As software-based weapons and information systems start to touch all phases of conflict, military leaders are grappling with a new set of challenges.
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WeChat users in China will surpass 490 million users this year
Half of the country’s mobile phone users will access the WeChat app in 2017.
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Do you live in the worlds laziest country!
US scientists have amassed “planetary-scale” data from people’s smartphones to see how active we really are.
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3D printed blood vessels in teeth a viable alternative to root canal procedures
More than 15 million root canals are conducted every year in the United States, but that number could soon start to drop. Dental researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon have developed a new method of engineering artificial blood vessels in teeth, as explained in a new study that could potentially revolutionize the dental industry.
Published in the journal Scientific Reports this month, the groundbreaking OHSU technique could provide an effective alternative to root canals by using a 3D printing-inspired approach. Continue reading… “3D printed blood vessels in teeth a viable alternative to root canal procedures”
Wireless power could enable ingestible electronics
Small sensors or drug delivery devices could reside in the GI tract indefinitely
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Will France actually be able to ban all gas and diesel vehicles by 2040?
The government of France announced plans to end the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040, with ecology minister Nicolas Hulot unveiling a wide range of targets and initiatives timed to coincide with the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week. The announcement was made as a part of the country’s renewed commitment to the goals of the Paris Climate Accords, which were reaffirmed by 19 of the 20 countries gathered at the summit last week.
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A third of millennials have used Venmo to pay for drugs
A new survey finds that 33% of millennials have used Venmo, the payments app owned by PayPal that’s popular with the demographic, to buy illicit drugs.
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Dogs can sniff out Parkinson’s disease years before symptoms appear
Dogs could soon be used to sniff out Parkinson’s disease years before symptoms start to show.
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Poised to overtake bitcoin this year, Ethereum is changing the way we think about cryptocurrency
Vitalik Buterin is the brains behind what some say is the next generation of bitcoin, called Ethereum.
The sideways elevator of the future is here, and it’s wild
People laughed when ThyssenKrupp, a company synonymous with elevators, announced it was developing one that goes every which way. Who’d ever heard of such a thing? Everyone knows elevators go just two directions: Up and down. Some took to calling it the Wonkavator, after Willy Wonka’s wacky lift that goes sideways, slantways, and longways.
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This $130,000 self-deploying building can unfold in just eight minutes
Building a home or temporary shelter by hand can be both time-consuming and expensive.
Ten Fold Engineering, a housing startup based in the UK, has created self-deploying buildings that can pop up in a matter of eight minutes. Owners push a button, and the rooms fold out like an accordion using a counterbalance system.
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Why are US car sales falling?
Car sales in America – the world’s second-largest market – are stalling, but there’s debate about whether the downshift is due to normal economic cycles or a sign of bigger changes.
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