Month: July 2021
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The week that was
Researchers at MIT are working on an app that can successfully detect Covid-19 in asymptomatic individuals by processing recordings of an individual’s cough. A Louisiana family was briefly one of the richest families in America when their bank mistakenly transferred $50 billion into their account. Philip Morris asked the UK government to ban cigarettes within…
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Simone Biles
The courage to “put mental health first”
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Your Robot Future
Two versions for you. One a dystopian robot beehive and the other, a thin veneer of joyful play hiding a powerful and increasingly sophisticated machine. Exhibit One the Ocado beehive Robots used by the UK online-grocer Ocado zip back and forth across “the grid” delivering good to human packers who box everything up for shipment…
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The week that was
The people of the Isle de Jean Charles in the bayous of Louisiana became the first federally funded community of climate migrants. A startup in Amsterdam introduced an electric two-seater car that can run entirely from sunlight collected on its solar-paneled roof. A woman in Tulsa was located and arrested when she left a comment…
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The week that was
With rising oceans and cataclysmic floods upon us, it only makes sense that Jeep is thinking about adding to their iconic 4-wheeler an underwater mode. Confirming that global warming has arrived, Car & Driver published a review to see which convertible, left in the sun, has the hottest seat. A Moscow-based company is proposing a…
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The week that was
An underwater gas line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico and set the ocean on fire. Locals in upstate New York are complaining that a power plant, taken over by a NYC private equity fund to mine crypto, is ruining the their nearby lake. “The lake is so warm you feel like you’re in a…
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The week that was
It was so hot in Portland, Oregon that the streetcar cables melted. Scientists say they have created a device to help fight the global obesity epidemic. It involves magnets which hold your jaw shut. Two men were sunbathing naked on a beach in Australia when a deer startled them, chasing them into the bush. They…
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The Flying Car
The AirCar is the flying car of our childhood dreams. Today a prototype completed an inaugural, 35-minute intercity flight from Nitra to Bratislava in western Slovakia. Although this is a maiden voyage, the company has a lot of experience. The company has been working on its hybrid aircraft for more than 30 years. With 142 successful…