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Sep 24, 2017

The house in ‘Ex Machina’ is actually a stunning hotel in Norway — take a look inside

Posted by in category: futurism

Step inside the Juvet Landscape Hotel in western Norway, the main setting for the 2015 sci-fi thriller “Ex Machina.”

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Sep 24, 2017

Particle Accelerators Could Be the Key to Cheaper Solar Panels

Posted by in categories: particle physics, solar power, sustainability

It may seem counterintuitive, but we can use a particle accelerator to make solar panels. Here’s how.

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Sep 24, 2017

This is how your brain tells time

Posted by in category: neuroscience

No single area of the brain can take responsibility for our perception of time. Instead, multiple regions perform different tasks to help you watch the clock.

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Sep 24, 2017

Scientists turned these spinach leaves into beating heart tissue

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Sep 24, 2017

This new robotic skin could tell the difference between hot and cold water

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Sep 24, 2017

This pocket-sized sterilizer kills bacteria using light

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Sep 24, 2017

Oxygen therapy successfully reversed this little girl’s brain damage

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Sep 24, 2017

How Estonia is leading the way to our digital future

Posted by in categories: futurism, innovation

Estonia is a leader in technology and innovation, but now the rest of the world must catch up.

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Sep 24, 2017

British supermarket offers ‘finger vein’ payment in worldwide first

Posted by in category: electronics

A UK supermarket has become the first in the world to let shoppers pay for groceries using just the veins in their fingertips.

Customers at the Costcutter store, at Brunel University in London, can now pay using their unique vein pattern to identify themselves.

The firm behind the technology, Sthaler, has said it is in “serious talks” with other major UK supermarkets to adopt hi-tech finger vein scanners at pay points across thousands of stores.

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Sep 24, 2017

Navy Will Start Using Xbox Controllers For Periscope Operation

Posted by in category: futurism

Beginning in November, some US Navy submarine periscopes will be operated in a new, less expensive way: via Xbox controllers.

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