New Plan To Remove Orbiting Space Debris: A Giant Harpoon
When we shoot something into space, we leave stuff behind; that stuff becomes space junk. It's a real problem when we're trying to shoot more stuff into space and risk running into other stuff we shot...
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How To Make Bricks Out Of Dirt
Climate ControlKevin HandBecause compressed-earth blocks absorb and release heat more slowly than fired bricks, they can keep interiors cooler during the day and warmer at night.Bricks are fairly easy...
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After 33 Years, Team Wins Human-Powered Flight Contest
Human Powered FlightOllie BlandClick here to see this amazing image even larger.Even though scientists have dreamed of human-powered flight since the days of Da Vinci, it's really, really hard to pull...
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Big Pic: Underground Machines For Detecting Dark Matter
Underground CosmologyEnrico SacchettiAlmost a mile beneath Gran Sasso mountain in Italy sits the DarkSide detector. DarkSide, which started operating in May, is designed to capture the faint signals...
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How It Works: A 3-D Printer For Liver Tissue
The NovoGen MMX BioprinterPhotograph by Timothy HoganStep 1: Engineers load one syringe with a bio-ink (A) made up of spheroids that each contain tens of thousands of parenchymal liver cells and a...
View Article'3-D Painting' Sprays Metal To Repair Or Rebuild Machines [Video]
Video of NXGOZ5ns3ZoGE is showing off a new machine that sprays high-velocity metal powders at broken machines, repairing damage in a few minutes without having to weld replacement pieces. The...
View ArticleMachine That Makes You Mingle Before Coffee Is An Introvert Torture Device
Video of LlDu4iYLSPQGood morning! Have you enjoyed a cup of caffeine yet? No? Then perhaps you would prefer not interacting with people, lest your office turn into the set of a _Maxine _cartoon or...
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How Smart Is Your Artificial Intelligence?
Siri's SmartsPhotograph by Brian KlutchIn 1950, Alan Turing, a pioneer of artificial intelligence (AI), proposed what’s now known as the Turing Test—an evaluation of a machine’s ability to behave like...
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These Absurd Robots Do Pointless Jobs
Toilet-Paper PortionerIllustration by Chris PhilpotOne day, robots will most likely take on many of our most mundane chores. No more folding of laundry or washing of dishes. But until that day comes,...
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Hearts That Beat, Mechanical And Cold
RobotsIllustration by Donato GiancolaArtist's note: Our understanding of love may change. Love is not an abstract concept. It’s the desire for intimacy with another being. Does love require...
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Watch This Machine Create The Largest Human-Made Waves In The World
Delta FlumeDeltaresThe first wave created by the Delta FlumeWhen a big storm comes, whipping up the surf into a frenzy of waves, people have to hope that all their storm preparations will hold. But...
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You Need To Build An Applause Machine
DIY Inventor Simone Giertz explains why I created a portable applause solution for the 21st-century human.
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Watch A Useless, Beautiful Machine Sort Rocks
Technology Art imitates the drudgery of life The machine sorts rocks.
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The AI Bots Are About To Get Emotional
Technology Straight out of science fiction, artificially intelligent machines could soon learn to mimic and manipulate human feelings Alexei Samsonovich proposed a test: Like Turing's, this test would...
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Read Nikola Tesla's Drone Patent... From 1898
Military The inventor believed unmanned machines would end all wars Nikola Tesla Drones…
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Where does the poop go?: The hidden machines of cruise ships
Technology Behind the scenes of the life aquatic Cruise ships are entire cities set to sea. To function far from shore, floating burgs like these rely on often-hidden machinery. Read on.
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This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth
Technology A mining monster, by the numbers. Taller than the Statue of Liberty and heavier than the Eiffel Tower, this German mining machine is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth.
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At this amusement park, drive the heavy machinery you loved as a kid
Entertainment Like your sandbox days, but bigger. Much, much bigger. In big-kid amusement parks, you get to drive the heavy equipment you spent your childhood dreaming about. Read on.
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10 huge machines that changed science
Technology When it comes to science, brawn can be brilliant. They're strong. They're smart. They're the big machines of science. Read on.
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Hearts That Beat, Mechanical And Cold
Entertainment This month, Popular Science is publishing 10 original short stories from the future The message reads, “It used to be normal for people to meet on their wedding day.” She feels her heart...
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