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Can We Avoid a Robot Zombie Apocalypse?

Superintelligent Machines with Human Morals Would Be a Disaster Nothing is more frightening to a human being than a spaceship touching down from a distant galaxy filled with superintelligent beings capable of destroying humanity in…

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LEGOs Inspire a 5,600 Square Foot Glass Superyacht

It’s every kid’s dream — to build something spectacular with LEGOs. Even grown ups want to get in on the building fun. Designer Lujac Desautel, a student at the California College of the Arts, School…

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Powerful Laser Recreates a Supernova Explosion in a Bottle

Recreating a Supernova Explosion in a Lab One of nature’s most amazing, if rare, events is a supernova: a stellar explosion billions of times brighter than the stars and sun, blinding an entire galaxy for…

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Australian Solar Plant Sets World Record for Generating “Supercritical” Steam

Researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have managed to generate supercritical steam at the highest temperatures ever achieved using solar energy. Supercritical steam is a real breakthrough and gives us the…

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Mobile Operating Theaters Put Life-Saving Medical Services on Wheels

Mobile Health Care Services a Growth Industry Imagine having to transport a critically sick or injured person miles, tens of miles or hundreds of miles in a remote region of the world where roads may…

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Super Maglev Trains Could Reach 1800 MPH, 3X the Speed of a Passenger Jet!

Magnetic levitation, or Maglev trains, are becoming a popular transportation research topic all around the world, from China’s new Maglev train construction to a high-speed ride from Boston to Washington. A Maglev train propels with magnets…

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British Automaker Debuts the World’s Lightest Sports Car

Weight has a direct effect on a car’s performance — its acceleration, braking, fuel consumption and even its tire wear. Overall, a lighter weight has a multiplier effect on the performance of a car. Now,…

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Process This: These Tiny, Full PCs are the Size of a Debit Card

Raspberry Pi, a $35 Linux-based computer, and Hummingboard By SolidRun, are competing in the niche market of small and simple, single-serving computers. The Hummingboard is a little bit more expensive at $45 to $117, but…

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Keep Your Eye Out for a Hitchhiking Robot This Summer

There’s a hitchhiker hitting the road this summer that you won’t be able to pass up. His name is hitchBOT and, after drivers do a double take from seeing a robot on the side of…

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Could Three “Great Walls” in Tornado Alley Eliminate Twisters?

Wan-Li Qang-Qeng or “10,000 Li Long Wall”, aka the Great Wall of China, was built as a fortification to protect the Chinese Empire from northern nomadic invaders. There is some disagreement on the length of…

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Engineering

Can We Avoid a Robot Zombie Apocalypse?

LEGOs Inspire a 5,600 Square Foot Glass Superyacht

Powerful Laser Recreates a Supernova Explosion in a Bottle

Australian Solar Plant Sets World Record for Generating “Supercritical” Steam

Mobile Operating Theaters Put Life-Saving Medical Services on Wheels

Super Maglev Trains Could Reach 1800 MPH, 3X the Speed of a Passenger Jet!

British Automaker Debuts the World’s Lightest Sports Car

Process This: These Tiny, Full PCs are the Size of a Debit Card

Keep Your Eye Out for a Hitchhiking Robot This Summer

Could Three “Great Walls” in Tornado Alley Eliminate Twisters?

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