FIRST staff tackle the #mannequinchallenge
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View ArticleTrump’s Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.
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View ArticleTransparent Rocket Engine
Rocket engines are undeniably cool. Experiencing the roar, seeing the fire, and watching the rocket blast off into the sky… what else can you ask for? Well, for [NightHawkInLight], a transparent rocket...
View ArticleDiscussing the future of mining robots
by Alex Owen-Hill, Robotiq Inc. Exploration & Mining Learn October 24, 2016 Robots, like Julius from the Mining-ROX project, are a promising option to keep mining economical and safe. In our...
View ArticleVR Is Totally Changing How Architects Dream Up Buildings
From the Lower Manhattan offices of New York architecture firm SHoP, you can explore buildings around the world—including ones that don’t yet exist. You can walk along the edges of an...
View ArticleBattle of the Bots: How AI Is Taking Over the World of Cybersecurity
Google has built machine learning systems that can create their own cryptographic algorithms — the latest success for AI’s use in cybersecurity. But what are the implications of our digital security...
View ArticleKiller Russian robot can detect a human from over four miles away
A killer robot which can detect a human from over four miles away - and shoot them dead - could be being implemented at the Russian border. The device will be used predominantly to detect low flying...
View ArticleA Time for Refusal
It is a Sunday afternoon in a provincial town in France. Two men meet at a cafe. One of them, Berenger, is half-drunk. He is being berated by his companion, Jean. All of the sudden, they hear a great...
View ArticleNew AI-Based Search Engines are a "Game Changer" for Science Research
A free AI-based scholarly search engine that aims to outdo Google Scholar is expanding its corpus of papers to cover some 10 million research articles in computer science and neuroscience, its creators...
View ArticleFirst ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Shows Major on a Mission
The fantasy story of a female-led insurgency against a domineering Empire seemed like space opera escapism only a few days ago. But now that people are protesting the election of Donald Trump in cities...
View Article東大、女子学生に月3万円の家賃補助 来春に初めて導入:朝日新聞デジタル
朝日新聞デジタル > 記事 社会 教育・子育て 大学 杉原里美 2016年11月14日17時51分 シェア 0 list ブックマーク 0 メール 印刷 東京大学は来年4月から、一人暮らしの女子学生向けに月額3万円の家賃を補助する制度を初めて導入する。志願者、在籍者ともに約20%にとどまる女子学生の比率を高める狙いで、「まずは女子の志願者増につなげたい」(同大)という。...
View ArticleOn The Lesson Plan: Make Stuff. Fail. Learn While You're At It
We've always been a hands-on, DIY kind of nation. Ben Franklin didn't just invent the lightning rod. His creations include bifocals, swim fins, the catheter, innovative stoves and more. Franklin, who...
View ArticleNew 'Thinking Soil' Fixes Concrete Foundations Using Engineered Bacteria
Categories Latest Popular Editor's Picks Community Debate Central Featured Future Health Science Singularity University Tech Video Central Video Post New 'Thinking Soil' Fixes Concrete Foundations...
View ArticleAn awesome 3D-printed Daft Punk helmet
Though it’s been done before, this 3D-printed Thomas Bangalter helmet is absolutely amazing! Daft Punk hasn’t toured in over a decade, but their music and general look seems to be becoming more and...
View ArticleGwen Ifill, Host Of 'Washington Week', 'PBS Newshour', Dies
Gwen Ifill, one of the most prominent African-American journalists in the country, has died, multiple sources tell NPR. She was 61. Ifill, the host of PBS' Washington Week, was a veteran Washington...
View ArticleOverhauling How We Teach Our Kids in a World of Accelerating Change
Here in L.A., it’s kind of insane that a great kindergarten requires a competitive application and tuitions that exceed most colleges. I started asking myself, given the fact that most elementary...
View ArticleHighest Performing Tungsten Disulfide Yet Brings Flexible 2D Circuits Closer
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View ArticleAn unsettling new restaurant chain learns your preferences and serves your...
chain called Eatsa is unlike any fast-food chain we've seen before. The restaurant is almost fully automated, functioning like a human-powered vending machine that spits out freshly-prepared quinoa...
View ArticleInvent Your Future!
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