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The recently reunited band The KLF wants 35,000 fans to stuff their cremated remains into a brick to be built into a giant pyramid. Seems reasonable.
Future Society

Pop Band “The KLF” to Build a Pyramid out of 35,000 Cremated Fans

If you’re not willing to turn your remains into a brick, are you even a real fan?

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA is testing a sensor that would allow stratospheric balloons to remain in one place, possibly leading to a new military surveillance platform.
Future Society

DARPA’s Balloons Could Hover at the Edge of Space Indefinitely

The agency is using lasers to keep its balloons in one place.

By Kristin Houser

The FCC approved a SpaceX request to launch more than 7,000 internet-broadcasting satellites. The only catch: they need to do it fast.
SpaceX

The FCC Just Approved SpaceX’s Plan to Launch 7,518 Internet Satellites

But the clock is ticking, under the terms of the approval.

By Jon Christian

Privacy experts are concerned that governments could use Amazon's patented accent-detection technology to violate civil rights.
Artificial Intelligence

Experts Warn of Amazon’s Accent-Detecting Technology

This patented tech raises all sorts of red flags.

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musks' Boring Company has been hard at work tunneling away under Hawthorne, California. But they never informed the community that they would do so.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Didn’t Ask Homeowners Before Tunneling Under Them

Only those in wealthy neighborhoods had the resources to stave off Elon’s tunnel.

By Dan Robitzski

A biotechnology firm figured out how to scan an embryo for genetic markers that predict an abnormally high or low intelligence.
Health & Medicine

New Test Predicts How Smart Babies Will Be Before They’re Born

The same technology that screens for genetic disease can check IQ.

By Dan Robitzski

In a new video, tech company Synthesia demonstrates its AI-powered dubbing tech, which could make it easy for others to create deepfakes.
Artificial Intelligence

See the Translation Tech Lawmakers Say “Threatens Democracy” in Action

It could make it easy for anyone to create deepfakes.

By Kristin Houser

A new startup called Nebula Genomics wants to reward you for your genomic data in the form of "Nebula credits." But will those ever be worth anything?
Blockchain

This Blockchain Startup Wants to Pay You for Your DNA Data

But don't expect to be paid in U.S. dollars.

By Victor Tangermann

A team of Harvard scientists just launched a new initiative to steer the U.S. towards better AI policy. Soon, they'll teach Congress the basics.
Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Is Launching an “AI Bootcamp” For Tech-Phobic Lawmakers

Harvard scientists will teach elected officials the basics of AI this February.

By Dan Robitzski

The La Roche-Posay My Skin Track UV sensor monitors how much UVA and UVB radiation you're getting, so you know when to get more sunscreen.
Health & Medicine

L’Oreal and Apple Built a Wearable to Measure UV Radiation

The $60, thumbnail-sized clip will tell you when it’s sunny.

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers in Singapore has developed an eye patch covered in dissolvable needles that deliver drugs right into the eyeball.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Invent an Eye Patch Covered in Drug-Delivering Needles

And you'd place it in your eye yourself.

By Kristin Houser

Google engineers trained a neural net on thousands of song lyrics and classic novels. It wrote some songs and we think they're fantastic.
Google

Google Trained a Neural Net to Write Cringey Song Lyrics

Here are our favorites.

By Dan Robitzski

barnard's star planet
Science & Energy

Scientists Just Discovered the Second-Closest Exoplanet to Earth

Its existence has been questioned since the 1960s.

By Sarah Marquart

Ford, Walmart, and Postmates have teamed up to develop a service in which self-driving cars deliver goods right to customers homes.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Ford and Walmart Want Self-Driving Cars to Deliver Your Groceries

You might never need to leave your house again.

By Kristin Houser

Glimpse: How Visual Effects Artists Bring the Future to the Big Screen
Future Society

Glimpse: How Visual Effects Artists Bring the Future to the Big Screen

The movie magic behind your favorite sci-fi flicks.

By Catherine Mullen

Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and software company Autodesk used AI to create a spider-like NASA lander.
Artificial Intelligence

See the Spider-Like Lunar Lander Developed By AI

AI helped engineers cut the lander's weight by 35 percent.

By Kristin Houser

After a sale to SoftBank fell apart, Alphabet is beginning to dissolve Schaft, the company it purchased to develop bipedal robots.
Robotics

Alphabet Cancels Walking Robot Project After Internal Turmoil

The Google parent’s bipedal robotics projects tripped over its own shoelaces.

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at Aalborg University in Denmark are proposing to use AI robots to survey water pipes under the ground. And it could save cities millions.
Artificial Intelligence

Surveillance Robots Could Help Maintain Sewer Systems

And it could save cities hundreds of millions of dollars.

By Victor Tangermann

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”
Google

Google Is Making An “AI-Powered Assistant for Nurses and Doctors”

Google is diving deeper into the healthcare sector.

By Kristin Houser

The 77th Brigade of the British Army is responsible for creating viral marketing campaigns that promote the military's interests around the world.
Future Society

The British Army has an Official Viral Content Division

The 77th Brigade is for specialists who excel in tactical marketing.

By Dan Robitzski