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Watch Kitty Hawk’s early test pilots learn to love the flying motorbike
TechCrunch - Darrell Etherington
The Kitty Hawk Flyer is a sort of a flying car except it’s not a car at all – it’s much more like a flying ATV, which is probably more legitimately all-terrain than most. Linguistics aside, it’s a very
New ‘4D’ Adidas shoes are catered to your weight
bgr.com - Mike Wehner
Back in the 1990s all it took to sell shoes was a celebrity — typically a sports star — to give them a half-hearted endorsement. That’s it. These …
Discovery of Giant Viruses Adds an Unexpected Twist to The Debate: Are Viruses Alive?
ScienceAlert - JORDI PAPS, THE CONVERSATION
What the hell is that? Scientists ask this question every day when trying to work out how different living things are related to each other. The …
Driverless flying taxi service set to launch in Dubai
CNN - By Sophie Morlin-Yron, CNN
(CNN) — Dubai has announced yet another pioneering initiative, but this time it's not the world's first rotating skyscraper or 3D printed office. It's a fleet of flying taxis. Small enough to fit into
Smart condom i-Con will rate your sexual performance
Fox News - By
A British company claims to have created the world’s first “smart condom” which rates blokes performances and helps detects STIs. The i-Con Smart Condom is like a FitBit, but for your penis. It provides
Buying a Tesla could soon include lifetime insurance and maintenance
TNW - Bryan Clark
Once price to rule them all. Or, um, something like that. Tesla today detailed a desire to make a car’s purchase price all-inclusive. For buyers, this means bundled insurance and maintenance as long as
Get Smarter in 2017. Here Are 5 Places to Educate Yourself Online (for Free)
Inc Magazine - By Melanie Curtin
Knowledge is power. What do you want to learn more about this year? Nanotechnology? Virtual reality? Bitcoin? How to protect democracy? According to neuroscience professor Ken Kosik, adult education, specifically
Psychiatric patients wait the longest in emergency rooms, survey shows
The Washington Post - By Amy Ellis Nutt
The situation wasn’t unusual for Stanford, Calif., emergency physician Suzanne Lippert: The patient before her was a woman in her 60s suffering from severe depression, who said she had a plan to take own
My new robot friend Kobi loves to mow the lawn and plow snow
The Verge - Ashley Carman
Kobi is a modular robot that’s basically a Roomba for snow and leaves. It’ll mulch grass and leaves, throw snow into a dedicated area, and mow the lawn. You have to define its physical boundaries through
These are the 10 wealthiest tech billionaires in the world
Business Insider - Ben Gilbert
Of the world's 10 richest tech billionaires, four are college dropouts. All are men, all are from two countries (the United States and China), and all currently are or were heads of companies. These are
BMW's self-balancing motorcycle of tomorrow
CNN Business - by Peter Valdes-Dapena
In the distant future, motorcycle riders will have no need of helmets or padded clothing. They also won't need to put their feet on the ground when they stop. That's because, according to BMW, the motorcycle
Russia is seriously running out of cash
CNN Business - by Ivana Kottasova
Russia is bleeding cash at an alarming rate. After almost two years in recession, the country's rainy day fund has shrunk to just $32.2 billion this month, according to the Russian Finance Ministry. It
Elon Musk Tells You His Plan for Mars
FOX Business - Rich Smith
To "be out there among the stars ... That's the future that's exciting. You need things like that to be glad to wake up in the morning. Lifecan't just be about solving problems, they have to be inspiring
We Have High Hopes For The So-Called "Keurig Of Weed"
Refinery29 - Cristen Conger
There are already Keurig-like pods and devices for Campbell's soup, juicing, and cocktails. The machine is arguably all we need to fuel up, fill up, …
Cutting-edge theatre: world’s first virtual reality operation goes live
The Guardian - Nicola Davis
Medical experts hope surgery live-streamed in VR will make healthcare fairer and boost training Stretched out on a table in a large, bright operating theatre at the Royal London hospital, a patient is
LSD makes the brain more ‘complete’, scientists say as they claim to have unlocked secrets of hallucinogenic drugs
independent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin
LSD makes the brain more “complete”, scientists have claimed in a pioneering and controversial new study. The drug breaks down the parts of the brain …
Surgeons in China used a pig's cornea to give a 14-year-old boy his sight back
Business Insider - Marcus Hondro
That is a problem in China, and elsewhere, where demand is high. But doctors there are solving the problem — by using pig's corneas. A medical team at Zhongshan University in Guangdong, China successfully
Digital addiction is the world’s next great health crisis
TNW - Andrew Keen
A recent Atlantic piece introduces us to Griffin, a teenage addict from California. Poor Griffin. He was woken up in the middle of the night, thrown on a plane and driven out to the Utah desert to start
Scientists build atom-scale sub that moves at 'breakneck' speeds
Engadget - Steve Dent
There are still no nanobots plying our bloodstreams, seeking and destroying cancer and other diseases. However, scientists at Rice University have just built a molecule-scale "submarine," so that's a positive
American companies could soon mine asteroids for profit
Wired UK - K.G Orphanides
NASA via Planetary Resources The United States Senate has passed the Space Act of 2015, which includes a range of legislative changes intended to …
In New York, A Day’s Work Will Buy An iPhone. In Kiev, It Takes 13 Weeks
fastcoexist.com - About the author Previously found writing at Wired.com, Cult of Mac and Straight No filter. More
Those are the findings of Swiss bank UBS, which compiles its “Prices and Earnings” report every three years. The 2015 version compares the purchasing …
Is Nuzzle The iPod Of Pet Insurance? Ammunition Thinks So.
Fast Company - By John Brownlee
This smart collar insures a pet’s health in more ways than one. In America, as much as 47% of all households have a dog, and up to 37% have a cat. Despite this, only 2% of all Americans have any form pet
“Just Googling it” is bad for your brain
Quartz
Having the world at our fingertips around the clock takes a lot of the pressure off our minds to remember basic facts. But the ability to find answers on search engines like Google is also killing our
BP fined a record $20.8 billion for oil spill disaster
The Verge - Loren Grush
BP PLC — the company responsible for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill — will pay a record $20.8 billion to the US government to cover damages caused by the disaster, the Department of Justice announced
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Apple and Google are the world’s top two most valuable brands
VentureBeat - Ken Yeung
Consultancy firm Interbrand has released its latest listing of the world’s most valuable brands, and Apple, Google, Microsoft, and IBM have landed at the top of the chart for at least the fifth consecutive
NASA tests the 'Ferrari of rocket engines' for mission to Mars
CNET - by Michelle Starr
The RS-25 engine for NASA's new Space Launch System rocket makes current jet engines look like "a wind-up toy."
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Smart Glass Maker View Raises $150M
TechCrunch - Lucas Matney
View, a company which specializes in creating something called dynamic glass, raised a ton of new capital Thursday to fund their specialized windows that can change tint in response to weather conditions
More people are going to buy air conditioners — and they may need a ton of energy
The Verge - Jacob Kastrenakes
Mo' air conditioners, mo' problems Air conditioners can feel like nothing short of a godsend at the height of summer, but as climate change drives temperatures higher and income growth increases AC adoption,
That Dog Won't Hunt: Cops Can't Keep You Waiting for K-9s, Supreme Court Says
NBC News - By Alex Johnson
U.S. news Cops can't continue to hold a suspect without probable cause even for the few minutes they might need to wait for a drug-sniffing dog to show up, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Justice Ruth

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Watch Kitty Hawk’s early test pilots learn to love the flying motorbike

New ‘4D’ Adidas shoes are catered to your weight

Discovery of Giant Viruses Adds an Unexpected Twist to The Debate: Are Viruses Alive?

Driverless flying taxi service set to launch in Dubai

Smart condom i-Con will rate your sexual performance

Buying a Tesla could soon include lifetime insurance and maintenance

Get Smarter in 2017. Here Are 5 Places to Educate Yourself Online (for Free)

Psychiatric patients wait the longest in emergency rooms, survey shows

My new robot friend Kobi loves to mow the lawn and plow snow

These are the 10 wealthiest tech billionaires in the world

BMW's self-balancing motorcycle of tomorrow

Russia is seriously running out of cash

Elon Musk Tells You His Plan for Mars

We Have High Hopes For The So-Called "Keurig Of Weed"

Cutting-edge theatre: world’s first virtual reality operation goes live

LSD makes the brain more ‘complete’, scientists say as they claim to have unlocked secrets of hallucinogenic drugs

Surgeons in China used a pig's cornea to give a 14-year-old boy his sight back

Digital addiction is the world’s next great health crisis

Scientists build atom-scale sub that moves at 'breakneck' speeds

American companies could soon mine asteroids for profit

In New York, A Day’s Work Will Buy An iPhone. In Kiev, It Takes 13 Weeks

Is Nuzzle The iPod Of Pet Insurance? Ammunition Thinks So.

“Just Googling it” is bad for your brain

BP fined a record $20.8 billion for oil spill disaster

Apple and Google are the world’s top two most valuable brands

NASA tests the 'Ferrari of rocket engines' for mission to Mars

Smart Glass Maker View Raises $150M

More people are going to buy air conditioners — and they may need a ton of energy

That Dog Won't Hunt: Cops Can't Keep You Waiting for K-9s, Supreme Court Says