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This Origami-Inspired Battery Folds Like a Ninja Star
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This Origami-Inspired Battery Folds Like a Ninja Star

By G. Clay Whittaker

Watch Google’s A.I. Figure Out ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ In Four Tries
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Watch Google’s A.I. Figure Out ‘Montezuma’s Revenge’ In Four Tries

By Dave Gershgorn

NASA Is Funding A Concept To Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships
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NASA Is Funding A Concept To Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships

By Sarah Fecht

Drone Films Flooded French Castle
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Drone Films Flooded French Castle

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A big red stop button.
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Google Considers Making A “Big Red Button” To Stop Dangerous A.I. In An Emergency

By Dave Gershgorn

Dogo Robots On Patrol
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Israeli Scout Robot Packs A Glock Pistol

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Craziest Predictions At Code Conference This Week
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The Craziest Predictions At Code Conference This Week

By G. Clay Whittaker

Businesses Could Make Solar Panels And Electric Cars As Commonplace As Home Computers
Environment

Businesses Could Make Solar Panels And Electric Cars As Commonplace As Home Computers

By Jeremy Deaton

Software Now To Blame For 15 Percent Of Car Recalls
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Software Now To Blame For 15 Percent Of Car Recalls

By Bengt Halvorson / The Car Connection

VSCO’s Photo Editing App Adds More Social Features
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VSCO’s Photo Editing App Adds More Social Features

By Xavier Harding

Internet of Things Project Allows Quadriplegic Driver to Race
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Internet of Things Project Allows Quadriplegic Driver to Race

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

Can We Make A Computer Make Art?
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Can We Make A Computer Make Art?

By Dave Gershgorn

A Crawling Drone Carries Nerf’s Newest Dart Gun
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A Crawling Drone Carries Nerf’s Newest Dart Gun

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Airbus 3D Printed This 13-Foot-Long Drone Named Thor
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Airbus 3D Printed This 13-Foot-Long Drone Named Thor

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Coast Guard Type 818 "46301"
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China’s Coast Guard Arms Up With a New Warship

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

KC-10A Flies Resupply Mission To South Pole
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Air Force Plan For 2030 Doesn’t Mention The F-35

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Solve A Rubik’s Cube With Augmented Reality
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Solve A Rubik’s Cube With Augmented Reality

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch A 100-Year-Old Naval Battle In Animation
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Watch A 100-Year-Old Naval Battle In Animation

By Kelsey D. Atherton

See The Difference One Year Makes In Artificial Intelligence Research
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See The Difference One Year Makes In Artificial Intelligence Research

By Dave Gershgorn

China Amphibious Warfare MLP
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China Goes Big With One of World’s Largest Support Ships

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Behind the scenes Silicon Valley's showrunners deeply investigate programmer's annoyances.
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Inside Silicon Valley’s Spaces And Tabs Debate

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This Drone On A Leash Could Guard Army Bases
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This Drone On A Leash Could Guard Army Bases

By Kelsey D. Atherton

3D Printed Building in Dubai
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Dubai Has 3D-Printed An Entire Building

By G. Clay Whittaker

Yes, The Pentagon Still Uses Floppy Disks For Nuclear Launches
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Yes, The Pentagon Still Uses Floppy Disks For Nuclear Launches

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A New Algorithm Could Help Warn Of Incoming Tsunamis
Environment

A New Algorithm Could Help Warn Of Incoming Tsunamis

By Kate Baggaley

Augmented Reality Visor Lets Firefighters See Through The Smoke
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Augmented Reality Visor Lets Firefighters See Through The Smoke

By Mary Beth Griggs

University Students Launched A Rocket With Completely 3D-Printed Engine
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University Students Launched A Rocket With Completely 3D-Printed Engine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Georgia Tech Builds An Aggro Autonomous Rally Car
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Georgia Tech Builds An Aggro Autonomous Rally Car

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

Straddling Bus
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China Will Test A ‘Straddle Bus’ That Drives Over Cars

By G. Clay Whittaker

Hydraulic Press Versus Nearly Invincible Glass Teardrops
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Hydraulic Press Versus Nearly Invincible Glass Teardrops

By G. Clay Whittaker

Watch A Useless, Beautiful Machine Sort Rocks
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Watch A Useless, Beautiful Machine Sort Rocks

By Kelsey D. Atherton

New A.I. Analyzes Facial Structure To See Who’s A Terrorist
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New A.I. Analyzes Facial Structure To See Who’s A Terrorist

By Dave Gershgorn

LOCUST Launcher Fires A Swarm Of Navy Drones
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LOCUST Launcher Fires A Swarm Of Navy Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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What Landmine-Detecting Plants Can Teach Us About Design

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RFID Implant
Health

Why Did I Implant A Chip In My Hand?

By Rose Eveleth

How Science Will Make Cows Obsolete
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How Science Will Make Cows Obsolete

By Heather Hansman

Researchers Try To Preemptively Imagine The Worst Things A.I. Could Do
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Researchers Try To Preemptively Imagine The Worst Things A.I. Could Do

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Douglas Eck, a researcher at Google, talks about Magenta during at panel at Moogfest.
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‘Magenta’ Is Google’s New Project To Make Art With Artificial Intelligence

By Dave Gershgorn

You Can Now 3D Print Your Own Custom Gummies
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You Can Now 3D Print Your Own Custom Gummies

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Zumwalt Destroyer Delivered To The Navy
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Zumwalt Destroyer Delivered To The Navy

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Aircraft Carrier Type 001A
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China’s New Carrier Gets A Ski Ramp

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

How Google’s New A.I. Microchips Take A Page From Bitcoin Miners
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How Google’s New A.I. Microchips Take A Page From Bitcoin Miners

By Dave Gershgorn

This Is What Happens When Augmented Reality Takes Over
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This Is What Happens When Augmented Reality Takes Over

By Carl Franzen

This Google Patent Is Like Human Flypaper For Cars
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This Google Patent Is Like Human Flypaper For Cars

By G. Clay Whittaker

DJI Phantom 4 Quadcopter
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Here’s The Map Of All of America’s Registered Drone Users

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Otto Is Bringing Autonomous Driving To American Highways
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Otto Is Bringing Autonomous Driving To American Highways

By Kristen Hall-Geisler

The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever In The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer
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The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever In The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Trailer

By Christine Jun

Saab’s Underwater Drone Will Hunt For Aquatic Explosives
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Saab’s Underwater Drone Will Hunt For Aquatic Explosives

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Screenshot from Buzzfeed Facebook Live video of skin-tightening surgery
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Social Video Has Entered Its Body Horror Phase

By Carl Franzen

FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking
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FindFace App Revolutionizes Stalking

By Paul Adams

Searching for a city in Snips brings up relevant contacts and locations.
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Meet ‘Snips,’ A Virtual Assistant That Doesn’t Talk Back

By Dave Gershgorn

These New LED Matches Are Half As Useful As, Well, Matches
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These New LED Matches Are Half As Useful As, Well, Matches

By G. Clay Whittaker

Infrared Radiation Can Fine-Tune The Taste Of Whiskey
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Infrared Radiation Can Fine-Tune The Taste Of Whiskey

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This Meat Transformer Wants To Retrieve The Weird Things You’ve Swallowed
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This Meat Transformer Wants To Retrieve The Weird Things You’ve Swallowed

By Kate Baggaley

DARPA Wants To Transform Chemical War Sites Into Fertile Soil
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DARPA Wants To Transform Chemical War Sites Into Fertile Soil

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Every Acronym Project Name From DARPA’s Demo Day
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Every Acronym Project Name From DARPA’s Demo Day

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Middle Ages Reenactor Spears Drone Out Of The Sky
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Middle Ages Reenactor Spears Drone Out Of The Sky

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Russian Embassy Tweets ‘Command and Conquer’ Screenshot To Illustrate War In Syria
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Russian Embassy Tweets ‘Command and Conquer’ Screenshot To Illustrate War In Syria

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Tiangong spaceship in space
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China’s Space Station Plans In Powerpoint: A Closer Look At Tiangong 3

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

IBM Watson Thinks I’m Cooler Than I Really Am
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IBM Watson Thinks I’m Cooler Than I Really Am

By Sarah Fecht

Gene Editing Makes Cows Without Horns
Environment

Gene Editing Makes Cows Without Horns

By Charles Q. Choi

On the Road Documenting Bioartists and Biohackers
Science

On the Road Documenting Bioartists and Biohackers

By Daniel Grushkin

The Internet Is Not Impressed With Instagram’s New Logo
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The Internet Is Not Impressed With Instagram’s New Logo

By Jason Lederman

Parrot AR Drone 2.0 In Flight
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This DIY Device Lets You Hijack Drones In Mid-Air

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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