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The car that runs on sunshine
BBC Future
Cars that run on the energy of the Sun have already hit the roads of the Australian desert. As the video above explains, they can even cruise along at the same kinds of speeds as a petrol engine. Imagine
California bans paparazzi from using drones to spy on celebrity homes
Mashable - Olivia Niland
Following campaigns by several lawmakers and complaints from celebrities, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday prohibiting …
Drones Could Soon Be Used To Deliver The Mail In Singapore
TechCrunch - Jon Russell
Coming soon to Singapore: robotic mail carriers in the skies! SingPost, the country’s postal service provider, has just revealed its interest in handling some mail deliveries using our robotic overlordsdrones.
Commercial drones could require direct human oversight for years, FAA says
The Guardian - Sam Thielman in New York
Companies are pushing for the ability to fly their drones without the strict supervision that is currently required, but regulators say it could be a long wait If you’re hoping Amazon will send the next
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Meet DJI’s Osmo, a Robotic Selfie Stick
The Wall Street Journal - Geoffrey A. Fowler
You know how awesome drone photography looks? DJI, a leading quadcopter maker, is putting some of that tech into the palm of our hands. On Thursday, it unveiled its first non-flying consumer product: 4K
Meet your match, drones: This device will stop 'em in their tracks
Mashable - Alicia Marie Tan
Drones are filling the skies before our eyes — and not everyone is happy about it. Three British technology firms — Blighter Surveillance Systems, …
The Next 10 Years Of Automation And What It Might Mean For The Job Market
TechCrunch - Daniel Faggella
After decades of subtle developments that largely went unnoticed by much of the working world, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken center stage in the last 2-3 years as a “hot” technology. From Google’s
FAA Fines Drone Photography Company Almost $2 Million
Popular Science - By Kelsey D. Atherton
In unrelated news, that drone company was suing the FAA On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Authority announced that it was fining aerial photography company SkyPan International $1.9 million dollars “for
'Psychic robot' predicts your intentions
CNET - by Michael Franco
Didn't mean to knock that cup of coffee over on your desk? That's OK. Your robot overlord will understand and maybe even keep you from doing it in the first place.
Adidas wants to 3D print your soles (Tomorrow Daily 255)
CNET - by Ashley Esqueda
Futurecraft 3D is an Adidas-designed concept for custom sneakers. Someday, they want you to walk into a store, jog on a treadmill, and get an instant blueprint for shoes tailored specifically to your and
Iron Man
The military is 2 years away from unleashing its real-life Iron Man suit
Business Insider - Danielle Muoio
The Department of Defense is two years away from unveiling an Iron Man-like suit. Known as the Tactical Light Operator Suit (Talos), it can repel bullets, help lift heavy objects, and provide lifesaving
The FAA is testing new technology to find dangerous drone operators
The Verge - Rich McCormick
The Federal Aviation Administration is cracking down on unauthorized drone flights. Earlier this week the body hit a commercial drone operator, SkyPan International, with a $1.9 million fine for illegal
Autonomous Cars
Driverless Car Accident Reports Make Unhappy Reading For Humans
TechCrunch - Natasha Lomas
As technology giants accelerate humanity towards a driverless car future, where we are conditioned to keep our eyeballs on our devices while algorithms take the wheel and navigate the vagaries of the road,
Bionics
Open Bionics Creates Disney-Inspired Bionic Hands For Amputee Kids
TechCrunch - Sarah Buhr
Bionic hands startup Open Bionics now makes Iron Man and Elsa-themed hands and arms for the smallest of amputees – kids. Open Bionics hopes to get kids excited about their prosthetics with designs from
This Giant 3-D Printer Prints Entire Houses
fastcoexist.com - About the author Previously found writing at Wired.com, Cult of Mac and Straight No filter. More
WASP makes smaller printers with essentially the same design. They’re cabinets with three arms that run up and down the three edges of the box. By …
A Bill Gates-backed Canadian company opened a plant that sucks carbon from the air
Business Insider - Deborah Jones
Carbon Engineering, backed by Bill Gates and other investors, unveiled a test facility able to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using giant fans. That carbon goes through a series of chemical
DARPA's ICARUS Project Aims to Build Disappearing Drones
NBC News - By Devin Coldewey
Innovation There's always a danger on the battlefield of one side's equipment falling into the hands of the other — at least, until DARPA's ICARUS project succeeds in making equipment that vanishes into
App Saves Lives By Connecting People With CPR Training To Cardiac Arrest Victims
HuffPost - Alexander Howard
When a citizen responder is able to reach a victim before medical professionals arrive, the victim is more likely to survive. Some of the most powerful applications of technology involve connecting people
An algorithm might save your life: How the Amazon and Netflix method might someday cure cancer |
Salon - Pedro Domingos
Paradoxically, even as they open new windows on nature and human behavior, learning algorithms themselves have remained shrouded in mystery. Hardly a day goes by without a story in the media involving

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The car that runs on sunshine

California bans paparazzi from using drones to spy on celebrity homes

Drones Could Soon Be Used To Deliver The Mail In Singapore

Commercial drones could require direct human oversight for years, FAA says

Meet DJI’s Osmo, a Robotic Selfie Stick

Meet your match, drones: This device will stop 'em in their tracks

The Next 10 Years Of Automation And What It Might Mean For The Job Market

FAA Fines Drone Photography Company Almost $2 Million

'Psychic robot' predicts your intentions

Adidas wants to 3D print your soles (Tomorrow Daily 255)

The military is 2 years away from unleashing its real-life Iron Man suit

The FAA is testing new technology to find dangerous drone operators

Driverless Car Accident Reports Make Unhappy Reading For Humans

Open Bionics Creates Disney-Inspired Bionic Hands For Amputee Kids

This Giant 3-D Printer Prints Entire Houses

A Bill Gates-backed Canadian company opened a plant that sucks carbon from the air

DARPA's ICARUS Project Aims to Build Disappearing Drones

App Saves Lives By Connecting People With CPR Training To Cardiac Arrest Victims

An algorithm might save your life: How the Amazon and Netflix method might someday cure cancer |