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This tiny gaming PC has Intel’s latest processors and can power a VR headset
The Verge - Chaim Gartenberg
A GTX 1070 GPU and Kaby Lake processor in a tiny package Gaming PCs are largely known for being huge, garish LED-studded machines. But as Zotac's new Zbox Magnus EN1070K shows, that doesn’t have to be
NASA just released a jaw-dropping 360 degree photo that makes you feel like you're on Mars
Business Insider - Jessica Orwig
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to be inside of a giant crater on Mars, then check out this incredible footage NASA released this week from its Curiosity Mars rover. The video below is interactive,
The website that offered 47 million pirated academic papers is back
Quartz - By Nikhil Sonnad
Digital piracy is not all about movies and music—pretty much anything that people feel is unfairly priced will find its way online in large numbers. Even academic papers. In October 2015, a New York district
Virtual therapy 'helps with depression', researchers say
bbc.co.uk - By Dominic Howell
A new therapy which involves a patient embodying themselves in a virtual reality avatar of a crying child could help with depression, research has suggested. Patients wear a headset that projects a life-sized
Space tourism projects at a glance
Chicago Tribune - Tribune news services
Virgin Galactic later this month in Mojave, California, is preparing to roll out its new SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle the company hopes will one day take tourists to the edge of space. It comes roughly 15½
The Navy wants to deploy railguns on its latest destroyer
Engadget - Steve Dent
The 'Zumwalt' class ships easily produce enough power for the electromagnetic weapon. The US Navy's latest toy, a railgun that can fire projectiles at seven times the speed of sound, maybe be deployed
Computer Science
CEO Hadi Partovi Says Young People Should Study Computer Science, Even if They Won't Become Programmers
Recode - Eric Johnson
"How does the Internet work? How does cyber security work? How is data encrypted? These are all part of computer science." It’s easy to mistake computer science for programming, and Code.org CEO Hadi says
Now you can explore Mars using this official map
TNW - Amanda Connolly
While the British mapping agency Ordnance Survey is known for documenting the towns and cities on earth, it has gone above and beyond this time and created the first ever OS map of Mars. The map was created
Mattel's new ThingMaker is a $300 3D printer for toys
Engadget - Devindra Hardawar
3D printing is now so easy, even children can do it. We've been waiting years for 3D printing to finally be simple enough for mainstream consumers -- and now, it looks like Mattel might be the first company
Doctors 3D-print 'living' body parts
bbc.co.uk - By James Gallagher
Custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in a significant advance for regenerative medicine, say scientists. The sections of bone, muscle and cartilage all functioned normally when implanted
Simon has evolved into a touch-free memory game
Engadget - Mariella Moon
And you can play it with friends. Hasbro reinventedSimon in 2014, using touchscreen displays to replace buttons and turn it into the Simon Swipe. Now, the famous American toymaker is gearing up to release
GoFundMe Has Helped Raise $2 Billion to Support Causes, Like Bringing Water to Flint
Recode - Dawn Chmielewski
Water for Flint used GoFundMe to purchase and distribute 76,800 bottles of water for people in the community. Amid reports that the water in Flint, Mich., was too contaminated to drink, Marseille Allen
'Electronic blood' aims to cool and power computer chips
bbc.co.uk
IBM Research in Zurich is experimenting with "electronic blood" - a fluid that both powers and cools computer chips. The research is modelled on how the brain works and was previously developed by Nasa
What Do Astronauts Dream?
Popular Science - By Jason Lederman
And other answers from Scott Kelly’s Tumblr ‘AnswerTime’ Astronaut Scott Kelly has spent almost an entire year in space (he's scheduled to return to Earth in March 2016 with Expedition 46.) Astronauts
Samsung reveals high-end, low-power chips for midrange phones
Engadget - Mat Smith
Cheap, middleweight Android phones are about to get better. Samsung has announced that it's bringing its 14nm Exynos chips to cheaper smartphones. These are smaller chips that are both more efficient more
Fairy tales teach robots not to murder
CNET - by Michelle Starr
Fables and fairy tales are one team's hope for instilling AI with a moral compass.
New data storage solution can store the world’s data in your pocket. Forever
Android Authority - Kris Carlon
Imagine a world where you can literally store the entirety of the world’s history in your jeans pocket. Forever. Well, that world is here and that time is now. Researchers have not only already discovered
Microsoft’s now has an overhauled look and features
The Verge - Tom Warren
Microsoft started previewing its new Outlook.com interface back in May, but it's now rolling out broadly today. New users who sign up to the service from the US will immediately access the new interface,
Scientists Can Now 3D Print Otzi The Mummified Ice Man
TechCrunch - John Biggs
Otzi, for those not up on their 5,300-year-old mummified men, died and was frozen in the Alps near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. His body is one of the best preserved human mummies
Pentax's first full-frame DSLR is here
The Verge - Sam Byford
Almost fifteen years after it canceled its first attempt, and one year after showing off a prototype, Pentax has finally announced its first full-frame DSLR. The company, now owned by Ricoh, has used opportunity
Google wants you to 'Gmailify' your email, without using Gmail
Wired UK - Michael Rundle
Google's quest to have as many people as possible on Gmail has reached it's final logical step: you no longer need to change your email address to …
Microsoft migrates open-source WorldWide Telescope project to the American Astronomical Society
VentureBeat - Paul Sawers
Microsoft has announced that its WorldWide Telescope (WWT) project is being offloaded from Microsoft’s research division and onto the American Astronomical Society (ASA), the professional body for astronomers
CAT S60 is the first Android phone with built-in thermal camera, can withstand drops of nearly 2 meters
9to5Google - Cam Bunton
Bullitt Group has partnered with Cat in the UK to create the first Android smartphone with a built in thermal imaging camera. The embedded thermal camera from FLIR can detect heat and measure surface from
This glove could make eating easier for those with Parkinson’s disease
The Washington Post - By Matt McFarland
Eating can be difficult and embarrassing for those with tremors, but GyroGear thinks it has a solution for patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor. The start-up has created a glove
This car has no gears and pumps out only water from its exhaust
TNW - Kirsty Styles
A British startup has unveiled a working prototype of a zero-emission car that runs on hydrogen and is about to hit Europe’s roads. The super-simple Rasa design created by Riversimple has only 18 moving
LIGO
What gravitational waves could mean, straight from a LIGO scientist (Tomorrow Daily show notes)
CNET - by Ashley Esqueda
Joshua Smith is a member of the LIGO collaborative and director of the Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center at California State University, Fullerton. He's also the guest on our show this week,
Google Cardboard helps a woman see for the first time in 8 years
9to5Google - Abner Li
Cardboard is built on very basic optic principles and with simple materials. It has been used to provide various virtual reality experiences, games, and has even been used in hospitals to provide 3D analysis
NASA's working on a telescope with an even wider eye than Hubble
CNET - by Eric Mack
The WFIRST space telescope mission is under way with plans to find more planets in our own galaxy and unlock the mysteries of the universe at the same time.
This flexible phone prototype lets you flick through digital books
The Verge - James Vincent
"Users can feel the sensation of the page moving through their fingertips" Researchers from Queen's University in Canada have created a flexible smartphone prototype that allows users to navigate pages
One startup’s plan to grow more crops: put the germs back in
The Verge - Ben Popper
Indigo claims it can dramatically boost yields by restoring plant's microbiome A startup launched this week with a radical plan for helping to feed the earth’s growing population — while also cutting on

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This tiny gaming PC has Intel’s latest processors and can power a VR headset

NASA just released a jaw-dropping 360 degree photo that makes you feel like you're on Mars

The website that offered 47 million pirated academic papers is back

Virtual therapy 'helps with depression', researchers say

Space tourism projects at a glance

The Navy wants to deploy railguns on its latest destroyer

CEO Hadi Partovi Says Young People Should Study Computer Science, Even if They Won't Become Programmers

Now you can explore Mars using this official map

Mattel's new ThingMaker is a $300 3D printer for toys

Doctors 3D-print 'living' body parts

Simon has evolved into a touch-free memory game

GoFundMe Has Helped Raise $2 Billion to Support Causes, Like Bringing Water to Flint

'Electronic blood' aims to cool and power computer chips

What Do Astronauts Dream?

Samsung reveals high-end, low-power chips for midrange phones

Fairy tales teach robots not to murder

New data storage solution can store the world’s data in your pocket. Forever

Microsoft’s now has an overhauled look and features

Scientists Can Now 3D Print Otzi The Mummified Ice Man

Pentax's first full-frame DSLR is here

Google wants you to 'Gmailify' your email, without using Gmail

Microsoft migrates open-source WorldWide Telescope project to the American Astronomical Society

CAT S60 is the first Android phone with built-in thermal camera, can withstand drops of nearly 2 meters

This glove could make eating easier for those with Parkinson’s disease

This car has no gears and pumps out only water from its exhaust

What gravitational waves could mean, straight from a LIGO scientist (Tomorrow Daily show notes)

Google Cardboard helps a woman see for the first time in 8 years

NASA's working on a telescope with an even wider eye than Hubble

This flexible phone prototype lets you flick through digital books

One startup’s plan to grow more crops: put the germs back in