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How 3D printing will change your life forever
Would you like to print out the weekly shopping in the comfort of your own home? Perhaps you're in the market for a new body part printed from your own cells? Click to discover how 3D printing will change your life.
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Simulation suggests Musk's Hyperloop 'quite viable'
When billionaire Elon Musk unveiled the Hyperloop in August, his critics were quick to scoff at his proposal for a new, super fast mode of transportation.
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New Tesla patent: 400-mile battery pack using metal-air & lithium-ion batteries
Tesla Motors is exclusively an electric car maker, with Elon Musk expressing disdain for cars like the Chevy Volt and BMW i3, which pack gas-powered range-extenders. But Tesla may be working on a different kind of hybrid; a hybrid battery pack that could extend the range of cars like the Tesla Model S by up to 40%, allowing for 400 miles of driving between charges.
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Carbon Nanotube Computer Hints at Future Beyond Silicon Semiconductors
Modern lifestyles may not need to curb their appetites for smaller, faster smartphones and tablets when the digital age finally runs up against the physical limits of silicon-based computer chips. New research by Stanford University engineers might have just crowned a silicon successor by showing how to build a computer out of carbon nanotubes.
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$250,000 space tours may lift off in 2014
Speaking at the 2013 Social Good Summit, the Virgin Group founder and serial entrepreneur claimed that commercial space travel is about to become a reality and that his company is still on track to start offering out-of-this world mini breaks in 2014.
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What College Will Be Like in 2023
Ten years from now college might not look too different from the outside—the manicured quads, the football games, the parties—but the learning experience students receive will probably be fundamentally different from the one they get today.
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The kilo is losing weight, changing all of science, but unfortunately we don’t know why
Deep below Paris, in a vault that can only be opened by the simultaneous turning of three keys held by three different people, is the international prototype kilogram — the kilo against which all other kilos are based.
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Tesla Motors to launch autonomous cars within 3 years
Elon Musk believes that Tesla Motors will be able to produce autonomous cars within 3 years. “We should be able to do 90 per cent of miles driven within three years,” he said. Mr. Musk didn’t reveal further details of Tesla’s autonomy project. Though he did say that it was “internal development”. “It’s not speculation,” he said.
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The Challenge of the Aging Farmer
Agriculture economists have long warned that farmers are getting old and staying on their land longer, delaying the turnover to a younger generation. But an Ohio State University professor argues that those fears are overstated and the United States likely will have little problem replacing aging farmers as long as business is good, as it has been for the past decade.
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How ‘Her’ Gets the Future Right
In Spike Jonze's new movie, technology can break your heart. What that says about who we're becoming. Warning: spoiler alert. The future is a frightening place. At least in the movies.
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A MUST READ: What If We Never Run Out of Oil?
New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare.
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The Biggest Electronics Show In The World Is A Pretty Bad Indicator Of The Year Ahead In Tech
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the event that's supposed to set the tone in technology for the oncoming year. Things have changed in recent years though. Technology has become less about whiz-bang gadgets and more about the Internet-powered apps and services we use. Twitter. Instagram. Snapchat. Dropbox. And so on. You don't really need 2 million square feet in the Las Vegas Convention Center to show off a bunch of apps.
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Get ready for a shock: The world's fastest supercar might soon be electric
At full speed, the Rimac Concept_One is little more than a cherry red blur, flashing from one corner of the horizon to the other in the blink of an eye. If its projected performance figures prove to be true, this radical electric concept car - the brainchild of an award-winning young Croatian designer - could accelerate faster than all but two of the fastest supercars on earth.
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$60m supersonic private jet where entire cabin WALL will be a giant screen
It is the plane that could finally end the argument over who gets the window seat. A firm attempting to build a private supersonic jet has revealed a radical new design where the entire cabin wall is a screen that can be turned into a giant window. Live video from outside the plane can create a panoramic image - or the passengers of the $60m jet can opt to have their family snaps shown or even watch a movie on the walls.
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Why the 2016 Presidential Campaign Will Be the Worst Ever
Is it possible that the 2016 presidential campaign is already a mess? You’re probably not thinking much about it, which is healthy. No wonder you’re looking so trim and your cheeks are pink. But the candidates in the thick of it can’t ignore the noise, and that’s not healthy.
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Your future is rubbish
Recycling is primarily an environmental issue, right? Wrong. In this modern age of disposability and rapid turn-over, recycling is no longer just about saving the planet, it's about feeding ever-growing economic demand. As Antony Funnell reports, the sheer enormity of the global recycling industry is challenging our understanding of terms like 'waste' and 'rubbish'.
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The Remote Control Needs To Die So The Television Can Live
The television continues to evolve, but the remote control is stuck in limbo.
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Tesla Motors Aiming To Build Self-Driving Car Within 3 Years, Elon Musk Says
Tesla Motors is currently aiming to have a self-driving, autonomous car built within the next three years, according to the famous Tesla CEO Elon Musk. If that goal is met, that means that Tesla will beat its rivals — Mercedes-Benz and Nissan — to the market by at least a couple of years.
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E-Tattoos Can Now Store Data and Deliver Drugs
Last we checked in with e-tattoos, Google (through Motorola) had patented electronics that would exist on or just beneath your skin in an effort to make voice-controlled devices more accurate, monitor your heartbeat, and that sort of thing. Now, the things are real and can store and transmit data, thanks to researchers at Korea’s Center for Nanoparticle Research.
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What The Future Will Look Like from a 1920's Perspective...
The future as they saw it in the 1920's. Followed with predictions from the 1930's.
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