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Company Plans To Make Paper Towels And Diapers Out Of Jellyfish
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Company Plans To Make Paper Towels And Diapers Out Of Jellyfish

By Douglas Main

Stick-On Monitoring Patch Moves And Stretches With Skin
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Stick-On Monitoring Patch Moves And Stretches With Skin

By Ina Yang

This Badger Fits Inside An Osprey
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This Badger Fits Inside An Osprey

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The next new major Chinese warship arrives, on land
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The next new major Chinese warship arrives, on land

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

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Nano-Robots That Compute With DNA Installed Into Living Cockroach

By Douglas Main

How It Works: The Electric Racecar
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How It Works: The Electric Racecar

By Matthew Jancer

Missiles And Rockets Might Soon Smell Like Pine Trees
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Missiles And Rockets Might Soon Smell Like Pine Trees

By Ina Yang

The Navy Wants To Fire Its Ridiculously Strong Railgun From The Ocean
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The Navy Wants To Fire Its Ridiculously Strong Railgun From The Ocean

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Machine That Makes You Mingle Before Coffee Is An Introvert Torture Device
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Machine That Makes You Mingle Before Coffee Is An Introvert Torture Device

By Colin Lecher

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How It Works: Surgical Snakebot

By Erik Sofge

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How It Works: An Electronic Cigarette

By Brooke Borel

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How It Works: A Wiffle Ball Pitch

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The Microscopic Future of Surgical Robotics
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The Microscopic Future of Surgical Robotics

By Erik Sofge

The Week In Drones: Rescuing A Puppy, Crashing In South Korea, And More
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The Week In Drones: Rescuing A Puppy, Crashing In South Korea, And More

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Simple Invention For Sealing Gunshot Wounds Gets FDA Approval
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Simple Invention For Sealing Gunshot Wounds Gets FDA Approval

By Rose Pastore

USAID Chief Defends ‘Cuba Twitter’ Program, Says It Had Congressional Approval
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USAID Chief Defends ‘Cuba Twitter’ Program, Says It Had Congressional Approval

By Colin Lecher

3 New Ideas For Finding Lost Planes
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3 New Ideas For Finding Lost Planes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Why We Haven’t Built A Better Black Box
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Why We Haven’t Built A Better Black Box

By Colin Lecher

Robots Seem More Thoughtful If They Glance Away While They Talk
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Robots Seem More Thoughtful If They Glance Away While They Talk

By Francie Diep

Israeli Students Spoof Waze App With Fake Traffic Jam
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Israeli Students Spoof Waze App With Fake Traffic Jam

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Solve for Standing Ovation: Should AI Researchers Bother Building a TED-Bot?
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Solve for Standing Ovation: Should AI Researchers Bother Building a TED-Bot?

By Erik Sofge

In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome
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In Most Ambitious DNA Building Project Ever, Scientists Make An Artificial Yeast Chromosome

By Francie Diep

Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies
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Radio Tecnico: How The Zetas Cartel Took Over Mexico With Walkie-Talkies

By Damon Tabor

How To Avoid Traffic Jams
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How To Avoid Traffic Jams

By Kate Baggaley

Can A Robot Give A TED Talk? TED Hopes So
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Can A Robot Give A TED Talk? TED Hopes So

By Paul Adams

A Life-Size LEGO Car You Can Actually Drive
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A Life-Size LEGO Car You Can Actually Drive

By Gregory Mone

Meet The Physicist Who’s Building Snake Robots
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Meet The Physicist Who’s Building Snake Robots

By Flora Lichtman

Taiwan Navy Launches New Stealth Boat
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Taiwan Navy Launches New Stealth Boat

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Radar Will Scan NYC Park For A Buried Luxury Bomb Shelter From 1964
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Radar Will Scan NYC Park For A Buried Luxury Bomb Shelter From 1964

By Francie Diep

A New Material For Night-Vision Contact Lenses
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A New Material For Night-Vision Contact Lenses

By Francie Diep

You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot
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You Probably Don’t Care If You Get Your News From A Robot

By Colin Lecher

Robotic Fish and Inflatable Tentacles: How MIT is Solving Hard Problems with Soft Robots
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Robotic Fish and Inflatable Tentacles: How MIT is Solving Hard Problems with Soft Robots

By Erik Sofge

Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?
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Why Is Google Building A Robot Army?

By Erik Sofge

No, U.S. Drones Weren’t Shot Down Over Crimea
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No, U.S. Drones Weren’t Shot Down Over Crimea

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Virtual Reality French Experimental Theater Is The Trippiest Thing
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Virtual Reality French Experimental Theater Is The Trippiest Thing

By Colin Lecher

Edward Snowden On How To End Mass Surveillance
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Edward Snowden On How To End Mass Surveillance

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ukraine Unveils Half-Finished New Radar System
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Ukraine Unveils Half-Finished New Radar System

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How Will Drones Change Sports?
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How Will Drones Change Sports?

By Colin Lecher

Stephen Wolfram Wants To Make Computer Language More Human
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Stephen Wolfram Wants To Make Computer Language More Human

By Colin Lecher

IBM’s Watson Made Me A Kebab
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IBM’s Watson Made Me A Kebab

By Colin Lecher

The Week In Drones: North Korea Builds A Target, Rare Dolphin Video, And More
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The Week In Drones: North Korea Builds A Target, Rare Dolphin Video, And More

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Judge Strikes Down FAA’s Ban On Commercial Drones
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Judge Strikes Down FAA’s Ban On Commercial Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tale of the Teletank: The Brief Rise and Long Fall of Russia’s Military Robots
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Tale of the Teletank: The Brief Rise and Long Fall of Russia’s Military Robots

By Erik Sofge

The World’s Longest Aircraft Is Half-Blimp, Half-Zeppelin
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The World’s Longest Aircraft Is Half-Blimp, Half-Zeppelin

By Kelsey D. Atherton

2014: Year of the Eastern Arsenal
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2014: Year of the Eastern Arsenal

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

This Netflix Hack Pauses Your Movie When You Fall Asleep
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This Netflix Hack Pauses Your Movie When You Fall Asleep

By Gabe Bergado

The Week In Drones: Netflix Delivers By Quadcopter, New Drone Law In Utah, And More
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The Week In Drones: Netflix Delivers By Quadcopter, New Drone Law In Utah, And More

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Oscars 2014: Predicting The Winners With Data
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Oscars 2014: Predicting The Winners With Data

By Francie Diep

A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash
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A Waterwheel That Picks Up Floating Trash

By Allie Wilkinson

Cross-Laminated Timber is the Most Advanced Building Material
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Cross-Laminated Timber is the Most Advanced Building Material

By Clay Risen

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Eastern Arsenal- Why we write

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Fewer Soldiers, More Robots: Pentagon Budgets For The Future
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Fewer Soldiers, More Robots: Pentagon Budgets For The Future

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Car That Runs On Air
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The Car That Runs On Air

By Matthew Jancer

Apocalypse NAO: Are Robots Threatening Your Immortal Soul?
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Apocalypse NAO: Are Robots Threatening Your Immortal Soul?

By Erik Sofge

The Week In Drones: Cameras Over Kiev, The Future Of Air Combat, And More
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The Week In Drones: Cameras Over Kiev, The Future Of Air Combat, And More

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How To Ship A Whale (And Other Advice From A FedEx Guru)
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How To Ship A Whale (And Other Advice From A FedEx Guru)

By Amber Williams

Nazis Studied Using Mosquitoes As Biological Weapons
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Nazis Studied Using Mosquitoes As Biological Weapons

By Douglas Main

LED Lights Track People And Broadcast Messages
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LED Lights Track People And Broadcast Messages

By Francie Diep

R.I.P. CAPTCHA
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R.I.P. CAPTCHA

By Kate Baggaley

Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power
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Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power

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Inside Russia’s Ridiculous Sochi Security Scanner
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Inside Russia’s Ridiculous Sochi Security Scanner

By Kelsey D. Atherton

2014 Is Going To Be The Best Year Yet For Home Sous Vide
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2014 Is Going To Be The Best Year Yet For Home Sous Vide

By Paul Adams

Secret Viking Code Decrypted: ‘Kiss Me’
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Secret Viking Code Decrypted: ‘Kiss Me’

By Francie Diep

The Week In Drones: Flying Cameras At The Olympics, A Corvette Sinkhole, And More
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The Week In Drones: Flying Cameras At The Olympics, A Corvette Sinkhole, And More

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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