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This Space Age-Looking Flying Car Actually FliesThe all-electric Lilium Jet just attracted $90 million in funding and differs from similar projects in that it’s already flying.
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Scientists Built a Virtual Reality 'Holodeck' for Lab AnimalsResearchers have created an environment for experimenting on animals that appears to be effective at generating convincing illusions of the natural world.
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Reputation Study Asks, Would You Rather Cut Off Your Hand or Be Known as a Nazi?A new study reveals just how far people may be willing to go to protect their reputations.
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Computerized Fabric Could Transform Any Piece of Clothing Into a Fitness TrackerThe flexible fabric, developed by Harvard researchers, might also one day assist with movement, acting as a soft exoskeleton for wearers.
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Eco-Friendly Technique Spins Super-Strong Artificial Spider Silktechnology -
Artificial Synapses Could Lead to Smarter AIBy replicating the function of the human brain's 100 trillion synapses, scientists hope to boost the versatility of artificial neural networks.
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'Liquid Light' Can Bend Around Objects in a Frictionless FlowScientists discover that light, under certain conditions, can move around objects like a frictionless liquid, which could help improve a wide array of devices like lasers and solar panels.
physics-mathematics -
Robotic Exoskeletons Reveal the Complexity Behind Every Step You TakeHarvard researchers aim to improve robotic therapy for those learning to walk again.
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Elon Musk's Pipe Dream: Underground Electric Sleds for LA TrafficThe man behind Tesla and SpaceX proposes dropping individual vehicles into a network of subterranean platforms and tunnels.
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'Mating' Robots Take a Fast-Forward Leap in Digital DarwinismA new study assesses the evolutionary dynamics of physically embodied robots — and it suggests that we're mashing the fast-forward button on the impending robotic revolution.
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Open-Source Prototype Turns Any Room Into a 3D PrinterThe $250 Hangprinter system aims to bring power to the people in the high-stakes realm of 3D printing.
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Device Turns Air Pollution Into Printing InkThe Kaalink device can capture up to 93 percent of the emitted pollution from standard internal combustion engines.
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WWII-Era Spy Tech Could Make Ultra Secure Bank CardsThe Enigma machine's cipher technology featured in the Imitation Game movie will be used to generate codes more secure than those on the back of credit cards.
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UN Will Take on 'Killer Robots' in 2017International pressure mounts for a preemptive ban on lethal autonomous weapons systems.
robotics -
'Star in a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite EnergyNew tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields.
physics-mathematics -
Stopping Killer Robots at the Source (Code)Researchers suggest coding artificial intelligence in such a way that robots don't make a distinction between human and machine.
robotics -
Uber Rolls Out First Driverless CarsA pilot program in Pittsburgh will offer Uber customers free rides in autonomous Volvo SUVs. Backup human driver included.
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Floating Underwater Tunnels Planned for NorwayAmbitious project would create an entirely new kind of traffic infrastructure system.
technology -
Oculus Project Lets You Feel in VR without GlovesA haptic project makes it possible to feel the direction of a virtual bouncing ball and other imaginary objects.
mixed-reality -
China Planning Underwater Great Wall of RobotsOfficials reveal plans for a deep-sea "space station" and a fleet of underwater drones.
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Fusion Reactor Powers Futuristic AirlinerThe Flash Falcon concept aircraft envisions a future where small fusion reactors power advanced and incredibly powerful electric-combustion engines.
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No Humans Needed: Underwater Robots Make Own DecisionsMIT's cognitive seabots are designed to plan autonomously and work together like ... well, like the crew from Star Trek, actually.
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Whatever Happened to Parapsychology?Debate over the field's validity continue to rage, but at one historical hotspot, parapsychology research has never stopped.
psychology
