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New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones

BEEEE cause we can, that's why.

Stanford designed software to spot every solar panel in the US (there's a lot of them)

America's getting sun.

Nuclear-powered 'tunnelbot' could probe the depths of Europa's oceans

Europa's almost as cold as your ex's heart, just as frozen.

Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims

A simple but elegant solution.

Novel AI can master games like chess and Go by itself, no humans needed

How do you spell "checkmate" in binary?

New AI solves most Captcha codes, potentially causing a "huge security vulnerability"

Please prove that you are human.

Tesla's Autopilot reaches one billion miles driven: that's 10 times the distance from Earth to the Sun

The auto-maker is just a few steps away from making its fleet fully autonomous.

New 3D-printing process creates ligaments, tendons for transplant -- paves the way for replacement organs

Print me a new me, please. Make me taller, too.

What Will The iPhone Be Like In Another 10 Years?

Ten years is a long time, what do you think future iPhones will look like?

With a few cheap changes, your smartphone can now detect lead contamination in water

Smartphones can be turned into a water quality sensor, too.

Germany rolls out the first hydrogen-powered trains in the world

These bright blue trains are the greenest around.

German banking giant is using AI to write its earnings reports

Previously, the same technology was used to write quick reports on soccer matches or political events such as elections. 

Color X-Ray imaging is just around the corner -- and we have the photos to prove it

It will make X-rays invaluable in fields it had no place in previously.

The International Space Station just launched a harpoon-toting satellite to keep it safe from space junk

Few problems will persist after a generous application of stabbings.

Stretchy, bendy electronic circuits paves way to new wearable tech, bioimplants

They're bending the rules!

New, powerful laser system proposed for the International Space Station's defense

The station is in serious peril from all the junk we've left in orbit.

NASA Explores the Use of Robotic Bees on Mars

Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.

What Can Quartz Crystals Really Do?

Quartz is cherished for its properties, but I'm not talking about magic.

Will self-driving cars reshape the way we travel?

A change is coming.

Scottish supermarket hires bot, sacks him after only one week, says retail robots "unlikely"

Named Fabio, the robot made a definite impression with his colleagues.

Europe's microwave ovens release as much CO2 as 6.8 million cars

That's a lot of CO2.

Chinese AI outperforms humans in language comprehension test -- the first time a machine ever has

011010.... Oh, wait, carbon-based life-form, I meant "Hello".

Fluffy robot duck plans to befriend and comfort children with cancer

...I want one too.

New eco-friendly AC uses only water to cool down air, saves on the energy bill to boot

And it will quench your thirst!

MIT designs robot to be a good pedestrian and not bump into you on the sidewalk

It's had hours upon hours of simulation training to learn the basics.

This space probe is so small you could lose it in your backpack -- and it just got launched into space

Four grams worth of space explorer.

A history of how computers went from stealing your heart, to stealing your job

They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.

Hewlett Packard supercomputer to be delivered to the ISS next Monday

Time to dust off that old Skyrim dvd.

Scientists develop spit-activated battery

The battery could power critical electronics like diagnostic sensors in developing countries.

IBM achieves 330TB storage on magnetic tape, set to improve 'cloud' applications

Magnetic tapes might be tech dinosaurs but they're still invaluable for some applications.

Water-repelling surface makes dew droplets so small, they're practically invisible

The breakthrough could help cool the hotspots of high-performance electronics.

First operational laser weapon set to safeguard US ships from menacing drones

Blowing stuff up at the speed of light.

Curious what a Tesla battery rack looks like inside? Watch these guys throw one off the roof to find out

I mean, it's a pretty solid method.

Corrected satellite data shows 2.4 times faster warming than previously indicated

It also debunks one of climate deniers most cited argument.

Lensless camera designed to be paper-thin and do anything a traditional camera does

Except being bulky.

Papr works like Tinder but with pre-prints instead of people

"That's one hot abstract!"

Drones in Sweden carry defibrillators to save cardiac arrest victims

They reduced response times by over 75% during trials.

AI is better than doctors at predicting how long a patient has to live

Some information is just unreadable to humans.

Virtual reality out-of-body experience makes people less fearful of death

Virtual reality is not just a buzz word -- it's a real game changer.

Endowing AI with confidence and doubt will make it more useful, paper argues

More like us, in other words.

Light-weight tethered exoskeleton helps you run faster and longer

You know this is serious business when it's funded by the military.

Knowing for the sake of knowing: algorithm developed to hardwire curiosity into robots

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but cats don't run on microprocessors. I think.

Carnegie U software lets anyone design and build a bot -- that works

Click, print, ready!

Power to the subpixel: new tech could triple the resolution of LCD screens

Hope my internet connection can keep up. Fingers crossed.

Nano-holograms 1,000 times thinner than the human hair pave way for smartphone-generated holograms

Scientists made holograms that are thin enough to be deployed from conventional electronics.

Meet Tolley, the single most adorable robot you'll ever see ever -- who's also a breakthrough

Cute + science = yesplease.

Paper-thin device turns touch into electricity, flags into loudspeakers, bracelets into microphones

Woah.

Spray-on touchscreen can turn almost anything into a sensor with a flick of the wrist

Cool.

3D-printed bionic skin can give bots a sense of touch, protect soldiers from explosions

Show me some skin!

Parasitic robot rides turtles in exchange for lunch

One day, this robot will ride you.