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When Will the Great Human-Elephant War End?
Image: Bernard Dupont/Flickr Humans are at war. They’re at war with each other, they’re at war with themselves, and some are at war with elephants. Researchers want to know how humans and the long-snooted aggressors can live in peace. Northern Botswana is a hotspot in the ongoing human-elephant conflict, with 16,000 people trying to coexist…
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Alphabet Just Unloaded Its Crazy Robots on Japanese Telecom Softbank
GIF Three years after acquiring the MIT robotics lab Boston Dynamics, makers of Atlas and other scary bots, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is selling it off to Softbank, a Japanese telecommunications company already known for its less terrifying robots like Pepper that might soon be getting some impressive upgrades. It turns out that posting YouTube…
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Taylor Swift Returns to Spotify Because She’s Rich Enough Now
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South Korea provides North Korean drone
SEOUL – The South Korean army think in the east of the country, a drone to have found came from North Korea. According to news agency Yonhap relates to a device that was discovered in a mountainous area in the east of South Korea, near the border with North Korea. The crashed drone was in…
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Critical notes on the outcome of British elections
DEN HAAG-THE HAGUE What the outcome of the British elections mean for the brexit “we need to be seen.” “The netherlands is ready for cooperation”, tweets prime minister Mark Rutte Friday morning in a first reaction. “The British people have chosen. What the new constellation means for #Brexit we have seen.” Hope for quick government…
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Hyperloop One introduced the plan of building of Europe by high-speed highways
The Hyperloop One company had a contest in which teams of engineers from around the world engaged in the development of the plan strip “hyperloop” through the area entrusted to them. This competition allowed the company’s specialists to select the best from the economic point of view ideas that besides technically possible to implement. Having…
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Created a “robotic” glove that allows you to touch virtual reality
Engineers from the University of California at San Diego, the technology of manufacturing of soft robots were used in the creation of lightweight and flexible glove that allows users to experience haptic feedback when interacting with virtual reality. These gloves have already demonstrated their ability to simulate realistic tactile feedback when playing on a piano…
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Solved a 40-year-old mystery of a strange radio signal from space
In August 1977, from space to Earth came a radio message from aliens. Precisely at that time, so many thought. The message contained one sentence: “Wow!” (“Wow!”). The signal was detected by astronomer Jerry Ayman while working on the radio telescope “Big ear” Ohio state University. Listening to the radio was part of the SETI…
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British Cops Make First Arrest Using Facial Recognition Surveillance Vans
Photo: Getty Science fiction authors have been writing about it for decades. Privacy activists have warned it’s just around the corner. Today, perfected facial recognition is one step closer to becoming a reality. UK authorities landed their first arrest last week relying on an automatic facial recognition (AFR) system, the South Wales Police confirmed to…
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Uber Has Already Fired More Than 20 Employees While Investigating Harassment [Updated]
Photo: AP The details of an independent investigation into Uber’s workplace culture that was sparked after a female engineer came forward with allegations of sexual harassment are starting to come out. Uber’s independent investigators looked into 215 complaints and ended up firing more than 20 employees since this February. Bloomberg first reported the numbers and…