Innovation
Staring out of the glass viewports,
three people sit silently in the metal sphere as it continues its
descent hundreds of meters below the ocean's surface. The journey will
take over an hour and the lights in the little submarine have been
turned off.
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Meteorite makes big crater in Nicaragua, government says
A meteorite crashed down in Managua, Nicaragua, late Saturday night, causing a loud explosion and leaving a crater 39 feet (12 meters) across, government officials said, according to The Associated Press. No damage or injuries were reported.
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Newly found asteroid to pass close to Earth on Sunday
A newly discovered asteroid will pass "very close" to Earth on Sunday, NASA says.
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Newly found asteroid to pass close to Earth on Sunday
A newly discovered asteroid will pass "very close" to Earth on Sunday, NASA says.
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The race to create a real-life tricorder
In an old office building at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, there's a room stacked high with plastic containers of synthetic urine. Researchers dip small white paddles into the liquid, wait for a grid of squares to change colors, and snap a photo with a custom smartphone app.
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Turn your kitchen into an orchestra
Air guitar players, bus stop drummers and office desk virtuosos, rejoice: being a slave to the rhythm has just become a lot more fun. Mogees is a new technology that turns any object into a musical instrument, by converting the vibrations you make when you touch it into sound.
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World's first cyborg wants to hack your body
Neil Harbisson is the world's first legally recognized cyborg. He has an antenna implanted into his skull that gives him access to something he was born without: the ability to perceive color.
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Can levitating appliances take off?
Ger Jansen is puzzling about how to fit a windshield. His problem is not installing it in a car, but hanging the glass in thin air and keeping it hovering for a prolonged display.
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Google reveals secret drone delivery tests
Amazon is trying it. UPS has considered it. Ice fishermen in Minnesota used it to get beer. Yelp created one just for burritos.
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Biodesign: Why the future of our cities is soft and hairy
You get out of bed and open the curtains.
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'Mousetronauts,' fireballs and a real-life R2D2: Experiments in space
It's the Earth-orbiting research lab as big as a five-bedroom house, complete with two bathrooms, a gym and a huge bay window -- but how much do we know about what goes on at the International Space Station?
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Sensors let Alzheimer's patients stay at home, safely
Mary Lou doesn't know that she's being tracked.
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Experimental SpaceX rocket self-detonates over Texas
A rung on the long ladder to Mars broke Friday, when a rocket test in Texas ended in a midair ball of fire.
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The Chairless Chair, an invisible chair that you can wear
It's like a chair that isn't there, but magically appears whenever you need it. It's called the Chairless Chair and you wear it on your legs like an exoskeleton: when it's not activated, you can walk normally or even run. And then, at the touch of a button, it locks into place and you can sit down on it. Like a chair that is now there.
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2022 World Cup city rises in the desert
If you're trying to create the perfect 21st-century city, it helps to start with a blank slate. Even if that slate is a sweltering strip of sand.
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