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Above And Beyond: When Tragedy Strikes, These Pilots Spring To Action
On Jan. 18, a series of earthquakes sent 120 tons of snow careening into the Hotel Rigopiano at the foot of Gran Sasso mountain in central Italy and spurred Giuseppe Briganti into action. Briganti and...
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Why Making Robots That Can Work With Their Hands Is Harder Than You Think
For robots to be most useful when working alongside humans, we’ll have to figure out how to make robots that can literally lend us a hand when our own two are not enough, writes Taskin Padir of...
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Gut Check: This Smart Capsule Is Making Colon-Cancer Screening Easier To Swallow
Turning 50 isn’t the end of the world, sources say. But it is time for a colonoscopy. The “prep” for this middle-age ritual typically involves a liquid diet the day leading up to the appointment capped...
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Smart Electrons: Software And Apps Are About To Make Europe’s Electricity...
With the right technology, you can easily control the lights inside your home from an overseas vacation. But when it comes to the electricity that powers them, the workers in charge of running the...
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On The Right Foot: This 3D Printing Incubator Is Liberating Engineers (And...
Hailing from the Outer Banks, a long, sandy necklace of islands hanging from North Carolina’s Atlantic coast, Jimmie Beacham knows something about witnessing history. When his grandfather, John, was a...
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ASEAN Still Believes In Globalization. But How Can It Make It Work For Everyone?
They say age is only a number, but as the trading bloc of ASEAN crosses the 50-year mark, numbers speak volumes about the dynamic transformation of this region. Taken as one economy, it’s $2 trillion...
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5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Engineers in Illinois found a new way to kill killer bacteria, a team in Pittsburgh made a material that can turn pretty much anything into a touchscreen, and researchers in Minnesota 3D printed...
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Leaner Than Lean: How Digitalization Transforms Manufacturing
If you want to see the future of manufacturing, follow the Tama River about 45 kilometers upstream from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to the GE Healthcare facility in Hino, Japan. Inside this outwardly...
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The Weekend Edition: Melding Mind and Machine: How Close are We?
Just as ancient Greeks fantasized about soaring flight, today’s imaginations dream of melding minds and machines as a remedy to the pesky problem of human mortality. Can the mind connect directly with...
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Gut Check: This Smart Capsule Is Making Colon-Cancer Screening Easier To Swallow
Turning 50 isn’t the end of the world, sources say. But it is time for a colonoscopy. The “prep” for this middle-age ritual typically involves a liquid diet the day leading up to the appointment capped...
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How Can We Fix The Space Junk Problem? A Net And A Harpoon, Say Aerospace...
Since man first ventured into the cosmos, space has been gradually filling up with space junk— remnants of old spacecraft, ejected pieces of equipment, parts of launch rockets and micro-fragments of...
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It Shoots, It Scores! The FIRST Robotics Competition Inspires the Next...
Coach Doug Wildes knows that no matter how hard you train, sometimes the difference between winning and losing comes down to a toss of the ball. Even when it’s a robot doing the tossing.That was the...
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Leaner Than Lean: How Digitalization Transforms Manufacturing
If you want to see the future of manufacturing, follow the Tama River about 45 kilometers upstream from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to the GE Healthcare facility in Hino, Japan. Inside this outwardly...
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It Shoots, It Scores! The FIRST Robotics Competition Inspires the Next...
Coach Doug Wildes knows that no matter how hard you train, sometimes the difference between winning and losing comes down to a toss of the ball. Even when it’s a robot doing the tossing.That was the...
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5 Infographics That Explain One Year Of Blockchain News
There’s a lot happening in the world of blockchain, the sometimes hard-to-grasp disruptive technology. Jess McCuan, content creator-in-chief with Quid, whose software can read millions of news articles...
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Winds Of Change: Offshore Electricity Powers First American Homes On Block...
The small island sits off the coast of Rhode Island between the northeastern tip of New York’s Long Island and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. There, like the archetypal New Englander, it cuts a...
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The Power Of Data: How Software Is Helping Keep Iceland’s Lights On
There are many reasons to visit Iceland. This former Viking stronghold is now the most peaceful country and home to the happiest and most literate people in the world — one in 10 Icelanders on average...
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Winds Of Change: Offshore Electricity Powers First American Homes
The small island sits off the coast of Rhode Island between the northeastern tip of New York’s Long Island and Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. There, like the archetypal New Englander, it cuts a...
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New York To Hong Kong In 2050: The Future Of Travel Tech
Everyone knows that the future of transportation involves self-driving cars, and they’re coming to a ride-sharing service near you, possibly sooner than you think. But what other transportation...
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New GE ‘In The Wild’ Shows How The IoT Is Making Smart Trains Smarter
The Internet of Things is already helping people track their health with smart wristbands and reduce their home energy use with connected thermostats. Now, as viewers of GE’s “In the Wild” web video...
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