Sunu has developed a wristband that emits a silent, high frequency sound and vibration to alert the visually impaired of obstacles within their environment.
Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to humanoid robot (VIDEO)
Saudi Arabia has become the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The lucky machine is Sophia the Humanoid, who was designed to look like Audrey Hepburn.
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China launches 8,000 water clean-up projects worth $100 billion in first half of 2017
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China launched nearly 8,000 water clean-up projects in the first half of 2017 with projected total investment of 667.4 billion yuan ($100 billion), the environment ministry said on Thursday.
Using only Uber or Lyft is cheaper than owning a car for 25% of Americans — here’s how to know if you apply
Ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft free up millions of Americans from having to own a car to get around. An analysis of the all-in costs of car ownership show that ridesharing alone could be more cost-effective in the long run.
The future will most likely be a mix of both ridesharing and ownership, since people still derive great value from having their own car.
Why your bank hates you for loving bitcoin
Bitcoin has been around since 2009, but it really wasn’t until recently that it finally hit the mainstream consciousness of investors and the general public. As of this writing 1 bitcoin is now worth over $5,600 USD. And its meteoric rise doesn’t look to be abating any time soon. Its potential to reshape how we understand and use money is real. But the big question is why are banks and governments so steadfastly against it?
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How your personality type affects your health
What Are the Health Risks Associated With Your Personality Type?
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DARPA’s new brain device increases learning speed by 40%
An international team of scientists has created a non-invasive device that stimulates the brain to improve cognitive function. In tests on macaques, it reportedly increased the monkeys’ learning speed by 40 percent.
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The role your car plays in democratizing the energy grid
Decentralized power systems could have huge impacts on vehicles in the near future—and not just in terms of how we’ll charge our cars.
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Researchers create a fast-sealing surgical ‘glue’ for closing wounds
It’s elastic enough to keep a wound sealed on an inflated lung.
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Transparent solar panels are “the wave of the future”
Researchers from Michigan State University believe transparent solar panels have the potential to generate just as much solar power as rooftop solar panels. When used effectively, they could at full implementation provide 40 percent of electricity in the U.S.
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When an algorithm helps send you to prison
In 2013, police officers in Wisconsin arrested a man driving a car that had been used in a recent shooting. The man, Eric Loomis, pleaded guilty to attempting to flee an officer, and no contest to operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent. Neither of his crimes mandates prison time.
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One in five American children live with hunger
The United States has one of the worst rates of child hunger among high-income countries. A recent UNICEF analysis puts it in perspective: About 20% of American children live in food-insecure households, meaning they lack access to safe and nutritious foods.
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