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Q+A: Cody Wilson Of The Wiki Weapon Project On The 3-D Printed Future of Firearms

While many call for tighter firearm restrictions in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, the Wiki Weapon project believes technology is about to make such regulation irrelevant--and that that's a good thing.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.21.2012 at 4:50 pm 79 Comments

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Open Source Outer Space: How A Couple Of Guys Are Building A Homemade Rocket Ship for the Masses

Inside Copenhagen Suborbitals, the most powerful amateur rocket project ever flown

By Xavier Aaronson / Motherboard Posted 12.21.2012 at 12:01 pm 17 Comments

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What's Behind The NFL Suicides?

An up-close look at chronic traumatic encephalopathy

By Tom Foster Posted 12.21.2012 at 10:00 am 2 Comments

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Inject Rhino Horns With Poison, That'll Stop Poachers

Poison, dye, and GPS chips. Poachers, you've been warned: these are not the horns you want.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.20.2012 at 3:30 pm 8 Comments

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The Objet1000 Can 3-D Print An Entire Bicycle Frame

For really big print jobs, you need a really big 3-D printer.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.20.2012 at 12:18 pm 4 Comments

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Paper Waste Makes World's Grossest-Looking Bricks

Another "green" brick, this time made like sausage

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.20.2012 at 10:00 am 12 Comments

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Inside China's Secret Arsenal

The Chinese government is rapidly building a bigger, more sophisticated military. Here’s what they have, what they want, and what it means for the U.S.

By Peter W. Singer Posted 12.20.2012 at 9:00 am 53 Comments

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Watch This Gift-Wrapping Robot Make Elves Obsolete

General Motors reprograms robots to put a toy car in a wrapped box. Unionize, elves, before it's too late!

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.19.2012 at 5:00 pm 7 Comments

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BigDog Robot Learns To Obey Voice Commands, Follow, Roll Over

DARPA's menacing military machine gains some new tricks.

By Paul Adams Posted 12.19.2012 at 4:29 pm 11 Comments

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Genetically Engineered Stingray-Skin Sneakers Are A Hoax

Back in June, news sites began picking up the story of Rayfish Footwear, which claimed it could genetically engineer stingrays to have whatever skin pattern or color you want, and then make you some cool sneakers out of it. Just like we thought, that is not possible, and the company is fake. NextNature, the Dutch organization behind Rayfish (they've also done other pranks), just released a video documenting the prank, though it's not totally clear what point they were trying to make with the whole thing. Video after the jump.

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By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.19.2012 at 4:00 pm 3 Comments

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We Want These "Ultrastretchable" Charging Cables Now, Please

Need just a little more length on your charging cable to reach the outlet? No problem: new wires filled with liquid metal could stretch up to eight times their original length.

By Dan Nosowitz Posted 12.19.2012 at 3:00 pm 9 Comments

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Nearby Star Tau Ceti Could Have A Habitable Planet

Though not yet confirmed, data suggests a rocky body is orbiting our stellar neighbor at just the right distance.

By Clay Dillow Posted 12.19.2012 at 2:04 pm 16 Comments

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Would Arming Teachers And Students Really Have Prevented A Tragedy?

Policy that would make it easier to carry concealed weapons into schools could have meant “the difference between life and death for many innocent bystanders,” a spokesman for Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger said after last week's shooting at Sandy Hook. Does research bear that out?

By Colin Lecher Posted 12.19.2012 at 10:30 am 114 Comments