More from Kristin Houser (Page 17)

A Chinese prison's new surveillance system will monitor inmates constantly to prevent escape attempts — but perhaps at the cost of prisoners' mental health.
Artificial Intelligence

China Is Installing “AI Guards” in Prison Cells

By Kristin Houser

The Animal-AI Olympics will see AI agents completing in tasks mimicking ones often used to test the intelligence of animals.
Artificial Intelligence

AI’s New Challenge: To Be as Smart as an Animal

By Kristin Houser

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has told the agency's employees that India's satellite destruction test has put the ISS in danger.
NASA

NASA: When India Blew up a Satellite, It Endangered Astronauts

By Kristin Houser

Australia has proposed a new bill that would punish social media companies that don't do enough to prevent the weaponization of their platforms.
Future Society

Australia Proposes Bill to Stop “Weaponization” of Social Media

By Kristin Houser

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg penned an op-ed for The Washington Post asking governments to create new rules for the internet.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Asks Governments for “New Rules” for the Internet

By Kristin Houser

An airplane wing created from hundreds of identical cube-like structures has the ability to change shape automatically depended on the phase of flight.
Advanced Transport

NASA and MIT Debut Shape-Shifting Airplane Wing

By Kristin Houser

Tesla's Sentry Mode recorded what appears to be a woman keying a Model 3, and the footage reportedly helped police find and arrest the vandal.
Tesla

Tesla’s Sentry Mode Caught Someone Vandalizing a Model 3

By Kristin Houser

Burger King has added a meatless Whopper to the menu in 59 restaurants with plans to expand the offering nationwide if all goes according to plan.
Future Society

Burger King Debuts Meatless Whopper

By Kristin Houser

On Friday, NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch completed a nearly seven-hour-long ISS spacewalk, the 215th in space station history.
International Space Station

NASA Announces Successful Completion of ISS Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

Four Canadians have filed a class-action lawsuit against Ontario for cancelling what was supposed to be a three-year-long basic income project early.
Universal Basic Income

Canadians Sue Ontario for Canceling Its Basic Income Trial

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have 3D-printed tissues to replicate the bone and cartilage most often injured through sports — and their creation could save athletes' careers.
3D Printing

These Scientists Are 3D-Printing New Body Parts for Athletes

By Kristin Houser

Climate change is affecting when the spring season starts, and as a result, more people are suffering from seasonal allergies, says study.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Be Giving You Seasonal Allergies

By Kristin Houser

After two days of testing, NASA is confident its four-pound Mars Helicopter is ready to begin its journey to the Red Planet.
Mars

Mini Helicopter Destined for Mars Aces Flight Tests

By Kristin Houser

Using cells they harvested from cadavers, researchers grew scaffolds that became blood vessels when transplanted into patients.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Grew Artificial Blood Vessels from Cadaver Cells

By Kristin Houser

Samsung subsidiary Cheil Worldwide has announced plans to produce 200,000 more of its Firevases, which extinguish fires when hurled at them.
Science & Energy

Samsung Made a Flower Vase That’s a Throwable Fire Extinguisher

By Kristin Houser

A survey asking U.S. citizens to predict America's future reveals a great deal of pessimism, but not everyone thinks the nation is in a decline.
Future Society

Poll Reveals Americans’ Grim Predictions for the US in 2050

By Kristin Houser

A government department has filed charges against Facebook that claim its targeted advertising facilitates housing discrimination.
Future Society

Facebook Charged for Role in Illegal Housing Discrimination

By Kristin Houser

The House Financial Services Committee voted 45 to 15 Thursday morning to advance the SAFE Banking Act to the House of Representatives for a vote.
Future Society

Bill Designed to Help Cannabis Industry Use Banks Moves Forward

By Kristin Houser

Designated Driver's teleoperations system allows a human driver to remotely control a self-driving car if it malfunctions or encounters a tricky situation.
Advanced Transport

This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars

By Kristin Houser

A "metallic wood" that's incredibly strong and light has the potentially to dramatically increase the range of electric vehicles.
Science & Energy

New “Metallic Wood” Could Lead to Super-Light Cars

By Kristin Houser

UPS Is Now Using Drones to Deliver Blood to a Hospital
Drones

UPS Is Now Using Drones to Deliver Blood to a Hospital

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, astronomers have used a technique known as optical interferometry to study an exoplanet — and it could help in our hunt for aliens.
Science & Energy

New Method Could Help Astronomers Find Life-Supporting Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

A newly demoed pair of autonomous firefighting robots are designed to battle particularly hazardous fires, such as those at petrochemical plants.
Self-Driving Vehicles

These Autonomous Bots Battle Blazes Too Dangerous for Firefighters

By Kristin Houser

Alcarelle, a synthetic alcohol with none of the downsides of the traditional kind, could be ready for market in just 5 years.
Health & Medicine

“Fake Alcohol” That Gets You Buzzed but Never Drunk Is on the Way

By Kristin Houser

Israel-based startup Seedo has announced plans to create the world's first automated cannabis farm — and it might not be the last.
Artificial Intelligence

Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”

By Kristin Houser

NASA has replaced Anne McClain with male astronaut Nick Hague for what would have been the world's first all-female spacewalk.
NASA

NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

Austin-based startup Briggo has built a fully automated robot barista capable of filling 100 gourmet coffee orders in one hour.
Robotics

This Robot Can Make as Much Gourmet Coffee as Four Baristas

By Kristin Houser

The wealthy are doing what they can to limit the screen time of themselves and their children, spending money on "screen-free" schools and experiences.
Future Society

Tech Used to Be for the Rich. Now They’re Paying to Avoid It.

By Kristin Houser

The diabetes drug metformin is gaining favor in Silicon Valley where techies seek prescriptions in the hopes of warding off the Grim Reaper.
Health & Medicine

A Cheap Diabetes Drug Shows Potential as a Life-Extension Therapy

By Kristin Houser

Members of the growing BirthStrike movement are publicly announcing their decision to forgo parenthood in the face of climate catastrophe.
Climate Change

“BirthStrikers” Refuse to Reproduce Because of Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

A team from MIT and Harvard has created a robot hand that's not only strong, but also soft — and it could usher in a new era in robotics.
Robotics

New Robot Hand Works Like a Venus Flytrap to Grip Objects

By Kristin Houser

Many of today's medical implants communicate via Bluetooth, which makes them vulnerable to hacking, but a new system could change that.
Medical

This Tech Could Secure Medical Implants Against Hackers

By Kristin Houser

In April, bank hackers stole the equivalent of $20 million from Mexico's central bank thanks to a network rife with security flaws.
Hacking

Here’s How Hackers Stole $15 Million From Mexican Banks

By Kristin Houser

During the unveiling of Tesla's highly anticipated Model Y, CEO Elon Musk announced that the company would focus on its Solar Roof and Powerwall in 2019.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: 2019 Will Be “the Year of the Solar Roof”

By Kristin Houser

A Samsung exec has shared new details on the company's efforts to create a full-screen phone, one with the camera embedded beneath the display.
Robots and Machines

Samsung Is Working on Phone With “Invisible” Camera Behind Screen

By Kristin Houser

A food service company in the Midwestern region of the United States is now serving a gene-edited food in its restaurants.
Food

The First Gene-Edited Food Has Reached US Restaurants

By Kristin Houser

China will need to build eight new nuclear reactors annually to reach the global average for nuclear energy generation by 2030, according to an official.
Nuclear Fusion

China Needs to Build Eight Nuclear Plants Annually to Meet Goals

By Kristin Houser

A new "acoustic metamaterial" that blocks sound by reflecting waves back to their source could make the future a far quieter place.
Science & Energy

Scientists Create Material That Blocks Sound, but Not Air or Light

By Kristin Houser

This Autonomous Robot Arm Feeds People Who Can’t Feed Themselves
Robotics

This Autonomous Robot Arm Feeds People Who Can’t Feed Themselves

By Kristin Houser

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan to "climate-proof" Lower Manhattan by building the area out into the East River.
Climate Change

Mayor Announces $10 Billion Plan to Save NYC From Rising Seas

By Kristin Houser

Google has released a new app called Lookout that describes objects and reads text or currency for people with visual impairments.
Google

New Google App Describes Objects to Blind People

By Kristin Houser

A University of Cambridge spin-out company claims it has found a way to produce graphene at commercial scale and will release a device soon.
Graphene

First Graphene-Based Device Is A “Few Months” Away, Says Startup

By Kristin Houser

More interactive Netflix programming is on the way following the success of Bandersnatch, a choose-your-own-adventure style episode of "Black Mirror."
Future Society

Get Ready For More Interactive Netflix Programming

By Kristin Houser

Amazon has removed two popular books advocating "autism cures" known to be both ineffective and dangerous from its marketplace.
Health & Medicine

Amazon Removes Books About Dangerous “Autism Cures”

By Kristin Houser

An AI-powered robot head named Tengai could make the applicant screening process less biased while still providing a "human" touch.
Artificial Intelligence

See the Robot Head That Might Interview You for Your Next Job

By Kristin Houser

Researchers have coaxed biological reactions from the cells of a preserved wooly mammoth, putting us one step closer to cloning the extinct species.
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Came Closer Than Ever to Cloning a Woolly Mammoth

By Kristin Houser

Researchers predict winter won't exist in Australia by 2050. Instead, Australians will experience three seasons: autumn, spring, and "new summer."
Climate Change

By 2050, Winter Will No Longer Exist in Australia, Say Researchers

By Kristin Houser

NASA could put humans on Mars in just five years if given the money to do so, according to Ellen Stofan, the agency's former chief scientist.
Mars

Former NASA Chief Scientist: Humans Could Be on Mars in Five Years

By Kristin Houser

NASA has big plans for its female astronauts — according to administrator Jim Bridenstine, the first person to reach Mars will "likely" be a woman.
Mars

NASA Leader: First Human on Mars “Likely to Be” a Woman

By Kristin Houser

Konstantin Ignatov has been arrested for his role in OneCoin — a cryptocurrency the U.S. Department of Justice calls a "multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme."
Cryptocurrency

Crypto Exec Arrested for “Multibillion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme”

By Kristin Houser

A newly discovered Chinese database tracks which female citizens are "breedready," a term apparently used to signal if she is likely able to have children.
Data Privacy

Creepy Database Lists Whether 1.8M Chinese Women Are “Breedready”

By Kristin Houser

A mind-controlled drone will hit Kickstarter on Tuesday, giving anyone with roughly $282 the ability to fly a drone without a handheld controller.
Drones

A Drone You Control With Your Mind Is About to Hit Kickstarter

By Kristin Houser

Nick Bostrom told Vulture he didn't see "The Matrix" until after penning his still-discussed 2003 paper, "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?"
Future Society

Philosopher Hadn’t Seen “The Matrix” Before Publishing Simulation Hypothesis

By Kristin Houser

Amazon employees are experiencing mental health breakdowns due to warehouse working conditions, according to a Daily Beast report.
Future Society

911 Calls Reveal Mental Anguish of Amazon Employees

By Kristin Houser

More Tesla stores will remain open than previously expected, according to a new Tesla blog post, but the move will also increase vehicle prices.
Tesla

Tesla Reverses Course, Raising Car Prices and Keeping Stores Open

By Kristin Houser

NASA engineers have captured the first images of the interaction between shockwaves from a pair of flying supersonic aircraft — and they are stunning.
Advanced Transport

NASA’s Stunning Image: Supersonic Shockwaves Smashing Together

By Kristin Houser

To address the world's plastic problem, startup Loliware has created seaweed straws that can be composted or allowed to biodegrade in the ocean.
Pollution

Seaweed Straw “Looks, Feels, and Acts Like Plastic,” Says Startup

By Kristin Houser

Local Motors demonstrates how its Olli self-driving shuttle reacts during crash testing in a pair of video shared exclusively with The Verge.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Watch a 3D Printed Self-Driving Shuttle Smash Into a Wall

By Kristin Houser

The positive benefits of ingesting psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can last for up to a week, according to a new study.
Health & Medicine

Psychedelic Mushrooms Can Boost Creativity and Empathy for a Week

By Kristin Houser

On March 29, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will leave the ISS to embark on the world's first all-female spacewalk.
NASA

NASA Announces World’s First All-Female Spacewalk

By Kristin Houser

By telling companies such as Verizon and T-Mobile they're cops, stalkers and scammers can get users' real-time location data.
Future Society

Stalkers Are Pretending to be Cops to Steal Your Phone’s Location

By Kristin Houser

A Chinese official claims the nation is poised to wrap up construction on the HL-2M tokamak, a new "artificial sun," this year.
Science & Energy

China: New “Artificial Sun” Will Be Completed This Year

By Kristin Houser

Uber is not criminally liable for a March 2018 self-driving car death, say prosecutors, but the safety driver behind the wheel might still face charges.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Prosecutors: Uber Isn’t Criminally Liable for Self-Driving Car Death

By Kristin Houser

Tesla has announced a trio of improvements that it claims will cut charging time by 50 percent, including its next-generation Supercharger system.
Tesla

Tesla: New Supercharger Features Will Cut Charge Time in Half

By Kristin Houser