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Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics
Prosthetics and Devices

Electronic Skin Lets Amputees Feel Pain Through Their Prosthetics

"I felt my hand, as if a hollow shell, got filled with life again.”

By Kristin Houser

In Ontario, New Project Will Give Providers and Patients More Access to Health Records
Future Society

In Ontario, New Project Will Give Providers and Patients More Access to Health Records

The government has one chance to get this right.

By Dan Robitzski

Many Common Psychiatric Disorders Share a Genetic Link, Study Finds
Health & Medicine

Many Common Psychiatric Disorders Share a Genetic Link, Study Finds

They might have more in common than we thought before.

By Kristin Houser

Synthetic Biological Weapons May Be Coming. Here’s How To Fight Them.
Future Society

Synthetic Biological Weapons May Be Coming. Here’s How To Fight Them.

A new DoD report has some suggestions.

By Dan Robitzski

The EU’s Proposed New Copyright Laws Show No Government Knows How to Govern The Internet
Future Society

The EU’s Proposed New Copyright Laws Show No Government Knows How to Govern The Internet

GDPR was a step forward. These new laws are a big step back.

By Victor Tangermann

Four Major Phone Carriers Just Did Something to Actually Protect Your Privacy
Privacy

Four Major Phone Carriers Just Did Something to Actually Protect Your Privacy

They're doing something about companies carelessly sharing your location.

By Kristin Houser

Hackers Target Yet Another South Korean Crypto Exchange, Steal $32 Million
Hacking

Hackers Target Yet Another South Korean Crypto Exchange, Steal $32 Million

It's the second major hack on a major South Korean exchange in the past 10 days.

By Kristin Houser

MIT Creates “Artificial Blubber” to Keep Navy SEALs Warm
Military

MIT Creates “Artificial Blubber” to Keep Navy SEALs Warm

“It’s like wearing a coat of air.”

By Kristin Houser

In an Effort to Speed up Production, Tesla Is Assembling Model 3s in a Giant Tent
Tesla

In an Effort to Speed up Production, Tesla Is Assembling Model 3s in a Giant Tent

Capitalism has no time for walls.

By Kristin Houser

IBM’s Debater AI Is Impressive, But It Won’t Conquer Humanity
Artificial Intelligence

IBM’s Debater AI Is Impressive, But It Won’t Conquer Humanity

The singularity is not imminent.

By Victor Tangermann

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds
Prosthetics and Devices

CRISPR Doesn’t Cause Unintended Mutations in Monkeys, Study Finds

You know what's pretty similar to monkeys? Humans.

By Kristin Houser

Putting Pokémon On The Blockchain Takes Microtransactions To Their Inevitable, Insufferable End
Blockchain

Putting Pokémon On The Blockchain Takes Microtransactions To Their Inevitable, Insufferable End

This is the absolute worst form of distributed gaming.

By Dan Robitzski

Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Chip in Hand Evades Fine
Prosthetics and Devices

Biohacker Who Implanted Transit Chip in Hand Evades Fine

Meow-Meow's victory may push outdated laws to catch up with today's technology.

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Just Stored The Hottest Album From 1998 In Literal DNA
DNA

Scientists Just Stored The Hottest Album From 1998 In Literal DNA

Might be hard to play tho.

By Victor Tangermann

Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data.
Meta

Think Deleting Your Facebook Profile Is Hard? Try Deleting Your Genomic Data.

You can’t un-spit into that test tube.

By Kristin Houser

The US May Soon Have The World’s First Space Force
Space Force

The US May Soon Have The World’s First Space Force

President Trump said it will be "separate but equal" to the Air Force.

By Dan Robitzski

Google’s AI Can Predict When A Patient Will Die
Google

Google’s AI Can Predict When A Patient Will Die

And it does it better than conventional models.

By Victor Tangermann

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.
Science & Energy

Russia Wants to Vaporize Space Junk With a Laser. There Is No Way This Will Go Wrong.

The Russian space agency designed a tool to clear away space trash orbiting Earth.

By Dan Robitzski

Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible.
Mars

Want to Breathe on Mars? A Sea-Dwelling Bacteria Could Make That Possible.

They seem perfectly suited to the harsh conditions of the Red Planet.

By Kristin Houser

FIFA’s Video-Assisted Referees Aren’t Perfect, But Neither Are Human Referees
Future Society

FIFA’s Video-Assisted Referees Aren’t Perfect, But Neither Are Human Referees

The World Cup is on, and people have a lot of feelings about the new tech.

By Victor Tangermann