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Stephen Hawking Teams With Billionaire to Build An Interstellar Spaceship
Space

Stephen Hawking Teams With Billionaire to Build An Interstellar Spaceship

This tech could reach the Alpha Centauri system in just 20 years.

Forget Credit Cards—Japan Wants to Use Fingerprint Payments
Robots and Machines

Forget Credit Cards—Japan Wants to Use Fingerprint Payments

In the Land of the Rising Sun, you may never have to carry a wallet again.

Meet The Desk-Sized Turbine That Can Power A Small Town
Robots and Machines

Meet The Desk-Sized Turbine That Can Power A Small Town

A desk-sized turbine can power 10,000 homes using carbon dioxide.

RotorX Atom is Making Drone Racing Accessible to Everyone
Drones

RotorX Atom is Making Drone Racing Accessible to Everyone

RotorX’s new micro quadcopter makes drone racing easier and cheaper.

Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence Can Translate Words into Images, and Vice Versa
Artificial Intelligence

Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence Can Translate Words into Images, and Vice Versa

It can take text descriptions and generate accurate images with them.

Watch The UFO-Like, 18 Rotor Volocopter Take its First Manned Flight
Artificial Intelligence

Watch The UFO-Like, 18 Rotor Volocopter Take its First Manned Flight

The VC200 is not only easy to operate, it also doesn’t require fuel.

Eyelash Mites: The Creatures that Eat, Mate, and Die on Your Face
Science & Energy

Eyelash Mites: The Creatures that Eat, Mate, and Die on Your Face

Caltech’s 2500 Orbiting Solar Panels Could Provide Earth With Limitless Energy
Solar Power

Caltech’s 2500 Orbiting Solar Panels Could Provide Earth With Limitless Energy

Tiny solar tiles stretching more than 3.5 square miles will beam limitless solar energy to the Earth.

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood
Off-World

An Infant, Rogue Planet Has Been Found Lurking in Our Solar Neighborhood

It’s only 10 million years old—practically a newborn compared to our middle-aged Sun.

This ‘Mushroom Death Suit’ Consumes Your Body After You Die
Future Society

This ‘Mushroom Death Suit’ Consumes Your Body After You Die

The Infinity Burial Suit (or 'mushroom death suit') digests your body after you die, turning you into clean compost.

Tesla Just Unveiled the Newest Model S, And It Can Withstand Biological Warfare
Tesla

Tesla Just Unveiled the Newest Model S, And It Can Withstand Biological Warfare

The Model S has a "Bioweapon Defense Mode."

Facebook Just Unveiled an Open-Source 360-Degree Camera
Meta

Facebook Just Unveiled an Open-Source 360-Degree Camera

If you have the time, money, and talent, you can build the DIY version of a 360-degree camera at home.

This Robotic Spray Can Turns Anyone Into a Graffiti Artist
Artificial Intelligence

This Robotic Spray Can Turns Anyone Into a Graffiti Artist

This 'smart spray paint' tracks the can's position to help individuals make art.

By 2020, We May Have a Fully Inflatable Space Station
Off-World

By 2020, We May Have a Fully Inflatable Space Station

The world's first inflatable room is now in space.

Catch This Virtual Reality Live-Stream of a Surgery on April 14th
Virtual Reality

Catch This Virtual Reality Live-Stream of a Surgery on April 14th

Go where you've never gone before.

European Committee Approves World’s First Gene Therapy For Children
Prosthetics and Devices

European Committee Approves World’s First Gene Therapy For Children

A new breakthrough gene therapy could be made available to children suffering from a rare genetic disorder.

“Flyboard Air” is a Hoverboard That Can Reportedly Soar to 10,000 Feet
Robots and Machines

“Flyboard Air” is a Hoverboard That Can Reportedly Soar to 10,000 Feet

The Flyboard Air is an unbelievable hoverboard. Literally.

Panasonic Claims Their New Weather Model is the World’s Most Accurate
Science & Energy

Panasonic Claims Their New Weather Model is the World’s Most Accurate

Consumer tech brand, Panasonic, claims to have beaten the accuracy of American and European weather models.

The Kepler Spacecraft Has Been Brought Back From the Dead
Exobiology

The Kepler Spacecraft Has Been Brought Back From the Dead

And the search for alien worlds continues.

We’re Building A Tower Taller Than the Burj Khalifa
Future Society

We’re Building A Tower Taller Than the Burj Khalifa

The skylines of tomorrow will be both foreign and remarkable.