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Turbine engines are ideal technology for jets. They cram piles of power into a small, lightweight package, and have revolutionized air travel since their invention in the 1930s. Ian Wright sees them revolutionizing something else: garbage trucks.
"It turns out … that I'm really good at killing people." President Barack Obama (1961- ), (as reported in Reed Peeples, 'A President and his Drones', June 29, 2016, --a review of the book 'Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, a
In India, where it gets hot enough to feel like a sauna just sitting in one's home and not everyone has access to electricity and central air conditioning, anything that can be done cheaply to make things even a little bit cooler can change
A preliminary investigation has begun for a fatal car crash involving a Tesla Model S.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the electric model sedan had Autopilot mode engaged when a driver was killed. USA TODAY
With the installation of a final triangular panel on July 3, 2016, construction has been completed on the gargantuan Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in Dawodang, Kedu Town, Guizhou Province, China.
Electric mobility scooters are sedate li'l things, designed simply for helping their riders make it down smooth, forgiving sidewalks … right? Well no, not necessarily.
The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge has announced the winners of its 2016 competition, the second challenge centered on food systems and how biomimicry can help improve them.
Instant film, as inventive as it is, has largely been replaced by the digital display. And while you can take dozens of photos in minutes with your phone camera, pick the best one, and instantly share it with your pals online, there's probably stil
Royal Rife made astonishing scientific breakthroughs, and you probably have never heard of him.
Oru has won much recognition and acclaim for its lineup of folding kayaks, vessels that fold down into their own carry cases, making transport and storage much easier than full-sized rigid kayaks. But you don't always want to paddle solo.
This is the first time so many "smart" abilities have combined into one material
A fatal accident involving a Tesla Model S while in Autopilot mode occurred on May 7th in Williston, Florida.
Bang & Olufsen makes very good speakers, very expensive speakers, and very good, very expensive headphones. Now it makes very expensive wireless earbuds that … may be very good.
Got a bullshit parking ticket? Now you can appeal it in less than a minute. The new chatbot tool, DoNotPay, uses previously successful appeal letters to draw up a customized template, allowing users to avoid courts, legal fees, stress, and having to
Wang Jun spent 16 years expanding the world's understanding of what living things are made of -- sequencing genomes including those of the giant panda and potatoes. Now he's attempting to build on that: using DNA as one component to create on
Getting inside the human body to have a look around is always going to be invasive, but that doesn't mean more can't be done to make things a little more comfortable. With this goal in mind, German researchers have developed a complex lens system no
This simple invention is aiding women and children by alleviating the burden of carrying water home everyday.
Gizmag first met garage inventor Jason Woods back in 2011. Since then the Kymera jet-powered body board has been evolving into what is now a nearly production-ready machine complete with official specifications and pricing. We recently had some fun o
In the final part of our five-part interview with serial inventor and flying car advocate Dezso Molnar, he introduces his newest venture: a race series. With more than 100 flying cars on the road and in the air worldwide, Molnar believes the fastest
The Hasselblad X1D isn't exactly a small camera. At 1.6 pounds without the lens attached, it's not the kind of mirrorless shooter that'll slip inside your pocket or purse--not without a shoehorn, at least.
It takes serious engineering to let 640,000 people walk on water. Luckily, that's exactly the kind of technical and creative challenge that Christo--the artist who wrapped the Reichstag and dotted Central Park with 7,503 orange panels of fabric--
Whether you're looking to return to paradise or escape the collapse of society, more and more people are looking to get away from it all and rediscover their inner-rugged individual self.
We've all faced those situations where sleeping in your car is the only option.
You can make your sandwich into a moldy one in a matter of seconds.
Cooltech has announced the first publicly available refrigerator using a magnetic cooling system, which is more efficient than standard fridges.
Learning from your mistakes is a key life lesson, and it's one that researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can attest to.
I was shaking as I shouldered the rifle and peered through the scope at the small steel target 100 yards downrange. It was officially the coldest day in Las Vegas history, and I was in the middle of the desert, buffeted by wind and surrounded by the
Introducing a new Tesla Model S with a 60 kilowatt-hour battery, a 200-mile range, and a lower price didn't require redeveloping the pack, revamping the assembly line, or reconfiguring the supply chain. All it took was a few lines of code.
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Over the past few months I've been screwing around a lot with Javascript drawing libraries for a software/research project that involves displaying hierarchical trees (family trees, archetypically) that don't look like total shit. Which turns out to
