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Modular System Quickly Converts Container Ships to Drone-Powered Humanitarian Aid Stations
Military

Modular System Quickly Converts Container Ships to Drone-Powered Humanitarian Aid Stations

Haptic Glove Gives You Force-Feedback Piano Lessons
Technology

Haptic Glove Gives You Force-Feedback Piano Lessons

Research helps patients with spinal cord injuries

Chernobyl Now
Energy

Chernobyl Now

Are nuclear disasters the new normal?

The First Ever Self-Chilling Can
Environment

The First Ever Self-Chilling Can

MIT’s Smart Automotive Co-Pilot Secretly Helps You Drive Better
Technology

MIT’s Smart Automotive Co-Pilot Secretly Helps You Drive Better

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs
Insects

Using DNA to Track the Spread of Bedbugs

New research from two international teams will help unravel the origins of infestations

This Week in the Future, July 9-13, 2012
Science

This Week in the Future, July 9-13, 2012

Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time
Physics

Physicists Propose Building a Crystal of Space-Time

Ground-to-Air Laser Power System Keeps a Plane Aloft for Two Straight Days
Technology

Ground-to-Air Laser Power System Keeps a Plane Aloft for Two Straight Days

From LaserMotive, the winner of NASA's Space Elevator competition

A New Look at the Living Habits of Bacteria Could Help Beat Antibiotic Resistance
Health

A New Look at the Living Habits of Bacteria Could Help Beat Antibiotic Resistance

The biofilms where bacteria congregate are like little apartment buildings

Strategies for a Changing Planet: If All Else Fails…
Global Warming

Strategies for a Changing Planet: If All Else Fails…

When it's 115 degrees in March, it might take a Hail Mary of a solution to help us

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Water
Environment

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Water

The amount of water on Earth is fixed, but everything else is changing fast

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Farming
Climate Change

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Farming

Wheat, rice and corn provide 60 percent of the world's calories -- here's how to prepare them for the future

Virgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into Orbit By WhiteKnightTwo
Technology

Virgin Galactic Unveils Its Satellite-Launching Rocket, Will Be Lofted Into Orbit By WhiteKnightTwo

Imagine Cup 2012: Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Language
Projects

Imagine Cup 2012: Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Language

A Stringless Guitar Simulator That Anyone Can Play
Projects

A Stringless Guitar Simulator That Anyone Can Play

FYI: Will Climate Change Make it Too Hot Again?
Science

FYI: Will Climate Change Make it Too Hot Again?

Cockpit Controls Now Available As A Wrist Tablet and Mega Helmet
Technology

Cockpit Controls Now Available As A Wrist Tablet and Mega Helmet

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Food
Environment

Strategies for a Changing Planet: Food

It won't be easy, but there are ways to make the food production math add up

For $10,000 on Kickstarter, Google Lunar X-Prize Contender Will Land Your DNA on the Moon
Technology

For $10,000 on Kickstarter, Google Lunar X-Prize Contender Will Land Your DNA on the Moon