Hyundai Is Setting A Blistering Pace For Innovation
SEOUL/DETROIT (Reuters) - Technology advances in telematics and driver assistance systems are gathering steam as the enablers of future connected and self-driving cars, according to an analysis of...
View ArticleThese contact lenses can magnify objects by nearly three times with just a wink
Swiss researchers have tested contact lenses that can magnify objects to nearly three times with a wink.A prototype was unveiled by Eric Tremblay from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne...
View ArticleThis was the thing that made Steve Jobs so great
It's been years since Apple cofounder Steve Jobs passed away. But he remains a role model for many today – the gold standard of a tech visionary.One of the few men who could call himself Steve Jobs'...
View ArticleKFC is bringing an entirely new menu to the UK
KFC, The US fried chicken chain, announced yesterday that it was planning to bring edible coffee cups to the UK.But the so-called "Scoffee-ee Cup"— made of biscuit wrapped in sugar paper and designed...
View ArticleWatch this paralyzed woman pick up a cup with her mind
Worldwide, 6 million people suffer from paralysis, which robs them of their ability to move and sometimes to speak.But what if people who are paralyzed could control prosthetic limbs just by thinking?...
View ArticleMicrosoft is making a change to its browsers that could give you less privacy...
Microsoft on Friday updated its approach to “Do Not Track” for all future versions of its web browsers, saying it “will no longer enable it as the default state.”“Do Not Track” is all about protecting...
View ArticleThe world’s oldest woman had the coolest diet ever
The world's oldest person, a 117-year-old woman in Japan named Misao Okawa, died on Wednesday. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898, and died of heart failure just a few weeks after celebrating her...
View ArticleHere's why you shouldn't take Mark Cuban's health advice
Earlier this week, Mark Cuban — billionaire entrepreneur, "Shark Tank" investor, NBA team owner, "Sharknado 3"star, and non-medical professional — took to Twitter to dispense some health advice.Cuban...
View ArticleMIT researchers have discovered the ultimate tongue twister
Everyone knows at least one good tongue twister—one complex string of barely sensible words so similar that they'll trip anybody up who tries to say them too quickly. (My personal favorite: A ship...
View ArticleThe very first human trial of a new approach to cancer treatment has...
Two of the most promising recent approaches to cancer treatment are immunotherapy, which harnesses the body's own immune system to fight cancer, and personalized medicine, which involves therapeutics...
View ArticleHere's where lightning strikes most in the world
Where does lightning flash most frequently? According to satellite observations, it occurs more often over land than over the oceans. And lightning seems to happen more often closer to the equator.The...
View ArticleWhat happens when you put a hummingbird in a wind tunnel
Hummingbirds are aerial acrobatics that dart, swoop, flit and fly at super fast speeds, their wings flapping up to 80 times per second and their heart racing at 1,200 beats per minute.When feeding,...
View ArticleIn 1974, the US Forest Service created an incredibly detailed bartending guide
Back in 1974, the US Forest Service took it upon themselves to create an incredibly detailed chart documenting the proper way to mix a variety of cocktails.And why not?This is delightful:It's full of...
View ArticleThe LHC is being resurrected this weekend — here's how it could change...
The revamped Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the monstrous underground atom smasher that hurls particles at near light speed, will turn back on this weekend after two years.The LHC already revolutionized...
View ArticleThe evolution of life's most complex cell is sparking a fiery debate among...
When Leonid Moroz, a neuroscientist at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, Fla., first began studying comb jellies, he was puzzled.He knew the primitive sea creatures had...
View ArticleThere's been a sudden and dangerous surge in Amazon deforestation
Originally published on Yale Environment 360.Ecologist Philip Fearnside has lived and worked in the Brazilian Amazon for 30 years and is one of the foremost authorities on deforestation in the world’s...
View Article7 scientific tricks for falling asleep
BI Answers: I have a terrible time falling asleep. Is there anything I can do to sleep better?It's already hard to get enough sleep in our busy, wired, non-stop culture — 40% of people sleep less than...
View ArticleThree-dimensional audio makes virtual reality so much better it's crazy
One week ago, I finally understood why Facebook spent $2 billion on a virtual reality company. It was all thanks to AltSpaceVR, which gave me an immersive demonstration of their virtual social spaces...
View ArticleRANKED: The best smartphones in the world (VZ, T, DT, S)
It's a big month for Android lovers.The two newest flagship Android phones, the Samsung Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9 go on sale April 10. If you're in the market for a new phone, this is a good month to...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Samsung Galaxy S6 is the best Android phone, but still not better...
I've never been a big fan of Samsung phones. They've always been packed with great technology — the best displays, cameras, and processors — but all of that was overshadowed by poor hardware design and...
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