TN Note: Technocrats invent because they can. That people would not like what they invented does not concern them in the least. It is this very mentality that fuels the mantra to use science to engineer society as they see fit.
We covered the launch of the Bigelow BEAM bouncy castle earlier; it is intriguing because from an architectural point of view, an inflatable building makes so much sense in space.
Many of us will be firing up our grills this weekend for some well-deserved barbecue time. After all, barbecuing is one of America's favorite pastimes however it certainly isn't one of our most environmentally friendly.
that wants to outdo Intel and Google. From 1992 to 2001, Dan Goldin served as the longest-tenured administrator of NASA, overseeing projects like the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor and the redesign of the International Space Station.
Many of us will be firing up our grills this weekend for some well-deserved barbecue time. After all, barbecuing is one of America's favorite pastimes however it certainly isn't one of our most environmentally friendly.
For an arena that will soon play host to more than 17,500 fans nightly, the new Golden 1 Center doesn't make a huge first impression. Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive may have likened his team's new arena to the Roman Colosseum, and it may b
Compared to the 160 million years the Alps have spent climbing out of the violent collision of the Eurasian and African tectonic plates, Switzerland's 17-year project to blast through them doesn't seem lengthy at all.
A warning siren bellowed through the concrete bunker of a top-secret Naval facility where U.S. military engineers prepared to demonstrate a weapon for which there is little defense.
3D printing is still a young technology, but when you can use it for important tasks like making gummy snack figures of yourself, or building a home, it's no longer in its infancy. And Dubai has reached that second (and arguably more important) miles
The International Space Station is currently expanding its cushy new room, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). It's the first expandable habitat of its kind and will act as a demonstration for potential inflatable space-environments of t
First exhibited by Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co., Ltd. during the 13th Beijing International High-Tech Expo back in 2010, the project the (TEB) Transit Elevated Bus aims to ease the congestion on the streets by allowing commuters to
The internet age has given us no shortage of coding tutorials. There are instructional websites, games, online courses--even DIY computer kits. But Hopscotch is different. While most coding is done on computers with lines of code, Hopscotch is a vis
American airport security has never been something to look forward to, but in the past few weeks, it's attained new levels of misery. The busy summer travel season is only just starting, and already the public's been warned to expect the worst. U
A coalition of leading open internet advocates is pressuring federal regulators to crack down on the controversial broadband industry practice of "zero-rating," calling it a threat to net neutrality, the principle that all content on the internet
The 30 million or so surveillance cameras peering into nearly every corner of American life might freak you out a bit, but you could always tell yourself that no one can access them all. Until now.
It is hard to miss the warnings. In the race to make computers more intelligent than us, humanity will summon a demon, bring forth the end of days, and code itself into oblivion. Instead of silicon assistants we'll build silicon assassins.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants to prevent information about its creepy biometric database, which contains fingerprint, face, iris, and voice scans of millions of Americans, from getting out to the public.
(NaturalNews) Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are no longer mere creatures of science fiction. Tech companies are investing billions of dollars to make AVs a reality. Although self-driving cars are a ways down the road, their impending arrival provokes a h
Russian Railways is considering using super-fast Hyperloop technology, particularly for transporting freight. According to RIA Novosti, Russian Railways and Hyperloop One are discussing possible cooperation.
It can be kind of hard to keep track of the tangle of emerging computer memory technologies with one seemingly announced every other week, from Intel's highly publicized but still mysterious 3D XPoint technology to organic ferroelectrics. The memory
Uber said on Thursday that it planned to test a self-driving car on the streets of Pittsburgh, its first step toward becoming a company that uses robots instead of drivers to power its car-hailing service.
An Australian team has set a new record for squeezing as much electricity as possible out of direct, unfocused sunlight via a new solar cell configuration.
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