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Startup HyperSurfaces demonstrates how its AI-powered technology can make a car door, glass wall, or clothes rack "smart."
Artificial Intelligence

See How AI Can Turn Almost Any Surface Into a User Interface

Want to make a surface "smart"? Just add AI.

In a recent interview with CNBC Make It, Neil deGrasse Tyson told reporters that Elon Musk "will transform civilization as we know it."
Off-World

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Elon Musk “Will Transform Civilization As We Know It”

The eccentric SpaceX CEO gets some flak — but not from Neil deGrasse Tyson.

A new pair of AI algorithms can draw lifelike caricatures. Built by Microsoft and City University of Hong Kong, the work will be shown at SIGGRAPH Asia.
Artificial Intelligence

Check Out These Impressive Caricatures Drawn By AI

AI automation comes for the fairgrounds.

Fisher Space Pen: What Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Will Use to Write in Zero Gravity
Off-World

Fisher Space Pen: What Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Will Use to Write in Zero Gravity

It even writes under water.

A new app puts the task of training AIs in the hands of Ugandan refugees, who can earn the money they earn to rebuild their lives.
Artificial Intelligence

Refugees in Uganda Are Earning Money by Training AIs

It's a win-win for refugees and researchers.

NVIDIA has signed deals with three Chinese autonomous car startups to use their self-driving car platform.
Artificial Intelligence

Chip Maker NVIDIA is Bringing Its AI Driving Chip to China

We have the technology.

Molecular Gastronomy Kit: Fusing Food, Science, and Art
Food

Molecular Gastronomy Kit: Fusing Food, Science, and Art

Become a top chef in your own kitchen.

FinalStraw: The Last Straw You’ll Ever Need
Science & Energy

FinalStraw: The Last Straw You’ll Ever Need

Why waste more straws, when you can be one of the cool kids?

littleBits Superhero Kit: Teaching Kids Block-Based Coding
Coding

littleBits Superhero Kit: Teaching Kids Block-Based Coding

For kids and kids at heart.

A global, four-year research project just found that 14 of the 28 classic psychology studies it examined couldn't be replicated.
Science & Energy

New Research Just Debunked 14 Classic Psychology Experiments

What happens when science is wrong?

Norweigen cruise line Hurtigruten plans to transform leftover fish parts into a biogas it can then use to power its ships.
Science & Energy

A Cruise Line Plans to Power Its Ships with Dead Fish

"Our ships will literally be powered by nature."

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech
Brain

New Brain Implant Could Translate Paralyzed People’s Thoughts Into Speech

Or at least it will get the important stuff across.

According to a new report, cybersecurity is the area of technology healthcare executives believe will have the biggest industry impact in 2019.
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Is a Top Concern for Healthcare Executives

They're worried that staff members aren't prepared for cyberattacks.

Russian hacker groups are using old tricks with a new twist to retrieve sensitive government data. But security firms are on to them.
Data Privacy

Russian Hackers Have New Techniques to Steal Data

And they are getting harder to catch.

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine
Cybersecurity

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine

France, it would seem, has had enough of American surveillance.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is tasked with defending U.S. infrastructure from both cyber and physical attacks.
Cybersecurity

The US Finally Has a Defense Agency Devoted to Cybersecurity

Here's everything you need to know about CISA.

A team of physicists created a 360 video that takes people on a tour of a realistic simulation of the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.
Black Holes

360-Degree Video Shows What It’s Like to Fall Into a Black Hole

The simulation takes viewers into the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station can now use the Refabricator to transform plastic waste into needed tools.
Off-World

A New Gadget Turns Plastic Waste Into Tools Astronauts Need

The Refabricator could help extend our reach into space.

Elon Musk tweeted that the BFR will now be called "Starship." It's already the fourth name change for the ambitious project to get people to Mars.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Just Changed the BFR’s Name for a Fourth Time

The BFR is dead. Long live the "Starship."

The Arecibo Observatory has unveiled the details of its New Arecibo Message global challenge, a contest to craft a new message to aliens.
Exobiology

Here’s How You Can Help Scientists Craft a Message to Aliens

It won't be as easy as emailing a suggestion, though.