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A Norwegian company has developed a new remote-controlled fish pen that could both reduce the cost of feed and minimize salmon dying from sea lice.
Robots and Machines

Norwegian Firm Plans Offshore Remote-Controlled Salmon Farm

The fish pen is designed to survive the harsh environment of the open ocean, while housing up to 600,000 full grown salmon.

By Victor Tangermann

Georgia Tech researchers have built tiny microbots that move in response to vibrations — and they could one day attack diseases in your body.
Robotics

These Vibration-Powered Microbots Are Almost Too Small to See

Each weighs slightly more than a grain of sand.

By Kristin Houser

DARPA assembled a team called Squad X that uses robots to scout out a battlefield before human soldiers engage in combat.
Robotics

DARPA’s “Squad X” Teams Up Soldiers With Scout Robots

A training video shows robots scouting an area for human infantry.

By Dan Robitzski

Using its Hololens device and AI tech, Microsoft can make it appear like a person is standing in front of you, speaking a language they don't really speak.
Virtual Reality

Microsoft’s Tech Can Make Your Hologram Speak Another Language

This exec doesn't speak Japanese — but it sure looks like she does.

By Kristin Houser

The upcoming "Cats" movie will use something called "digital fur technology" to turn stars like Taylor Swift into giant cats.
Science & Energy

“Digital Fur Technology” Will Turn Taylor Swift Into a Cat

"These are people, but they’re cats, and this is kind of blowing my mind."

By Dan Robitzski

A new study reveals that tens of thousands of porn sites automatically monitor your, uh, behavior, and send the data to companies like Facebook and Google.
Science & Energy

Facebook And Google Know All Your Kinks

Porn sites are riddled with tracking tools.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told TIME he thinks "we could land on the Moon in less than two years" — but that "we" might not include NASA.
Moon

Elon Musk: We Could Land on the Moon In “Less Than Two Years”

"Well, this is gonna sound pretty crazy..."

By Kristin Houser

Google has reportedly decided to halt plans for launching a censored search engine in China."We have terminated Project Dragonfly."
Future Society

Google “Terminated” Its Chinese Search Engine Plans

Project Dragonfly has faced plenty of criticism ever since it was revealed.

By Victor Tangermann

China Is Obsessed With Facebook’s Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency

China Is Obsessed With Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

Americans care a whole lot less about Libra.

By Victor Tangermann

The YouTube search bar frequently autocompletes queries with major movie and TV spoilers — yet another example of the site's content moderation struggles.
Future Society

YouTube’s Autocomplete Feature Has a Huge Spoiler Problem

If you type "Iron Man" into YouTube, the top suggestion is a major "Avengers: Endgame" spoiler. And that's just the tip of the spoilerberg.

By Jon Christian

Blockchain Is Ready to Completely Transform the Healthcare Industry
Blockchain

Blockchain Is Ready to Completely Transform the Healthcare Industry

Medical records would be more private, and it would be easier for patients and professionals to utilize them.

By Brad Jones

Oakland, California's city council just voted unanimously to ban all municipal uses of facial recognition tech within its borders.
Future Society

The City of Oakland Votes to Ban Facial Recognition

That makes it the third U.S. city to do so.

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk's Neuralink announced that it's almost ready for human experimentation. People on Twitter want to offer up their brains.
Elon Musk

People Are Begging Elon Musk to Drill Holes in Their Skulls

Actual tweet: "TAKE MY BRAIN ELON"

By Dan Robitzski

Boston Dynamics is back in the news promising that it will start mass-producing and selling its SpotMini robot soon, but the details keep shifting.
Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics Says It’ll Sell Robots, But Won’t Give Any Details

We've heard this one before!

By Dan Robitzski

The German government just proposed to make measles vaccinations mandatory for children and people who work at kindergartens and schools.
Health & Medicine

Germany Plans to Make Measles Vaccines Mandatory for All Children

Parents could face fines of up to $2,800.

By Victor Tangermann

IBM's new electronic tongue Hypertaste is portable, fast, and capable of identifying a range of liquids, filling a gap in today's offerings.
Artificial Intelligence

IBM Unveils New “Electronic Tongue” to Taste and Identify Liquids

It can detect and match a liquid's "fingerprint" in less than a minute.

By Kristin Houser

A new AI system tracks people's tiny, involuntary eye movements to identify them, sort of like an ocular fingerprint scanner.
Artificial Intelligence

New AI Identifies People by Their Minuscule Eye Movements

Our tiny eye twitches serve as a unique fingerprint.

By Dan Robitzski

Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail2 just snapped some incredible photos of the Earth days before it's planning to unfurl its solar sails.
Space

Experimental Spacecraft LightSail 2 Snaps Amazing Photos

LightSail 2 is flexing its muscles while getting ready to unfurl its massive solar sail.

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have built a quantum gate incorporating qudits as opposed to qubits — and it could help usher in the era of quantum computing.
Quantum Physics

Forget Qubits — Scientists Just Built a Quantum Gate With Qudits

And they could help usher in the era of the quantum computer.

By Kristin Houser

As rockets lower themselves to the lunar surface, they kick up dangerous, bullet-like storms of rocks and dust. If unaddressed, they could lead to conflict.
Future Society

Rockets Causing Lunar Dust Storms Could Spark International War

Landing a rocket on the Moon can turn lunar dust into a cloud of bullets.

By Dan Robitzski