Long served as communal gathering spots, these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering. If you asked Ben Franklin what public institution he would like to visit in America today, odds are he would say the public library. If you asked him which part of the library, I bet he would say the makerspace.
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A new super-submarine, capable of operating without human interaction for months at a time, could redefine sub-aquatic exploration missions.
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Last December, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a strict set of guidelines for small drones operating in U.S. airspace. This included requiring that hobbyists register their drones with the government, however risk is minimal, report says.
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Australia’s Domino’s crew has designed an autonomous robot that can navigate its way to your doorstep and deliver your pizza order. This robot may soon replace your regular delivery guy.
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A newly crowdfunded project has aimed to create a virtual reality T-shirt that allows its users to feel like they are peering inside the shirt-wearer’s anatomy using a mobile device or VR headset.
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Every year, the World Happiness Index surveys numerous people from various countries around the world in search of the country that has the happiest population. This year’s winner is Denmark, followed by Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway. The US ranked low at 13th.
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Master roboticist Simone Giertz has already invented machines that serve breakfast and machines that chop vegetables. However, she has outdone herself with her latest project: a robot that writes insightful commentary on blog posts and automatically generates social media postings of the highest caliber.
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The US government is offering seven cities a remarkable challenge: reinvent urban transportation for the 21st century, with focus on autonomous vehicles. in order to pull it off, those cities will work with some of the world’s most powerful tech companies, and are eligible to get $40 million from the US Department of Transportation.
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To help promote the World Drone Prix in Dubai, the organizers enlisted the help of the local police, who had a McLaren 650s in their garage. The McLaren 650s went head-to-head against a high-speed racing drone. The Tron-like footage is just wonderful.
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Google’s got a special way to improve the quality of search results: artificial intelligence (AI.) Using machine learning, Google will be able to figure out what its users really want to search for.
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People often say that sci-fi is becoming a reality whenever a bold new technology comes out. Usually that is a bit of an exaggeration. However, Harold White, a NASA engineer and physicist, is in the process of designing a spaceship that is truly straight out of almost every sci-fi story every written.
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Over the past few years, there has been a sort of entrepreneurial utopia bloom in Silicon Valley. Young kids with big ideas moved to the Bay Area, where zealous venture capitalists were anxious to fund the next Facebook or the next Uber. However, there’s been trouble in paradise recently. Mega-rounds have declined, and companies have started laying off employees.
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