Last year, NASA’s advanced propulsion research wing made headlines by announcing the successful test of a physics-defying electromagnetic drive , or EM drive. Now, this futuristic engine, which could in theory propel objects to near-relativistic speeds, has been shown to work inside a space-like vacuum. Read more…
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New Test Suggests NASA’s "Impossible" EM Drive Will Work In Space
A man in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania armed himself with weapons, threatened police, and barricaded himself inside his apartment. Luckily, a police robot was there to stand on the firing line. Read more…
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A Man Got into a Firefight with a Robot in Pennsylvania
Remember that super-realistic telemarketing chatbot who denies she’s a robot ? Turns out “Samantha West” may not a robot after all — but the real story is just as bizarre. Read more…
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Robot-denying telemarketing robot may not actually be a robot
By unleashing a genetically modified virus onto microscopic electrode wires, researchers from MIT have shown that the performance of lithium-air batteries can be significantly improved — a remarkable breakthrough that could revolutionize the way our electric devices are powered. Read more…
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Scientists Use a Mutated Virus to Build a Better Battery
Everyone, say hello to WildCat, a robotic quadruped that can run 16 mph (26 kph) without tethers. It joins an already impressive cast of conceptual bots, including an updated version of ATLAS — who, as showcased in a must-see new video, may soon appear on an episode of American Ninja . Read more…
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The U.S. military’s robopocalyptic army is starting to take shape
Fifth Element director Luc Besson doesn’t exactly want to make a sequel to his famous space opera — but another film, in the same vein and with the same ideas. Which he would direct. Read more…
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Luc Besson still wants to make another Fifth Element
Good news, Stargate fans! Original movie director Roland Emmerich wants to make more! The bad news? He doesn’t want to continue the massive original universe as seen in SG-1, Atlantis, Universe, Infinity , and The Legend of Curly’s Gold , but will reboot the franchise with a new movie trilogy. Read more…
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Stargate is getting rebooted into a new movie trilogy
Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of such films as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro , and countless other masterpieces, has announced his retirement from feature films. Read more…
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Legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki announces his retirement
When left to its own devices, liquids form into spherical drops. But add a little electricity, and you get “electrospraying” and “electrospinning, ” and you can watch electricity play Rumpelstiltskin. Read more…
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How to use electricity to spin liquid into nanostring
Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced that he would publish an alpha design for his crazy-sounding “Hyperloop” by August 12. According to Musk , the diagram above is as close as anyone has gotten to figuring out how the super-fast transit technology might work. And it seems bonkers. Read more…
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The Best Guess at How Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Transit Fantasy Might Work