 56 Comments

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The Next Crews With The Right Stuff Will Work For Private Companies, Not NASA

Spaceship builders will assume the flight risk first with their own test pilot employees.

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 01.14.2013 at 12:43 pm 4 Comments

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NASA: Asteroid Apophis Won't Collide With Earth In 2036

A new analysis of telescope data has reduced the odds of a potentially catastrophic asteroid impact to less than one in a million, NASA says, effectively ruling it out.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.14.2013 at 11:14 am 2 Comments

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The White House Gloriously Shoots Down Petition To Build A Death Star

"This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For"

By Colin Lecher Posted 01.14.2013 at 10:39 am 13 Comments

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FYI: Could You Survive A Flight Strapped To The Wing Of A Plane?

Maybe, if you're really prepared. But it's not going to be an especially smooth flight.

By Colin Lecher Posted 01.14.2013 at 9:00 am 6 Comments

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Glowing Ice Cubes Warn You When You Drink Too Much

Party too hard, and they'll text a friend for help.

By Shaunacy Ferro Posted 01.11.2013 at 3:29 pm 10 Comments

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2013 Prediction: Crowdfunding Pays Off

Crowdfunding models like Kickstarter took off in 2012--now we'll wait and see how transformative those models are.

By Cliff Ransom Posted 01.11.2013 at 2:00 pm 5 Comments

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The 7 Most Amazing Robots Of 2012

Okay, we know we're a little late on this, but that's because there was so much amazing stuff to sift through!

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.11.2013 at 11:30 am 1 Comment

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Faraway Quasar Group Is The Largest Structure In The Universe

It would take a light-speed craft 4 billion years to get from one side of the group to the other.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.11.2013 at 8:59 am 19 Comments

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Meet Diego-San, The Humanoid Robot Toddler

A project spanning robotics, computer science, developmental psychology, and machine learning aims to figure out how one-year-olds learn to interact with the world.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.10.2013 at 4:31 pm 9 Comments

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CES 2013: Smartphone-Powered Robot Is The Soundtrack Of Your Life

A buddy that makes playlists for you.

By Corinne Iozzio Posted 01.10.2013 at 3:44 pm 1 Comment

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The 'Intelligent' Rifle, Now With iPad App, Wi-Fi, Infallible Accuracy

Austin-based TrackingPoint shows off its new 'precision guided firearms' that allow the shooter to choose the shot before pulling the trigger.

By Clay Dillow Posted 01.10.2013 at 1:28 pm 3 Comments

Tagging The Target: TrackingPoint's Downrange View

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This Cold War Robot Was Built To Do The Tasks Too Dangerous For People

The creator of this humanoid from a 1953 issue of Popular Science hoped robots could one day handle radioactive material and mix explosives.

By Taylor Kubota Posted 01.10.2013 at 12:15 pm 0 Comments

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How To Rescue A Plane From Water

It takes an almost surgical approach to retrieve a plane if it goes underwater. Not only does the team in charge of the recovery need to know every detail of the plane before going in, they also have to "treat every recovery as a potential crime scene," as Rich Morin explains in a first-person account for Flying magazine. Morin has performed more than 400 recoveries, and he takes the reader through the process hour-by-hour. Definitely worth a read. [Flying]

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By Colin Lecher Posted 01.10.2013 at 11:30 am 1 Comment

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