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Nikon Recalls Popular EN-EL15 Battery Over Safety Concerns
PetaPixel - 7 Jul 2017 16:49This Chinese solar plant looks like a giant cartoon panda
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2017 01:40
Vast solar plants are becoming increasingly common around the world, but most of them aren’t anything you’d go out of your way to see. The big exception is a new solar plant in China that was built in the shape of a ...
Woman Contracts Flesh-Eating Bacteria While Fishing In Gulf Of Mexico
Tech Times - 7 Jul 2017 06:46
A woman from Mississippi contracted a flesh-eating bacteria after her hand was pricked by a live shrimp in a bait bucket during a fishing trip in Alabama. Her doctors describe her ordeal and survival as a miracle.
Russia develops military exoskeleton to give soldiers superhuman capabilities
BGR - 7 Jul 2017 04:04
Any sci-fi flick or video game showing a futuristic battlefield is always filled with soldiers wearing advanced high-tech armor and all manner of fancy gadgetry. Russia is doing its best to make that fictional battlefiel...
How to rearrange photos in iOS 11
Cult of Mac - 7 Jul 2017 23:00
Finally, in iOS 11 you can drag your photos into any order you like, instead of being forced to look at them chronologically. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
Neutron C Magnetic Car Mount: $16.99
The Mac Observer - 7 Jul 2017 17:18
We have a deal on the Neutron C Magnetic Car Mount for your iPhone or other smartphone. It attaches to your car’s dash via a special adhesive tape, and you use the same tape to attach a magnetic disk to your device or ...
We Were Promised Dome Homes
Motherboard - 7 Jul 2017 14:00
Inside the small, dedicated community of people who live in dome-shaped dwellings.
Society Has Turned the Shattered iPhone Screen Into a Mark of Shame
Motherboard - 7 Jul 2017 16:53
Why should we adapt to fragile technology, instead of demanding unbreakable screens?
Tesla is building world's largest backup battery in Australia
Engadget - 7 Jul 2017 16:49
After blackouts left 1.7 million residents without electricity, Elon Musk famously guaranteed that Tesla could supply 100 megawatts of battery storage in 100 days. The company has announced it will do just that, supplyin...
New Handheld Scanner to Give Instant Heart Disease Diagnosis
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jul 2017 14:58
News This new diagnostic tool developed by the EU's Horizon 2020 collaboration 'CARDIS' ... Contributed Author: Photonics21 Topics: Cardiovascular
CERN Data Centre passes the 200-petabyte milestone
Phys.org - 7 Jul 2017 13:10
On 29 June 2017, the CERN DC passed the milestone of 200 petabytes of data permanently archived in its tape libraries. Where do these data come from? Particles collide in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) detectors approxi...
Jawbone reportedly shuttering business amidst financial turmoil, new health startup to rise from ashes
AppleInsider - 7 Jul 2017 03:02
Jawbone, once a serious competitor in the wearables market, has begun the process of liquidating its assets, according to multiple reports on Thursday.
Use a Drone Simulator to Practice Before You Buy
Life Hacker - 7 Jul 2017 23:30
No one wants to buy a $500 hobby drone only to discover they're a bad pilot, especially considering how one bad twist or crash can leave your investment in pieces. Practice on a simulator before you buy one, just to be s...
This AR-Equipped Laser Tag Game Is Light on the AR, But Heavy on the Fun
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2017 16:25
The pitch was Pokemon Go meets Call of Duty. I couldn't quite fathom how that would turn into a cool as hell game, but it involved augmented reality, a key feature of Pokemon Go, and laser tag, and those are both very fu...
New signals that Foxconn may bring plant, 10,000 jobs to Wisconsin
USA Today - 7 Jul 2017 16:22Google is funding AI writers for local UK news reporting
Engadget - 7 Jul 2017 15:29
The UK Press Association (PA) will soon hand writing duties on thousands of local news stories to robots. Cue headlines about the death of news media (seriously, though, this might be a problem).
AppleInsider podcast talks Touch ID rumors, RED phone and a very expensive 'iPhone 8'
AppleInsider - 7 Jul 2017 14:52
This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Neil and Victor talk about the 'will-they-won't-they' push pull on whether or not the rumoured 'iPhone 8' has Touch ID on the front, back, or not at all, the RED phone announcement,...
Neural network poetry is so bad we think it's written by humans
New Scientist - 7 Jul 2017 14:27
A machine learning algorithm trained on thousands of lines of English poetry can now mimic different poetic styles - but its verse doesn't quite ring true
Praying Mantises Are Devouring Bird Brains All Over the World
Motherboard - 7 Jul 2017 14:00
Step 1: Catch bird. Step 2: Eat brain. Step 3: Decapitate.
Scientists Are Testing Bomb-Sniffing Technology to Create a Weed Breathalyzer
Motherboard - 7 Jul 2017 13:00
They totally know, man.
The Electric Car Revolution May Come Sooner than We Thought
NBC News - 7 Jul 2017 16:12
All around the world, electric cars are edging out gasoline-powered vehicles.
France Mulls Ban Of All Petrol And Diesel Vehicles By 2040
Tech Times - 7 Jul 2017 15:11
The ban of petrol and diesel vehicles in France could be happening by 2040. The move recently announced is part of the country's plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate change agreement.