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Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”
Artificial Intelligence

Rolls-Royce To Launch Robot Cargo Ships By “End of the Decade”

The maker of luxury cars is making ships that won't need luxury or personal trappings.

This 100 Kilometer-Long Floating Barrier May Soon Be Collecting Our Ocean Trash
Pollution

This 100 Kilometer-Long Floating Barrier May Soon Be Collecting Our Ocean Trash

The garbage collector won't interfere with wildlife and can survive extreme weather.

Cambridge Scientists Want to Make Sustainable, Self-Healing Cities Using Bone
Robots and Machines

Cambridge Scientists Want to Make Sustainable, Self-Healing Cities Using Bone

The backbone of 'the city of the future' might literally be bone.

Zero Emissions: Sweden Just Opened The World’s First “Electric Highway”
Science & Energy

Zero Emissions: Sweden Just Opened The World’s First “Electric Highway”

A step towards fossil-free transport - when vehicles are connected, they have zero emissions.

Toyota is Spending $1 Billion to Make Helper-Robots For the Elderly
Artificial Intelligence

Toyota is Spending $1 Billion to Make Helper-Robots For the Elderly

The elderly are about to get their own fleet of robots.

Pluto’s Tiny Moon Has a “Super Canyon” That’s Five Times Deeper Than The Grand Canyon
Moon

Pluto’s Tiny Moon Has a “Super Canyon” That’s Five Times Deeper Than The Grand Canyon

Scientists just learned that this little world has a canyon five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Gets to Stay Up For Five More Years
NASA

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Gets to Stay Up For Five More Years

Hubble won't be resting anytime soon, thanks to this contract extension.

The Ability to Use Food Stamps Online Could Lead to a Healthier Future
Food

The Ability to Use Food Stamps Online Could Lead to a Healthier Future

Using your food stamps at McDonalds? Fine. Using them online to buy organic peanut butter? Nope.

Curiosity Could Soon be Sampling Martian Water
Off-World

Curiosity Could Soon be Sampling Martian Water

The rover must be pretty thirsty after all this time.

This Autonomous Patrol Drone System Can Even Change its own Batteries
Drones

This Autonomous Patrol Drone System Can Even Change its own Batteries

This UAV can even carry a load of 1-kilogram for 30 minutes.

Art + Technology: A New Way To Educate
Future Society

Art + Technology: A New Way To Educate

Technology can take art (and education itself) to a whole new level.

The (Rather Weird) Era of Virtual Reality Porn is Upon Us
Off-World

The (Rather Weird) Era of Virtual Reality Porn is Upon Us

Naughty America has released a series of virtual reality demos...of porn.

IBM Will Have A 200-Petaflop Supercomputer Ready by 2018
Computers

IBM Will Have A 200-Petaflop Supercomputer Ready by 2018

This computer will be nearly twice as fast as the current record holder.

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Very Close to Home
NASA

NASA Finds Neptune-Sized Planet Very Close to Home

The "baby" planet is prompting astronomers to rethink previous assumptions.

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial
Cancer

Fighting Cancer With Genetic Modification: CRISPR Approved For First Human Trial

A Glimpse of Our Future in Space
Off-World

A Glimpse of Our Future in Space

The final frontier has never been closer.

Experts Assert That This is the End of The Age of Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels

Experts Assert That This is the End of The Age of Fossil Fuels

Scientists Have Invented a Mind-Reading Machine That Visualises Your Thoughts
Science & Energy

Scientists Have Invented a Mind-Reading Machine That Visualises Your Thoughts

"We can take someone’s memory... and pull it out from their brain."

Meet SpotMini, The Robot Best Friend You Never Knew You Wanted
Artificial Intelligence

Meet SpotMini, The Robot Best Friend You Never Knew You Wanted

Basically, it's a dog that has to be charged every now and then.

Rosetta Mission Update: Philae Has Woken Up!
From Quarks to Quasars

Rosetta Mission Update: Philae Has Woken Up!