Innovation
An eclectic group of engineers,
designers, artists, parents and lactation consultants came together at
MIT over the weekend to improve a necessary, unpopular device: the
breast pump.
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Magical organ gives 'musical taste' a new meaning
The organist's fingers step lightly through a world of summer fruits, picking out high notes that conjure zest and vitality, before segueing into a lazy melody of golden malt fields.
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A brighter future: five ideas that will change solar energy
The energy needs of the world could all, in principle, be fulfilled by one single source -- the sun. There are challenges in making this a reality, however: affordability first, and finding a way to capture this energy efficiently to turn it into electricity.
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Realistic 'robo-hawks' designed to fly around and terrorize real birds
Birds are nice enough, unless you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills, in which case they're the sworn enemy. Today, there are a variety of tools and technologies for spooking unwanted birds?we've graduated from scarecrows to flash-bang grenades and other sophisticated armaments?but Nico Nijenhuis is undoubtedly working on the coolest. He's building robot hawks that trick lingering critters into thinking they're about to get snacked on.
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Filming the fantastical fluorescent light show beneath the waves
With their feet dug into the sand, tourists sit in awe on the beach front, mesmerized as little sparks of electric blue light twinkle brightly in the water. The natural neon particles seem to dance across the waves as they break along the shore. And with every disturbance in the water, a pulsating flash of light is emitted.
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The submarine that found a lost H-bomb: 'Alvin' reveals the mysteries of the deep
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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Big solar storm hitting Earth
Youvathana Sok looked up and saw more than just stars in the crisp, clear Maine night sky.
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Superbooks: High-tech reading puts you inside the story
Imagine you could tell Romeo that he doesn't need to take the poison to be with Juliet, warn Streetcar's Blanche Dubois not to rely on the kindness of strangers, or suggest that Jonathan Harker take his vacation somewhere other than Transylvania.
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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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